New in PJ Media:
A 57-year-old man named Edward Wright is being investigated for possible commission of a hate crime and has been charged with simple assault and bias intimidation after he walked into a mosque in Paterson, N.J. to complain about the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, being broadcast over loudspeakers. If Wright is guilty, he should receive the due penalty for his crimes. At the same time, any controversy over the broadcast of the adhan in American cities is being dismissed as “bigotry” and “hate,” while reality, as is always the case with Leftist propaganda, is more complicated.
New Jersey 101.5 reported that Wright was arrested following an “encounter” at the Islamic Congregation of North Jersey: “Video posted to YouTube by the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, shows surveillance footage of the man entering the mosque on Preakness Avenue in Paterson on Dec. 23. The full video includes repeated profanities.”
Wright was angry because of the broadcast of the call to prayer: “‘Everybody’s not Muslim here,’ the man yells on the video footage taken on a phone, with profanities laced in between. ‘I don’t want to hear that **** every day.’”
According to people who were present, Wright didn’t just complain: “Not seen in the video, witnesses said to police that Wright shoved and hit a prayer leader while yelling in a threatening manner. Wright is accused of pushing the man from the back, slapping a microphone from his hand and hitting his shoulder.”
How very interesting that the video shows Wright going into the mosque and out of the mosque, and the portion with audio captures his complaints, but the part where he allegedly shoved and hit a prayer leader isn’t captured. At a time when there are so very many false claims of anti-Muslim hate crimes, that should give investigators pause. It could be absolutely true that Wright assaulted people inside the mosque, and if he did, there is no justification for such behavior. But even if he did, the alleged assault should not obscure the fact that from the looks of the video, Edward Wright is obviously not a MAGA-hat-wearing “right-wing Islamophobe.” He is just a neighbor of the mosque who was fed up with the noise. Should his concerns and those of others like him be entirely dismissed as “bias”?
Many people have predicted for years that the assertion of supremacism involved in the broadcast of the call to prayer would lead to anger from non-Muslims, as it has in other countries. But as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) makes clear in its response to Wright’s actions, any such anger is dismissed as “bigotry” and that’s that.
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Infidel says
OT: why did we get rid of the last 5 posts in the home page? It’s useful to know if there have been more comments since what we last read
somehistory says
I can only read about new comments by going to the dashboard. The list has disappeared from the side of each page where it has been. And It’s difficult to get to the homepage after reading an article.
gravenimage says
Infidel and Somehistory, my understanding is that the platform is being changed from Jihad Watch to Jihad Watch and Left Watch (or perhaps The Left Column). I think things–including the “recent comments” feature and stories being out of order–are just in a bit of flux right now. I hope it’ll be back to normal in a couple of days. Frustrating for now, though.
gravenimage says
‘Everybody’s Not Muslim Here’: N.J. Man Complains About Call to Prayer Broadcast Over Loudspeakers
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Complaining about the ugly Muslim call to prayer is *not* a hate crime. And I’ve watched this video–the claim that he assualted someone in the Mosque off-camera does *not* hold water. He is escorted out by a Muslim in a prayer cap who doesn’t appear to be in any way agitated or frightened.
mortimer says
Unless Muslims consider VERBAL DISSENT against Islam to be an ‘assault’ … which Muslims do … because the Koran does.
K.2:191 And KILL them wherever you find them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and FITNA[disagreeing with Mohammed] is worse than killing. And do not fight them at al-Masjid al- Haram until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.
Interpretation: Take vengeance against people who resist Islam. Muslims have a duty to kill kafirs who bring dishonor to Islam. Period.
gravenimage says
Grimly true
Jim says
Broadcasting this call is disturbing the public order and should not be allowed. It is intended as an assertion of Islamic control over the area where it is broadcast. Muslims can be expected to have smart phones and listen to information on their religious practices without disturbing other people. Broadcasting is an effort to assert the supremacy of Islam over the community where it is heard.
Clifford Fodor says
Amen. They have the right to annoy people, but we have no right to complain.
Dan says
+100
mortimer says
MUSLIMS WENT 1300 YEARS WITHOUT LOUDSPEAKERS
Loudspeakers were invented in the early 20th century, and they were introduced in mosques in the 1930s, where they are used by a muezzin for the adhan (“call to prayer”), and sometimes for khutbah (sermons).
Outdoor loudspeakers, usually mounted on tall minarets, are used five times a day for the call to prayer, sometimes starting as early as 4 a.m. Some mosques have loudspeakers that are powerful enough to be heard as far as 5 km (3 mi) away. In areas where more than one mosque is present, the loudspeaker sounds overlap one another, especially in the early morning when sounds are more clearly heard. Loudspeakers are sometimes also used inside mosques to deliver sermons or for prayer.
The first known installation of a microphone–loudspeaker set occurred in 1936 in the Masjid Sultan in Singapore; it was reported that the summons to prayer could ‘carry more than a mile’. Though some mosque attendees were sceptical of this new electric system, most believed it was necessary to empower the muezzin’s voice to transcend a modern city’s noises. Electrically amplified adhans have become commonplace in countries such as Turkey and Morocco, whereas in others such as the Netherlands only 7 to 8% of all mosques employ loudspeakers for the call to prayer.
Clifford Fodor says
Amen. They have the right to annoy people, but we have no right to complain.
notnolib says
The original translation of the muslim call to terror. It’s actually sung to the old Oscar Meyer Bologna jingle. If you remember it, you’re old.
Our moon-god has a first name,
it’s a-l-l-a-h.
Our moon-god has no second name,
it’s A-L-L-A-H.
Oh we kill kafir most every-day,
and if you ask to whom we prayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy……
To kill kafir is A-O-K,
says a-l-l-a-h,
oy vey.
OLD GUY says
Build a bell tower across the street and ring those BIG bells to coincide with their loud speakers.
Crank up Bon Jovi on your car stereo during their services.
Restrict noise levels in your community by Democratic vote. Pass a law.
Move the Mosque to Delaware.
Or get used to it, our tax dollars are bringing this to your neighborhood, thank Joe and Nancy and Camel’ah etc. next time you vote.
John says
Does Edward Wright have a ‘go fund me’ account?
John says
https://youtu.be/XHPkvRRPRuk
This should be blasted from every church in Patterson NJ 5x a day.
Maemae77 says
A mosque just being their is literally a declaration of Islamic dominance in that area.
The double standard when it comes to allowing loud noise for Muslims but not non-Muslims.
Sadly, most Americans don’t realize that this literally proves that their Muslim “friends” have been lying to them about their intentions for America the entire time.
The reality of over 3,000 mosques of Islamic dominance in America still hasn’t hit most Americans heads because they’re in foolish denial They better wake up because their Muslim “friends” are laughing at them behind their backs.