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[Order a copy of Robert Spencer’s forthcoming book, Muhammad: A Critical Biography, by clicking here.]
Diversity is our strength and all that, and we all saw it in our social studies books back in seventh grade: smiling children, all carefully chosen to represent a smorgasbord of races and ethnicities, happily playing together without a care in the world. A recent incident in Queens, N.Y., however, shows how our indefatigable commitment to diversity really works in practice.
The New York Post reportedSaturday that “a NYC taxi driver was hit with a hate crime [charge] for allegedly beheading a statue depicting a young Jesus outside a Queens Catholic church, prosecutors said.” The iconoclast who did the deed was one Jamshaid Choudhry, who lives in Hollis, Queens. “Jamshaid” is a Persian name that is common among Muslims in central and south Asia. Choudhry “was arrested Thursday night and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for allegedly decapitating the statue outside of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Fresh Meadows on June 30.”
PHOTOS: Statue of child Jesus at Queens church decapitated; NYPD investigates as hate crime https://t.co/nHK2qXDwCL pic.twitter.com/oJQHpUrNGC
— 1010 WINS (@1010WINS) July 1, 2024
Now why would anyone want to do something as bizarre as beheading a statue? The most obvious answer would be that the perpetrator hated the person who was depicted, and that is likely true in this case. The Qur’an says that Jesus is a prophet but denies the central Christian tenet that He is God become man. In fact, it states that those who believe such a thing aren’t believers at all: “They indeed have disbelieved who say, Indeed, Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary” (5:17).
The Qur’an even depicts Allah asking Jesus if he told his followers to worship him as God, and Jesus denies having done so. The passage contains a misunderstanding of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity as consisting of Allah, Jesus, and Mary, but its denial of Christ’s divinity is unmistakable: “And when Allah said, O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to mankind, Take me and my mother as two gods besides Allah? He said, Be glorified. It was not for me to say what I had no right to say. If I said it, then you know it. You know what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in your mind. Indeed, you, only you, are the knower of hidden things” (5:116).
The Qur’an adds that those who say Jesus is the Son of God are under the curse of Allah: “And the Jews say, Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say, The Messiah is the son of Allah. That is their saying with their mouths. They imitate the statements of those who disbelieved before. May Allah curse them. How perverse they are” (9:30).
The Islamic holy book also denies the crucifixion of Christ, although it claims that the Jews believed they had crucified Christ when in fact they had not: “And because of their saying, We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the messenger of Allah, they did not kill him nor crucify him, but it seemed so to them” (4:157).
And so when Jamshaid Choudhry saw the statue of Jesus outside Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, his own religious tradition told him that it was an abomination in numerous ways. It was, of course, art representing the human form, which Islam forbids. It was a depiction of a prophet of Allah, which many Muslims believe is particularly offensive as a temptation to idolatry. And it depicted a young man, reflecting the Christian belief in the incarnation of God in Christ, which from the Islamic perspective is an insult to Allah, bringing down his curse.
And so Choudhry apparently set out to right these wrongs with cool determination. The Post notes that “the twisted, caught-on-camera tantrum began casually.” Choudhry “pulled up to the front of the church around 5:30 a.m. and calmly crossed the street, before removing a shoe and charging toward white marble statues of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, according to police and footage released by the Diocese of Brooklyn.” Once there, he “swatted the heads of Mary and Joseph with his shoe, then turned his attention to Jesus and hacked at its head until it went spinning to the ground, caught-on-camera footage shows.”
After he had done what he came to do, Choudhry “is then seen calmly walking off, shoe still in hand.” So he was calm both before and after beheading the statue, suggesting that he had the cool assurance of a man who knows that he is doing the right thing.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz uttered the usual platitudes: “We will not tolerate unprovoked attacks, especially those driven by hate. Queens stands as a beacon of diversity and inclusivity, where freedom of religion and expression are celebrated as fundamental pillars of our democracy.”
Terrific, but one thing is absolutely certain: neither Katz nor anyone else involved with this case will even come close to suggesting that Choudhry’s religious beliefs may have had something to do with his actions. To suggest such a thing would be “Islamophobic.” And so nothing will be done to address the root cause of such behavior. That means it will happen again.
Plus, muslims throw their shoes at anyone they disagree with, it’s their way of showing their disdain towards the individual.
The word “sabotage” comes from “sabot.” In 19th century France, strliking factory workers would take rheir sabots, their clogs, and smash the machinery.
Even touching you with bottom of shoe is the same. I was on a flight to Europe and Turkish moo slim on his way to Istanbul sitting next to me kept touching my leg with bottom of shoe. I was in a very mellow mood and trying to sleep, otherwise I would have gave him some shit.
