White Supremacist Stormfront Supporters Justify Terror Attack on Sikhs

White supremacist Wade Michael Page may have pulled the trigger, but hate groups provide the ammunition of hate in their minds.

White supremacist “hate group” Stormfront supporters continue to defend to murders of 6 Sikhs in Wisconsin by Wade Michael Page, whose white supremacist bands and ideology were promoted on the Stormfront web site.

White supremacist Wade Michael Page may have pulled the trigger, but hate groups provide the ammunition of hate in their minds.

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) previously reported on the comments by Stormfront supporters praising the killing of 6 Sikhs and the Stormfront “chief-in-staff” “Jack Boot” claiming that “they’re asking for it.”

On August 6, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) reports on new comments by a Stormfront supporter saying that “They would all still be alive if they had just stayed in India where they belong. Should’ve stayed in India.” (Screen shot captured of Stormfront remarks).

Stormfront-defends-terrorism — Stormfront white supremacist group supporter defends terrorist murder by Wade Michael Page against Sikhs (Photo: Stormfront.org screenshot) - R.E.A.L. Urges All to Choose Love, Not Hate

This same Stormfront supporter wrote about Sikhs how he “hates them,” and called for them to go to their own country.

Another Stormfront supporter stated how he didn’t care if the murdered victims were Sikhs or Muslims, “It doesn’t matter what religion they are trash is trash,” and he called the murdered victims as “Casualties of War.”

Stormfront-haters-call-Sikhs-trash — Dehumanizing Stormfront white supremacist group supporter calls all Sikhs "trash" (Photo: Stormfront.org screenshot) - R.E.A.L. Urges All to Choose Love, Not Hate

Another Stormfront supporter provides more context of the mentality of the white supremacist organization, indicating the only thing that he regrets is that “the White guy got killed.”
“Just, please, stop the goodwill crap and how we adore Sikhs and all. It’s not going to gain us PR goody-points. Too late for that. But we can’t live with one ear always cocked toward the mean-mouthed SPLC and jew-owned media. F**k’em.
The only thing I’m sorry about is that the White guy got killed.” (Screen shot)

The Stormfront supporter praises the terrorist as “One guy who maybe just had enough… lost all his cool and took direct action.”

Stormfront-regrets-terrorist-death-only — Stormfront white supremacist group supporter comments on terrorist attack by Wade Michael Page - "only thing I'm sorry about is that the White guy got killed" (Photo: Stormfront.org screenshot) - R.E.A.L. Urges All to Choose Love, Not Hate

Another Stormfront supporter warns that “the tsunami of brown bodies has got to stop,” while he gives praise to the other Stormfront supporter who defines Wade Michael Page’s terrorism as “direct action.”

Stormfront-praises-direct-action — Stormfront support praises racist who calls terrorism "direct action" and demands that "tsunami of brown bodies has got to stop" - (Photo: Stormfront.org screenshot) - R.E.A.L. Urges All to Choose Love, Not Hate

Another Stormfront supporter does not condemn the Wade Michael Page’s terrorist attack, but views it as a “white” “uprising,” stating “I am actually surprised it has taken this long for people just rise up. Especially white males who are working class….”

Stormfront-seeks-white-uprising — Stormfront supporter praises terrorist attack "I am actually surprised it has taken this long for people just (to) rise up" - (Photo: Stormfront.org screenshot) - R.E.A.L. Urges All to Choose Love, Not Hate"

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Florida media have also been reporting on Stormfront’s links to terrorist Wade Michael Page, including the Palm Beach Post report, WPTV news report, and WTSP news report

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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports the Universal Human Rights for all people including freedom of religion, conscience, dignity, and safety. We reject those views that promote hatred against individuals due to their identity group. The views of white supremacist groups such as the Stormfront supporters demonstrate their rejection not only of such Universal Human Rights, but also of fundamental American principles and Constitutional law.

The calls for violence, praise of terrorism, and promotion of racial and religious hatred is what we have continued to see at the Stormfront organization, based out of West Palm Beach, Florida, where the hate group leaders also have a regular radio show on a local WBPR AM network.

