{"id":77707,"date":"2019-01-24T17:36:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=77707"},"modified":"2019-01-24T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T23:38:35","slug":"rns-after-police-foil-terrorist-attack-on-islamberg-new-york-muslims-push-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=77707","title":{"rendered":"(RNS) After police foil terrorist attack on Islamberg, New York Muslims push for justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, the FBI issued an alert after an Arizona man affiliated with militia groups allegedly threatened to attack Islamberg in a Facebook video. And for several years, a group of anti-Muslim bikers and right-wing activists led by American Bikers United Against Jihad drove past Islamberg in their annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2016\/05\/17\/anti-islam-biker-protests-draws-five-riders-and-hundreds-rallying-for-peace\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.6d2e21b1baa3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ride for National Security.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lies about Islamberg have been proven wrong countless times,\u201d The Muslims of America\u2019s chief executive, Hussein Adams, told media. \u201cBut what speaks volumes is that after 30 years there have been no instances where members of our community have done anything related to these accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TMOA said the new alleged plot sent \u201cshock waves\u201d of fear through the community, giving residents flashbacks to the \u201cpanic and unease\u201d they endured after previous incidents. \u201cAnd each time it happens, these grave tragedies compound the trauma of the previous instance,\u201d Islamberg attorney Tahirah Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>After the Doggart case, in which he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/jul\/07\/robert-doggart-attack-islamberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a>\u00a0to his family on $30,000 bail, TMOA officials were shocked to learn that domestic terrorism is not always considered a federal crime, and they are now pushing for a change in policy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/01\/24\/after-police-foil-terrorist-attack-on-islamberg-new-york-muslims-push-for-justice\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, the FBI issued an alert after an Arizona man affiliated with militia groups allegedly threatened to attack Islamberg in a Facebook video. And for several years, a group of anti-Muslim bikers and right-wing activists led by American Bikers<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=77707\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,426,114,578,108,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-americau-s-a","category-islam","category-law-legal-issues","category-policefire","category-religion-culture","category-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77708,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77707\/revisions\/77708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}