Action Required Against Muslim Girl Scouts Harassment

"American Muslim children should be able to take part in public activities without fear of harassment or religious intimidation."

-- CAIR Communications Director, Ibrahim Hooper

Sunday, March 7, 2004
IslamOnline.net

Adding to the girls shock and disappointment, police were called to the scene, but did not take action against the aggressive man.

WASHINGTON -- IOL
A new anti-Muslim hate crime was committed against Muslim Girl Scouts in Virginia who were harassed by a man when he accused them of waging "violent jihad" as well as referring to what he called the troops’ "false lord".

Urging for an immediate action, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, called on law enforcement authorities to investigate the incident, CAIR said in a press release obtained by IslamOnline.net Sunday, March 7.

The incident occurred as the six Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors were selling cookies outside a Giant grocery store in Herndon, Va., Saturday, March 6, when a man began verbally harassing the girls and their two troop leaders, saying "Jesus saves" and trying to get them to take a religious tract with a picture of the burning World Trade Center on the cover, the press release recalled.

He also referred to what he called the troops’ "false lord."

After repeatedly asking the man to stop his harassing behavior, which was frightening the girls, one troop leader told him she would call the police.

The man, who was not identified in the press release, attacked the girl saying, "You are being a true Muslim, waging violent jihad."

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