The day of the terrorist killings of 6 Sikhs, we have also seen remarks praising the killings by a Stormfront supporter praising and supporting the killings, stating”finally a man who got some nerve, how this non violent crap been working for all u guys who are slamming this guy, spread all the propaganda u want, the message isnt getting out, this is how points are made.” The Stormfront “hate group” moderator “Jack Boot” originally removed the post and then reposted it. Another Stormfront supporter shared the despair of other white supremacists that were upset about Sikhs in Wisconsin, stating with a “sad face,” that in addition to Sikhs in New Jersey, they also had “jews and muslims, etc., etc.”. R.E.A.L. has captured a screen shot of the Stormfront supporter’s praise of the terrorist attack.

Stormfront-praises-killer — August 5, 2012: Screen Capture of Stormfront "Hate Group" Supporters Praising Terrorist Attack in Wisconsin Against Sikh Temple -- Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) continues to challenge the views of discrimination and hatred by such Stormfront and other racial extremist, bigoted organizations, and we urge them to Choose Love, Not Hate - Love Wins.

Stormfront Editor and Chief of Staff Jack Boot, also defended keeping the posting up about praising the terrorist attack on the Sikhs stating “they’re asking for it.” Regarding the Stormfront supporter praising the terrorist killer that attacked the Sikh temple, “Jack Boot” states “I don’t hold his sentiments against him. He’s far, far from the only one, of any race or creed, thinking in these terms. And others have pointed out that, regardless of the details that may emerge, strife is inevitable under a regime enforcing multiculturalism. Christ, they’re asking for it.” R.E.A.L. has captured a screen shot of the Stormfront “chief of staff” comments on this as well.

The point here is, even knowing the severity of the mass murder, this “Stormfront Chief of Staff” could NOT bring himself to condemn someone praising MURDER, and calling for more MURDER – and instead blames a multicultural society – stating “they’re asking for it.” That is the message to remember regarding extremist hate groups like Stormfront and the threat they pose to public safety.

Stormfront-praises-killer-2 — August 5, 2012: Screen Capture of Stormfront "Hate Group" "Chief of Staff" on Wisconsin Against Sikh Temple, Saying "They're Asking for It" -- Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) continues to challenge the views of discrimination and hatred by such Stormfront and other racial extremist, bigoted organizations, and we urge them to Choose Love, Not Hate - Love Wins.

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These are not the only calls and praise for terrorism within Stormfront.

As R.E.A.L. has previously posted, Stormfront has a long history of promoting racial hate and its supporters have been involved with and promoted terrorism. We have documented a number of such cases.

— Daniel Cowart – Stormfront supporter and terrorist plotter – pled guilty in 2010 to a terrorist plot to kill 88 African Americans and Barack Obama – he also shot up a black church

— Richard Poplawski – Stormfront supporter and murderer of police officers – on November 28, 2008 Poplawki post on StormFront read: “I’ve been a longtime lurker on Stormfront, and I see myself probably ramping up the activism in the near future,” then murdered three Pittsburgh police officers and wounded two others in April 2009

— Pentagon Terrorist John Patrick Bedell – Stormfront supporters praised John Patrick Bedell’s terrorist efforts at the Pentagon on March 4, 2010 – wounding two police officers

— Texas Terrorist Joseph Stack – Stormfront supporters praised Joseph Stack’s terrorist attack on the Austin, Texas IRS building on February 18, 2010, killing African American Vernon Hunter, who was an IRS employee and a Vietnam veteran.

— Washington DC Terrorist James Von Brunn – attacked the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC on June 10, 2009 – in January 2010, Stormfront supporters eulogized the death of terrorist James Von Brunn who had murdered security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns – Stormfront supporters praised his terrorist attack and called for others to “to hate with violent passion”

To those who believe that Stormfront is merely a group of “harmless” extremists, the cost of being silent to those promoting dangerous hate can be the cost of lives of innocent Americans.

danielcowart — Stormfront Member Daniel Cowart with Swastika Tattoo and Rifle - Guilty of Terrorist Plot to Kill 88 African Americans and Barack Obama (Photo: Inquister)

Stormfront_Richard-Poplawski — Stormfront Supporter Richard Poplawski - Saw "Zionist Occupation" Conspiracy - Murdered Pittsburgh Police Officers Paul Sciullo, Stephen Mayhle, and Officer Eric G. Kelly (and wounded two other police) in April 2009 (Photo: KDKA)

Wisconsin White Supremacist Terrorist Wade Michael Page - Whose White Supremacist Band "End Apathy" Was Promoted on Stormfront Web Sites - and Who Appeared to Be a Stormfront Poster (Photo: FBI)

Who is NEXT?

