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May 26, 2012
Brothers indicted for Vilks arson attack
Published: 1 Jul 10 12:18 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/27544/20100701/
Two brothers suspected of setting fire to the home of the Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks were charged with arson on Thursday.
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The house suffered extensive damage in the fire which was started in the evening. A kitchen window was shattered and flammable liquid was sprayed into the kitchen and while a curtain caught fire and the flames spread to a kitchen cupboard, the wall and ceiling, it later went out by itself.
The evidence against the men included two fire-damaged jackets, a knife, two plastic bottles and a lighter, as well as a pair of underwear and a jackknife.
In one of the jackets that police found at the crime scene, they found a key to the home of one of the brothers.
Further incriminating evidence supporting the charges against the brothers includes the fact that one of the brothers admitted himself to hospital on the same night as the with burns to his legs. The man also smelled of gasoline, according to a hospital employee that chief prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson has called as a witness.
Police were able to demonstrate from the analysis from a seized PC that one of the brothers had searched for Vilks' address on the internet.
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If I recall correctly, the location of Mr. Vilks's home (not the exact address) was published widely. Why was he not afforded as much protection as these brothers who found him by doing a simple search, already knowing his hometown?
In addition, will this arson be charged properly as a hate crime? It undoubtedly is one.
No other group in the west is carrying on like the Muslims are and they wonder why we don't want anything to do with them. Duh!!!!!
How much you WANT more to do after killing them(MUSLIMS) in Iraq , Afghanistan, Palestine , Kashmir, Bosnia, Chechenya?
Lars and ongoing drama has been scripted and directed by the same people who killed so many muslims.
If Vilks had written a cartoon about Buddha, does anyone think Buddhists would have tried to burn down his home or attack him in public? Same thing with Christians, Mormons and any other religion?? Has anyone tried to burn down the house of that guy who said that Jesus wasn't crucified?
These brothers need to be deported immediately. And yes, what they did IS a HATE CRIME. Landskrona's Muslim community has produced arsonists and murderers of the elderly in the last few months. What's next?
How many people were killed in Iraq before US invasion?? this is policy of west to divide and then rule Muslims land just for the sake of natural resources. BBC recently published that Afghanistan has natural resources like lithium worth trillion of dollars...Shame on you.
Whether Jesus was crucified or not is a historical debate but depicting Prophet as dog is entirely different.. Moreover if christians or Budhist dont mind insult of there prophet as they are doubtful of their faith, then this doesn't reveal that Muslims should do the same..
For muslims, Prophet Muhammad comes first before country, family everything and west should remember that..
thanks for that tripe, made me laugh ;)
Cheers mate!
That said, it's only expected that ali bin umar and arselan would come to the defense of arsonists and demand that the West adapt to Muslims' views about religious prophets. It's hilarious actually.
People of other religions have behaved the same way. The latest example is the MF Hussain, an indian artist who painted the Hindu gods in nude and has been threatened by extremists. Different organizations in India are offering millions as bounty for killing him. Look at the following link.
http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/23mf.htm
In west, religion related violence has decreased very recently. Look at abortion related violence in Europe and USA and you will find killings, bombings, arson......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence#Murders
http://www.pmw.org.il/images/Al-Risala%206...%20-%20P.20.jpg
http://www.pmw.org.il/images/BinLadenVicto...t-12-9-2007.JPG
http://www.pmw.org.il/car/HateUSA/c210237.html
"For muslims, Prophet Muhammad comes first before country, family everything and west should remember that.."
What about Kyrgyzstan? The violence there is sunni muslim on sunni muslim. Apparently, being Kyrgyz or Uzbek is more important than mohammed.
What are the "Hostiles" positive contribution to society????