Satanists seek to ally with
U.S. Muslims after Paris terror, 'Don't
hesitate to reach out to us' by Douglas Ernst, 11/22/15, WND
The Satanic Temple has a message for alienated
U.S. Muslims: Let’s be friends American
satanists who recently tried to install a bronze Baphomet statue near a Ten
Commandments monument in Oklahoma now want to ally with alienated Muslims.
The organization’s offer comes less
than one week after Islamic terror attacks in Paris, France, killed 129 and injured
more than 350.
“If there is anyone in the San Jose
region who is Muslim and afraid to leave their home out of fear for some kind
of backlash, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We would be glad to escort you
where you need to go without advertising our presence – just big dudes walking
you where you need to be. We would also happily deliver you some groceries,”
the San Jose, California, chapter of the Satanic Temple said on its Facebook
page Wednesday, the Washington Times
reported.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter of
the temple followed suit. “Our offer to the Muslims of the
Twin Cities comes from a place of genuine compassion for our fellow human
beings. It’s not to ride the tide of sentiment or capitalize on people for
further name recognition,” the group said on its Facebook page Wednesday.
Muslim Facebook users were grateful
for the offer. “I don’t live in Minneapolis, but as
an American Muslim I’m glad to see you guys take up this effort and help out a
marginalized group. Thank you for doing this and building bridges between
communities,” said Abu-Saleh Nafees Imtiyaj on Thursday.
“I’d also like to join the many
other American-Muslim voices to offer deeply appreciated acknowledgement and
thanks. I have been the victim of random verbal abuse and know many other
Muslims in North America who have been the victims of random physical attacks,”
added J’Amy McCracken.
An Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling in
June dashed the organization’s plans to install a Baphomet statue over 8-feet
tall next to a Ten Commandments monument on the state’s Capitol grounds. The
bronze piece cost more than $100,000 to make.
A 7-2 decision ruling by the court
June 30 said the Ten Commandments monument, which had been in place since 2012,
violated the state’s constitution.
“As concerns the ‘historic purpose’
justification, the Ten Commandments are obviously religious in nature and are
an integral part of the Jewish and Christian faiths,” the court said.
The court’s decision forced the
Satanic Temple to begin looking for a new home for its statue.
“It was always our intention to take
this wherever it was relevant, wherever it was necessary, and wherever that dialogue needed to
take place,” said Lucien Greaves, a spokesman for the group, the Associated Press reported July 6.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/satanists-seek-to-ally-with-u-s-muslims-after-paris-terror/
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