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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our unqualified, universal human rights for all. We urge Nazi, white supremacist, and “white nationalist” supporters to drop the burden of the hate of supremacism from their hearts, and to rejoin the family of humanity in support of our universal human rights.

We urge all to Choose love, not hate. Love wins.

Oslo and Finding the Courage to Change — A Responsibility for All (Part I)

We stand in sympathy and shared mourning with the people of Norway over their loss in the horrific terrorist attack of July 22, 2011 in Oslo. We can only imagine the pain of parents who have lost their children, and the pain of families that have lost their loved ones. They are not just numbers or statistics, but they were unique and special human beings who loved and were loved. As I am writing this, some of the first funerals have ended, and those families and friends have gone home to remember their loved ones.

While we may want to “make sense” of such horrific terrorism against innocent children and people, the truth is there is no rational reason for the monstrous actions that Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to committing.

But as the world watches the courage of the Norwegian people after this terrorist attack, we must also find the courage to urge our society to make changes that would discourage inspiring such individuals as Mr. Breivik. Too many have known too much for too long, and not done enough to stop the rise of hatred in our world. Our sympathies to the Oslo families must not be half-hearted regrets, but must be full-hearted commitment to find ways to change, including standing up for our responsibilities to one another.

We have many freedoms as human beings. But with great freedoms comes great responsibilities. Any cause or campaign for human rights must understand these basic aspects of human society.

Those who work in the vital and passionate cause of human freedom must also remember that the struggle for such universal human rights are for all people. That includes human rights for those we may disagree with, as common brothers and sisters in the human race – the only race that matters.

It has been my privilege to preside over a coalition of individuals passionate about human rights that periodically come together for different human rights issues, coordinated by Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.). We address different human rights issues for people of all nationalities, religions, races, and genders, because equality and liberty is a right for all. When equality and liberty is denied for some, it is our problem as fellow human beings.

Our slogan has been “Choose Love, Not Hate. Love Wins.”

I was surprised to discover how controversial that slogan would be. A number of people have told me how weak it sounds, and how they did not find it sufficiently inspirational to “fight” for human rights. But we are not “fighting,” we are reaching out. We may challenge anti-freedom ideologies, and we may even confront organizations’ activities, but our goal is to reach out to our fellow human beings everywhere for consistency on the cause of our universal human rights.

While we may disagree with the ideas, words, and activities of some, as human beings we must reach out to offer love and our shared human rights to all, including those who would call themselves our enemies. Some may wonder how can we love those who view us as their enemies? But the real question is: how can stand for universal human rights and NOT love our fellow human beings? Our greatest defense for these rights is not our passion for campaigns and causes, but it is our compassion for one another as human beings.

There are some who believe that they can work for human rights, just for one culture, one religion, one race, one group, and not others, because they believe that only their group deserves such rights. That perspective negates the very term “human rights.”

Confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik may have believed that human beings in only some groups, religions, and cultures are entitled to human rights, and even life itself. But those who believe in human rights must always reject such exclusionary and supremacist philosophies – and we must never forget the grim results of such thinking. We must always remember that all human beings have human rights, including Mr. Breivik.

The challenge our society faces is how to balance our disagreements with dignity and compassion. For some and in some instances, this may be difficult. But we are reminded by the terrorist attack in Oslo, what happens when we do not make love and dignity for our fellow human beings our first priority.

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This will be continued in “Oslo and Finding the Courage to Change — A Commitment to Change Our Dialogue (Part II).”

How Hate and Emotional Storms Plan to Destroy Us

In another of the articles on love and hate during the moratorium against hate, I address the challenge of hate and emotional storms attacking society.

In the struggle throughout America to deal with the national problem of obesity, the well-meaning advocates of exercise, diet, and responsibility complete ignore the number one cause for obesity: how we live today. I don’t mean the references to our sedentary lifestyles, the unhealthy foods promoted, or the atmosphere that discourages exercise. We hear about those problems frequently. It is popular to talk about these failures in American culture on talk show on television, watched by people who are told if only you walk more, or if only you eat more broccoli, etc., your life will be better.

But these debates don’t mention the larger problem of the emotional storms of abuse, anger, hopelessness, and even hatred against ourselves and one another. Moreover, we view such emotional storms as someone else’s problem, not a societal responsibility to address. We have emergency repair organizations and the Red Cross to deal with physical storms, floods, and disasters.

