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| 2016-10-27 | ||
Mark Lucian Feigin, 40, was jugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! last week after calling the Islamic Center of Southern California and threatening to kill Moslems, officer Liliana Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told AFP. She said Feigin is suspected of having called the center on September 19 and leaving a hate-filled message. He called again the following day, when he spoke to an employee and threatened to kill Moslems, Preciado said. A search of his home in Agoura Hills, a city northwest of Los Angeles, turned up five rifles, a shotgun, seven pistols and more than 250 pounds (113 kilograms) of ammunition, including modified high-capacity magazines, she added. "The right to free speech is a hallmark of our society," Commander Horace Frank, of the LAPD's Counter Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau, told a news conference. "But that right is not and cannot be unabated. "Mr. Feigin broke the law when he threatened the lives of the individuals at the Islamic Center." Omar Ricci, chairman of the Islamic Center, told AFP that staff became concerned after Feigin, who he said works in real estate, posted a message on the center's Facebook page in September and then followed up with the threatening calls. "Generally speaking, the threats were against the religion of Islam, the Moslem community," he said. "And it was enough to cause fear in the person that was taking the call." Feigin, who was released on $75,000 bail, could not be reached for comment and it was unclear if he had an attorney. He is due to appear in court on November 10 and faces up to four years in prison if found guilty. Ricci said the center has had to boost security in the wake of the threats and rising anti-Moslem sentiment in the United States. "There will be armed guards at the center for the foreseeable future," he said. - 'Toxicity toward Moslems' - Hate crimes against American Moslems have soared to their highest level since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, according to a report published earlier this year by researchers at California State University, San Bernardino. The surge has been attributed to last year's terror attacks in Gay Paree, Brussels and the California city of San Bernardino, as well as anti-Moslem rhetoric during the U.S. presidential campaign. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for a ban on Moslems entering the United States and for a national registry of Moslems in the country. Ricci said he has noticed a spike in anti-Moslem sentiment that has spread fear among the community that numbers about half a million in Southern California. "In the United States today there is a certain toxicity toward Moslems being generated by a certain presidential candidate," Ricci said, referring to Trump. "And that toxicity is finding comfort with people who have ignorance of Islam and Moslems."
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 So bitter-clinger-gun-hoarding poster boy threatens anti Muslim violence just two weeks before the election. Not a talking point missed. This smells. |
| Posted by: The peanut gallery 2016-10-27 08:10 |
| #3 So the article turns out to be an anti-America hit piece on Trump? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-27 07:36 |
| #2 If you are going to harm someone you don't warn them first. This guy is not serious. He's just wind. |
| Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Slimp9732 2016-10-27 06:56 |
| #1 Barking dogs don't bite. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-27 01:33 |