answering my own question: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told the National Assembly on Tuesday that the crime involved anti-Semitism; Halimi had been targeted, he said, because the gang assumed "Jews have money."
So if it was due to some perceived characteristic of a group, it is considered a hate crime, correct? > I saw the part about get it from the synagogue. Bear with me, I am > just seeing this. Do we know the suspects are muslims? After I asked > about this I saw something about one of the people being from the > ivory coast....but no other identification of the suspects. Also, do > we know that this was a hate crime not a criminal one? If so why ask > for money? > > I am asking, so please don't assume I am condoning a thing. Obviously > this is a horrible crime. I just haven't seen a lot about it so far. > Do you have a link? > > Dana > > >I know all about it but didn't post it to the list so as to not be > branded > >an anti-Muslim bigot despite things like this. Basically, a Muslim > gang in > >France tried 4 times to kidnap Jews and on the 5th they succeeded. > They then > >called his family to extort money and used the specific phrase "so > get it > >from the synagogue". They then tortured the man to death. > >So lets look at the points that the liberal media will try to obscure > just > >as the French government tried to. > >1. A Jew was kidnapped for being a Jew. 4 other attempts to kidnap > Jews > >failed. > >2. The man was kidnapped because he was a Jew. Not because he was > French. > >Not because he was rich. Not because he had blond hair. Because of > his > >religion. > >3. The kidnappers were Muslims. Not 'French youth'. Not > 'disenfranchised > >youths'. Not 'immigrant youth'. Not whatever word France wants to use > today > >to hide the background of criminals and rioters. Muslims. > >4. The kidnappers tried to extort money from the family and community > of > >their victim, specifically targeting Jewish institutions as places > the > >family could get the money from. Not a bank, not the government, not > a loan > >office. A Jewish place of worship. > >5. They tortured and killed him. Not killed him. Not let him go. They > went > >out of their way to make his final moments and death as painful as > possible. > >And not over 1 day even. He was held for 25 days. > > > >But pointing out these facts will brand me a racist and bigot. France > tried > >to hide these facts from their own people and the world to try to > 'keep > >calm'. i.e. don't piss off the Muslim community or they'll riot again > (and > >again and again). > > > >But it's not just here. The 22 (not 6) ports that UAE want to control. > Al > >Qaeda saying they've already infiltrated UAE. Suicide attacks against > oil > >refineries in Saudi Arabia. Accusations by Muslims that Israel and > America > >were behind the attack on the al-Askariya mosque. The accusations > that > >Israel was behind the Danish cartoons. The accusations that Jews are > behind > >Tom and Jerry cartoons and are using them to influence world opinion. > The > >final admission that Lebanon has been allowing weapons shipments from > Iran > >through it's territory to Hezbollah, a known terrorist group. I can > easily > >go on and on and on but the bottom line is: > >1. Who cares > >2. If it's in American or English media, it's biased > >3. But we do it too > > > >So let the world go to hell. Let people be kidnapped, tortured and > murdered > >for their race or religion. As long as we don't say bad things about > Muslims > >or upset them. Yes we're at war and we've lost. Might as well convert > now as > >our freedoms are held hostage to another culture. > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198109 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