But who can the millions turn to in dealing with the crises of emotional storms that regularly lash our lives as human beings? Some turn to their religious faiths, a very small number seek counseling. But the vast majority who face such emotional storms are simply ignored, forgotten, and expected to address their issues without guidance and without help. Society believes that emotional storms, after all, aren’t “real storms” and they don’t really require societal involvement.

We have entire television channels devoted to addressing and preparedness for physical weather storms, but when it comes to emotional storms within our lives, American society largely fails to even acknowledge that they are a societal problem. They are, after all, just “part of life,” or as years ago people would say “into every life some rain must fall” when dealing with emotional trauma, fear, hopelessness, abuse, and anger.

For many, they find shelter from such storms in “comfort foods” as their drug of choice to help cope with emotional storms and trauma. Then we wonder why we have a national problem with obesity, and many blame the “laziness” of our public for this. This spins the wheel of negativity once again, as the latest self-help doctor on television tells the public, if only you would eat better, work out more, you would not be overweight or sick. How we feel as human beings and as a society? That’s too complicated and it takes too much time (see “life at the speed of hate”). Our society has the same approach to cigarette, alcohol, drug addiction. The addictions are the problem, not our lives, not the emotional storms that we ignore as a society.

We are too busy building our prosperity to care about how each other feels. This then gives us the money to find countermeasures to the food, alcohol, drug, etc. self-medication attempts to cope with the real problem of the emotional storms within our lives — that we choose to ignore as a society. But the result is the same regardless of what we use to self-medicate ourselves in the emotional storms that lash our lives. There is no visible option or consideration for many to channel their lives to help their community, to help in social responsibility, as a means to cope with these problems. Too many have lives that are solely centered around the stress, anger, abuse, fear, and hopelessness in their own lives – yet our society does not acknowledge this as a problem. There is no association with this problem and our larger societal struggles with hate.

What does it have to do with hate?

It is not just that people feel hopeless, powerless, and frustrated in their lives.

Too many hate their lives and they hate themselves. While American television shows promote the latest diets, the latest execise machines, we allow a national epidemic of self-hatred to go unchallenged and even unacknowledged. Society allow us to believe that hating ourselves is fine. Then we wonder why we are an angry nation.

So if our society tolerates self-hatred, why should our society expect to challenge hatred against others? It may not be as socially acceptable in some areas, but when we teach acceptance of hatred – no matter who it is directed at – we are teaching acceptance of the most destructive force against all of humanity.

Once we are taught that it is acceptable to hate ourselves, too many are ultimately driven to hate their fellow human beings. It is a short distance to travel.

Such hatred (towards ourselves and each other) and such emotional storms don’t simply seek to kill us. They seek to DESTROY us as human beings from the inside one at a time. Then collectively, the virus of hatred and indifference to our fellow human beings spreads and becomes a way of societal life.

Hate seeks to turn our human bodies into inhuman vessels of negativity, violence, and hatred towards humanity itself. Ultimately, there is nothing that the inhuman grip of hatred would not force us to do, even destroy humanity itself. Hate is the ultimate in self-destructive forces in humanity.

But we can choose another path. We can give victory to tolerance, have the courage of compassion, and build a path and platform to love and compassion. Even when we think we are enslaved by our problems and pressed into a corner by our emotional storms, we still can choose. There is another way.

All of us in our society struggles between hate and tolerance every day. Every time we show restraint, every time we offer compassion and mercy, we take another step towards human dignity in our societies. But our world and our lives are often beset with emotional storms that we must acknowledge as a society. We must find ways to protect our hearts and minds from the abuse, not simply internalize the abuse and allow it to become a part of our identities. When abuse seeks to drive us to hate, we must reach instead for love.

But of all those we must love, we must first love ourselves as worthy human beings.

When the voices attacking us from without and from within rage around us, we must find a quiet place of human sanctuary that will not allow our self worth, our self dignity to be denied. When hate seeks to invade our sanctuary of self, we must tell hate “we will not be moved.”

In that quiet place of humanity, we must reaffirm to Choose Love, Not Hate – Love Wins.

A Month Without Hate

Let us say no to hate. It is something that we have the power individually to do. On January 13, we saw a 9 year old girl born on 9/11 who was buried in Arizona, murdered by a man who sought to assassinate Congresswoman Giffords and shooting a crowd who went to see her. The response has been more anger, more venom, and some places even more hate. We can say “enough.” And it is time for us to see for ourselves how much control that hate has over our lives.

