if little muslim girls are terrorists in training, what the heck are they doing being girl scouts? isn't THAT as "american as applie pie"?:
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MUSLIM GIRL SCOUTS HARASSED IN VIRGINIA
Man says Brownies selling cookies waging 'violent jihad'
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/6/2004) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR) today called on law enforcement authorities to investigate an
incident in which a group of Muslim Girl Scouts in Virginia was allegedly
harassed by a man who accused them of waging "violent jihad."
The six Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors were selling cookies outside a
Giant grocery store in Herndon, Va., on Saturday when a man began verbally
harassing the girls and their two troop leaders, saying "Jesus saves" and
trying to get them to take a religious tract with a picture of the burning
World Trade Center on the cover. He also referred to what he called the
troop's "false lord."
After repeatedly asking the man to stop his harassing behavior, which was
frightening the girls, one troop leader told him she would call the police.
The man then allegedly said: "You are being a true Muslim, waging violent
jihad." Some of the girls, and the troop leader who said she would call the
police, were wearing Islamic head scarves, or hijab, along with their Girl
Scout uniforms. Police were called to the scene, but did not take action
against the man.
"American Muslim children should be able to take part in public activities
without fear of harassment or religious intimidation," said CAIR
Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "We call on local and national law
enforcement authorities to look into the case to determine whether this man
constitutes a real threat to the Muslim community." The troop leader filed
a formal complaint with the Herndon Police Department.
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., and has 25 regional offices and chapters nationwide and
in Canada.
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