Not sure how this one flew under my radar but in Texas, three Muslims said that it was their First Amendment right to vandalize a church.
So far, jurors have disagreed, convicting one man, Raunaq Alam, of vandalism but not of a hate crime.
Alam was one of three charged in connection to the vandalization of a nondenominational church, Uncommon Church in Euless, in Tarrant County in March 2024. They are accused of spray-painting “expletive Israel” and affixing pro-Palestinian/Hamas stickers on the exterior of the church building, among other actions recorded on a church security camera.
I don’t think that ‘hate crimes’ are a thing (all they do is make illegal things more illegaler) but it is not a First Amendment right to vandalize anything, even if there is a religious component (I’m going out on a limb and saying that in this case, religion was a factor).
Apparently in Texas, the Muslims have been going a little batshit:
The case has been considered part of a pattern in Texas in which Christians, churches, Jews, synagogues and pro-Israel Americans have been targeted with unprovoked violence by Muslims.
And at the Dallas Forth Worth airport:
While awaiting his flight home at the Dallas-Forth Worth airport, Ascol said he heard a public address across the airport that Terminal D was offering a prayer service and that “all are welcome.”
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Ascol said he looked through the door and realized that the prayer service the public was invited to was, “in fact, Muslim prayers.”
Still, Ascol waited until the audible prayer was finished to try and enter the room and observe. Despite the sign outside the door declaring “all are welcome,” the man who was praying out loud allegedly determined he was within his rights to stop Ascol from entering.
Just precursors if this type of thing is allowed to continue. The envelope is being constantly pushed.
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