So we offer this challenge to ourselves and to you. Let us try a one month moratorium on hate – whether it is those who call others “thugs” or preach about the “worst people in the world.” Let us step away from such venom, harsh words, and accusations, and yes, hatred, towards others for one month – from January 14 to February 14, concluding on Valentine’s Day.

We could have picked any day to attempt this moratorium on hate, but let’s start now – let’s start today.

Furthermore, we offer you an Online Petition to take a public stand and tell the world that you will join this one month without hate at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/mowohate/petition.html

Then tell us your experiences, and we will anonymously (unless you want to be public on them) report them here on February 14. Let us see individually what a struggle it is to go a month without hate, and see what type of grip hate has on our lives as individuals.

To take a stand against hate, we declare our intentions and our goals to take charge of our lives and declare a month-long moratorium on hate. We seek to reject hate in our lives from in this month from January 14 to February 14. We seek to stop allowing hate-filled images, words, and comments in our individual lives and not allow hate to be a source of entertainment or interest in our daily lives.

We seek first and foremost to change hate in OUR lives, before we seek to change the lives of others. We will use this month where we reject hate in our lives to be consistent on hate.

We will reject the hate that continues to be spread throughout the world in many ways and many places, on the Internet, in public, in private, in media outlets, among politicians, and among ourselves.

We will reject hate against identity groups of our fellow human beings’ race, religion, nationality, creed, gender, sexual orientation, and we commit that it will not be a part of our lives for the next month. We will reject all slurs and cruel terms against our fellow human beings.

To those who seek to cling to hate, we offer an outstretched hand, not an upraised fist. They too are our brothers and sisters in humanity.

We urge all to join us in this month long moratorium rejecting hate in our lives.

We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate – Love Wins.

We take this public stance to prove that we have the Courage to defy hate in our own lives.

Anti-Islam Hate Pastor Promotes Qur’an Burning on CNN

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights of religious freedom, freedom of conscience, and freedom of worship for all people. R.E.A.L. rejects hatred and rejects the activities of those who seek to promote hatred towards identity groups and specific religions.

Anti-Islam hate pastor Dr. Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center appeared on CNN’s national broadcast on July 29, 2010 to promote his views in calling for an “International Burn A Koran Day,” as R.E.A.L previously reported on July 14, 2010.

July 29, 2010: Anti-Islam Hate Group Dove World Outreach Center Pastor Jones Interviewed on CNN on "Burn A Koran Day" Plans (Photo: CNN Video Snip)

The CNN video is shown online. Excerpts from the interview follow. Hate pastor Terry Jones came on CNN to state that “Islam is of the Devil,” and to promote his right to burn the Qur’an. Terry Jones stated that as the Qur’an “is not sacred to… in doing this action… on burning the Qur’an on 9/11, what we are saying is stop to Islam.” Terry Jones stated that the group viewed that “Islam is of the Devil.” Jones also said that Muslims have “right to worship,” and the CNN interviewer made no comment about Dove World Outreach’s support of protests against mosques, including its July 4 protest of a mosque in Gainesville, Florida.

The CNN interviewer asked Terry Jones “why would you sound or do something as hateful as to burn their most sacred book?” Terry Jones’ reply was “Because we believe that the times call for it. It calls for radical times. If we do not stand up, if we do not do something, if we do not… this church and other churches call people to stand up, do you know what is going to happen to us? We are going to end up like Europe… A true Muslim is a believer in the Qur’an…in Sharia law…” Terry Jones ended by asking “Is that a religion we want in America?”

See this link to the complete CNN interview.

The Independent also has a report on this topic.

The Dove World Outreach Center promotes a sign in front of their Florida-based church that reads “Islam is of the Devil,” with campaign shirts with the same message, and a book with the same name. The Dove World Outreach Center led a July 4, 2010 protest march against a Muslim mosque in Gainesville, Florida. The Dove World Outreach Center has allied itself with the anti-Semitic hate group Westboro Baptist Church, and has been a long-time supporter of the Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) group. SIOA supporters have called for support of the “Burn A Koran Day” on the SIOA Facebook page and have called for financial support for the Dove World Outreach Center.

Dove World Outreach Anti-Islam Hate Campaigns: "Burn A Koran Day," Protest Against Florida Mosque, Partners with Westboro Baptist Church (Photos: Facebook)

Dove has appeared at events led by the Executive Director of the Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) group, and photos of Dove members with their “Islam is of the devil” has appeared on that Executive Director’s website.

