Thread: Muslims across state, U.S. plan to stage rallies today

Muslims across state, U.S. plan to stage rallies today
 BY NICK G. MAHERAS
 ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER
  GUILFORD COUNTY – Muslims across the country are planning rallies today to protest the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip – but not in High Point or Greensboro.
  “It won’t happen in Greens*boro,” said Wajeh Muhammad, a member of the board of trustees of the Islamic Center of the Triad, one of Greens*boro’s largest mosques.
  “There’s no sense in it. What are we going to accomplish?” Muhammad, a native Palestini*an, disagrees with more mili*tant Palestinians that they must in*sist on a prisoner exchange so Israel can get a kidnapped soldier back.
  Hamas militants burrowed through a tunnel June 25 and came up at an Israeli guard post, killing two soldiers and taking Cpl. Gilad Shalit, 19, hostage.
  Israel has since launched a restrained invasion of the Gaza Strip, from which it withdrew nearly a year ago, demanded the return of Shalit and cut power and water service to more than 1 million Palestini*ans in Gaza.
  “Our position still stands,” Muhammad said. “We should re*lease the soldier, because of all the misery and suffering that this is bringing to our people.
  “Release the soldier, and we can free our prisoners some other way.” Hamas, classified as a terror*ist group by the U.S. govern*ment, has offered to swap Shalit for hundreds of Pales*tinian prisoners held by Israel, but Israel has refused.
  “For the last two weeks, Is*rael has been engaged in a hor*rendous act of collective pun*ishment against the entire 1.3 million Palestinian people in Gaza,” said Hamdy Radwan, a Raleigh member of the Muslim American Society. A protest against Israel will be staged in front of the state Capitol in Raleigh this afternoon and by hundreds of groups around the United States and the world, ac*cording to Radwan.
  “There is more suffering on our part than the Israelis,” Muhammad said. “That’s one family (the Israeli soldier’s) compared to a million families suffering in Gaza.”
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They can pack their little diti bags and head back from whence they came from. I am tired of all these foreigners in my country protesting. Enough is enough.

GOD HELP US

Stupid IMO, I feel for the Palastinians (well I did) But they started this one. You DO NOT go to someones elses country kidnap a soldier then expect their to be peace.

I think we need to finish this once and for all.

“Our position still stands,” Muhammad said. “We should re*lease the soldier, because of all the misery and suffering that this is bringing to our people.

This Muhammad should be considered a terrorist, he as much as admits in his statement that he considers himself a member Hamas, living here in the US.

I believe we have many of them living here in the US! I am sick of this prltesting to, if they are not here legally, deport them all! Isn't it funny how it is usually Palestine that starts the crap, then when Isreal retaliates as the Palestinians well know they will, the Palestinians they try to call foul!I admire the hell out of Isreal for the massive show of support for one lone soldier, do you think our President and our country would be willing to do that? Don't think so. In Isreal, the gov, as a whole show loyalty to their soldiers, here it is just the opposite, the soldier's must show complete loyalty, the gov., on the other hand is not so inclined to show the same loyalty to the soldiers! You go, Isreal, because if you don't they will eat you alive over there!