You should have turned towards him and said, “Sorry. I’m not gay.” 😉
Were someone to offend “Muslim sensibilities” in a predominate Islamic society, they would find themselves being beaten to death and killed. Sadly, western socity seems to have lost reverence for Christianity. They will certainly enjoy Islam when they gain power in the west.
How truly sad.
And one could go on for days about the contridictions found in the Quran. They are numerous. Let’s not forget, muslims tell us that the Quran is a perfect book. Yet you also need to read the Hadith (of which there are several different versions -which do NOT agree with one another) and of course the Sira to understand the life of their prophet.
But ask them, if Islam is the true inaliable word of Allah, why the Shia/Sunni Split continues to kill more muslims than any group or thing in the world. . .-How can this possibly if the Qu’ran is so clear?
I highly recommend Spencer’s Book, “The Politically incorrect guide to Islam and the Crusades” for the person casually interested in the matter.
Also beheading apostates and non-believers….
Paradoxically, the Holy Koran admononishes believers to make no friends of non-believers while respecting both Jews and Christians as “people of the book”.
Remember somebody through a shoe at Bush JR
Let’s behead Mohammed ~
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👕 — Mohammed
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Tacky and chidish to givevMohammed a pig’s head.
O.K. — Have it your way …
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👕 — Mohammed
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Is that better?
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Why depict him as the devil? He was a man.
Most pedophiles are ..
Was he! No evidence to suggest he even existed. And let’s not forget one of his many names is the great Deceiver aka satan! Check your youtubes for Dr Jay Smith & Cira International. Islam was made up almost 100 years after he supposedly existed. Satan plays the middle east, middle east falls for it. So sad, so many in need of Jesus the true messenger, the Saviour, King of kings, Lord of Lords!
i guess we can be thankful he didnt take the head of a priest off or burn the church down which is what happens in europe .
One small evil leads to a greater evil. Europe looks the other way.
BINGO❗
When deviancy is ignored or placated, we get worse deviancy.
You are dead right. The broken window effect
You are right….for the first time this morning.
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How do you knock the head off a MARBLE statue with a shoe? Also, that picture shows a hollow place where the head was.knocked off
Isn’t marble SOLID?
Fair point.
We should donate enough money to America’s Catholic churches for them to be able to afford genuine marble statuary….and also fund scholarships to their high schools, which are the last bastion of math, grammar, and plain logic for today’s otherwise clueless kids.
When do we get to start deporting these loathsome people, hate crime or not? When do we stop importing criminals who don’t care about, or understand, what this country is about?
Yes, I am an unapologetic Islamophobe.
Please, don’t use that word.
Use Islamo-historian instead. ~
The satanic catholic fake church teaches they worship the fake god allah…
However; the satanic quran teaches that allah has no sons or daughters…
Therefore… how can the satanic catholic fake church worship the fake god allah and believe Christ Jesus is their Savior? <<< They can't.
The satanic catholic fake church is completely deceptive and satanic…
Meanwhile… the satanic catholic fake church teaches catholics to pray to Mary… as the Intercessor… because Christ Jesus means nothing to them except cannibalism through the satanic 'Eucharist'…
Nothing personal. . .
Even with all the problems of the Catholic Church, I would take it one MILLION TIMES over Islam and the Qur’an ANY DAY.
And I was born a Methodist!
But then, it seems you believe everthing seems to be Satinic. . . Which is problematic as you cannot have good without evil. . at least with regards to humanity.
So… you would take the satanic catholic fake church… even though it worships the fake god allah of satanic islam?
You don’t think very well… do ya?
Tell us… what does the One True Living God of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob have to say about worshiping false gods?
As far as the rest of your comment… you are confused…
He needs to be terminated from his job and fined big time then returned to where he came from
If cab drivers need a municipal licence as they do in the UK, he may well find that a newly acquired criminal record will stop him next time it is due for renewal.
MY Bible, and YOURS TOO, if you READ IT, says “ALL Muslims are going to Hell”.
Islam is a demented ideology masquerading as a religion, whose adherents are often homicidal maniacs. This guy is no exception; he would have gladly decapitated the real Jesus if he had been available. The fact remains that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and has been made abundantly clear by the situation in Europe, Islam is incompatible with western civilization. They will never adapt and assimilate; they only want to dominate and force Christians to bend the knee to their false prophet and phony religion.
The world will never know true peace until Islam and all those how practice that filthy religion are exterminated from planet earth forever. There are no other options available at this time.