Dove World Outreach at November 2009 Columbus Protest Led by Current Executive Director of the SIOA (Photo 2: AtlasShrugs)

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Responsible for Equality and Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights to freedom of religion, freedom of worship, and freedom of conscience for all people of all faiths, including the freedom of religion supported under Article 1 of the United States Constitution. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

We urge those who promote hate and intolerance to unburden the hate from their hearts.

We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate. Love Wins.

Anti-Islamic Group Promotes “Burn A Koran Day” Hate

We have learned that the anti-Islam group “Dove World Outreach Center” church today has reached a new level of promoting anti-Islamic hatred by promoting an “International Burn a Koran Day” on Facebook. The Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center states that “On September 11th, 2010 we will burn the Koran on the property of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, FL in remembrance of the fallen victims of 9/11 and to stand against the evil of Islam. Islam is of the devil!” The Anti-Islamic group states it mission as “To bring to awareness to the dangers of Islam and that the Koran is leading people to hell. Eternal fire is the only destination the Koran can lead people to so we want to put the Koran in it’s place – the fire!”

R.E.A.L. rejects such websites of hate and calls for book burning.

Dove World Outreach Center Promotes Anti-Islamic Hatred on Facebook - Image 1 (Photo: Facebook)

Dove World Outreach Center Promotes Anti-Islamic Hatred on Facebook - Image 2 (Photo: Facebook)

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) condemns such calls for hatred against any identity group, any religion, and R.E.A.L. rejects calls by those who seek to deny anyone’s freedom of religion and freedom of worship.

On July 4, the Florida Dove World Outreach Center group led a protest at a Gainesville, Florida mosque, stating their standard phrase “Islam is of the devil,” which they wear on their shirt and they have as a sign in front of their Gainesville, Florida church, which enjoys the freedom of religion and worship that they seek to deny to others.

July 4, 2010 - Florida: Anti-Islamic Group "Dove World Outreach" Protests Mosque in Florida (Photo: Facebook)

The SIOA Facebook page has also been used by SIOA supporters to call for donations and support for the Dove World Outreach Center group.

SIOA Facebook: SIOA Supporters Call for Donations and Support for Dove World Outreach Center

Dove World Outreach Center, has allied in the past with the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC); Dove’s ally WBC praises terrorism against Christians and attacks on police officers. The WBC also protests Jewish synagogues, Holocaust Memorial Museums, and promotes Holocaust Denial.

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We urge all those who hate to release the burden of hate from their hearts, and respect their fellow human beings and our universal human rights.

We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate – Love Wins.

NYC: Brooklyn Mosque Protests and Bomb Threat

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights of freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of worship for ALL people – without exception. We reject protests against houses of worship. (See also report: “Why Freedom of Religion Matters for MAS Mosques”).

In the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn, New York, it was reported that on June 27, 2010, between 200 and 300 people sought to protest a planned mosque 2812 Voorhies Avenue in Brooklyn. A group called Bay People, Inc. is leading the mosque protests.

Voorhies Avenue area in dispute for planned mosque

The sponsor of the project, the Muslim American Society (MAS), is also the same sponsor of a mosque project in Midland Beach on Greeley Avenue that is also being protested. The MAS group’s leader, Mahdi Bray, has been investigated for support for Hamas by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) for comments made at a rally in 2000. IPT states that MAS was founded by the Muslim Brotherhood; the IPT states “MAS denies it is a part of the organization, [although] it acknowledges that its foundations are with the Muslim Brotherhood.”

Reports have indicated that the protesters are divided between those who view that the Voorhies Avenue cannot accommodate the traffic for a new mosque, and those that reject the planned mosque due to Islamophobic views. The local blog/newspaper Sheepshead Bites addresses this split between the protesters in its article “Rally Reveals Conflict Within Anti-Mosque Movement.”

Voorhies Avenue Signs Protesting Planned Mosque (Photo: Sheepshead Bites)

A protest notice by Bay People, Inc. alleged called for protesters “Please be polite and tolerant.”

But The Brooklyn Paper has reported that one local counter-protester Guseyn Ibragimov who called for freedom of religion, was booed down and “ordered him to get off their street.” The Brooklyn Paper reporter Thomas Tracy also indicated that the divisiveness has spilled over into calls for violence and bombing against the proposed mosque, not unlike those seen in recent reader comments on the New York Post web site and those made on AM radio stations.

The Brooklyn Paper also quoted an anonymous local man, who reportedly lives across the street from the planned mosque, and who threatened to bomb the planned Voorhies Avenue mosque, telling the reporter: “If they build a mosque there, I’m going to bomb the mosque.. I will give them a lot of trouble… They’re not going to stay here alive.”

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Responsible for Equality And Liberty supports our universal human rights for all. We reject and oppose all calls for intolerance, hate, violence, and terrorism. We urge all those who promote hate and intolerance to unburden their hearts.

Choose Love, Not Hate – Love Wins.

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Media Reports:

The Brooklyn Paper: ‘What kind of America’? Hate-filled rally to stop mosque

Sheepshead Bites: Rally Reveals Conflict Within Anti-Mosque Movement

Photographs of June 27, 2010 protest against New York City mosque in Brooklyn

Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Protests Colorado Synagogue and Jewish Center

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), listed as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, planned to picket and protest a Jewish synagogue, Congregation Har Shalom, and the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado, in Fort Collins, Colorado today.

Congregation Har Shalom, Fort Collins, Colorado (Photo: Website) — Congregation Har Shalom, Fort Collins, Colorado - Target for Westboro Baptist Church Anti-Semitic Protests (Photo: Website)

The WBC has a long history of protesting and picketing Jewish synagogues in New York City and throughout the United States, including spreading Holocaust Denial in its videos stating “you lie about the holocaust days.”

Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Protester with Anti-Semitic Sign "God Hates Jews"

On July 9, 2010, the WBC plans to picket and protest a Jewish house of worship in Dallas, Texas (Congregation Beth el Binah), as well as the Dallas Holocaust Museum, Jewish Community Center of Dallas, Yavneh Academy of Dallas, and Texas Jewish Post.

The Jewish Star has reported on the WBC: “The automated telephone greeting at the Westboro Baptist Church features a pleasant, Southern-accented female voice who advises if you are a ‘Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, or Christ-rejecting Jew,’ that ‘God hates you all.'”

On June 24, 2010, the WBC also praised “world terror” and terrorist attacks on humanity. The WBC group has praised terrorist bombings on a Somalia mosque, praised terrorist attacks against Iraqi Christians, and has praised the shooting and the murder of police officers. At the end of April 2010, the Florida-based Dove World Outreach group decided to support and defend the WBC, and held a joint march with the WBC hate group. Dove World Outreach’s objective is to promote a message that “Islam is of the Devil.”

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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights, including our universal human right of dignity, and our universal human rights of freedom of religion, freedom of worship, and freedom of conscience. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

We condemn such protests against houses of worship as seeking to intimidate and spread fear among those seeking their universal human rights of freedom of worship.

We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate, Love Wins.

Westboro Baptist Church Setback on Court Proceedings to Picket Funerals

In Omaha, a federal judge has ruled against Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro Baptist Church, listed as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, was seeking an injunction against Nebraska’s funeral-picketing law.

AP reports in “Ruling: Neb. can press case against Phelps family member”

“In her ruling Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp said that the Nebraska funeral picketing law protects family members attending services, while leaving ample alternatives for Phelps-Roper’s protests that are protected by the First Amendment.”

“‘She has not demonstrated that she is likely to prevail’ in her challenge to the statute, Smith Camp said of the lawsuit.”

“Phelps-Roper said she plans to appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.”

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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights, including our universal human right to dignity for all. We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate, Love Wins.

Westboro Baptist Church Praises “World Terror”

The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), listed as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, praised “world terror” today.

On June 24, 2010, the Westboro Baptist Church praised “world terror” on its hate group blog “Godsmack,” stating “PRAISE GOD FOR WORLD TERROR!” and “God is your Terrorist!”

The remarks were part of commentary regarding recent terror-suspected arrests involving security procedures involving the G20 summit in Toronto, Canada.

The WBC group has praised terrorist bombings on a Somalia mosque, praised terrorist attacks against Iraqi Christians, and has praised the shooting and the murder of police officers. At the end of April 2010, the Florida-based Dove World Outreach group decided to support and defend the WBC, and held a joint march with the WBC hate group. Dove World Outreach’s objective is to promote a message that “Islam is of the Devil.”

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Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) supports our universal human rights, and unequivocally condemns terrorism.

We urge all to Choose Love, Not Hate, Love Wins.