Or maybe he was thinking, about how the Jews are depicted in the Qur’an. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); they disobey Allah and never observe his commands (5:13). They are disputing and quarreling (2:247); hiding the truth and misleading people (3:78); staging rebellion against the prophets and rejecting their guidance (2:55); being hypocritical (2:14, 2:44); giving preference to their own interests over the teachings of Muhammad (2:87); wishing evil for people and trying to mislead them (2:109); feeling pain when others are happy or fortunate (3:120); being arrogant about their being Allah’s beloved people (5:18); devouring people’s wealth by subterfuge (4:161); slandering the true religion and being cursed by Allah (4:46); killing the prophets (2:61); being merciless and heartless (2:74); never keeping their promises or fulfilling their words (2:100); being unrestrained in committing sins (5:79); being cowardly (59:13-14); being miserly (4:53); being transformed into apes and pigs for breaking the Sabbath (2:63-65; 5:59-60; 7:166); and more. They are under Allah’s curse (9:30), and Muslims should wage war against them and subjugate them under Islamic hegemony (9:29).
“‘I wasn’t thinking’: Man pleads guilty to setting fire by Jewish museum in Baltimore,” Jerusalem Post, March 7, 2025:
A man pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to setting a fire outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland last year, the Baltimore Banner reported on Wednesday.
“I was out of my mind because I was under the influence of cocaine,” Assadollah Hashemi, 66, admitted. “I wasn’t thinking. I accept everything.”
Besides drug abuse, Hashemi also said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Hashemi was sentenced to 15 years in prison but will only serve the time he has already spent in custody, according to the Baltimore Banner report.
After his release, he will be on probation for five years and must adhere to a mental health treatment plan, reporting to the court and a probation officer….
Assistant State’s Attorney Tracy Varda said that less than half an hour before he set the fire, Hashemi sent a text message that read, “If you don’t get back to me, I’m going to have all Jews burned in the furnace.”
Hashemi initially denied the claim, saying, “I have an objection to that — I never said that or wrote it anywhere. That’s a lie.”
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Of course it was mental illness. It’s either that or Islam. Or could the latter be best understood as an example of the former??
somehistory says
He’s going toward the elderly part of his life. Who knows what will happen? But the mental thing, and the drug thing, are over-used excuses.
I can recall when being under the influence was not a reason for leniency on the part of the Court.
Looks like now a mozlum can use any grounds….perhaps even coffee….to get a light, or no, sentence.
OLD GUY says
I wonder if I wasn’t thinking will get you out of bank robbery or a traffic ticket?
OLD GUY says
I wonder if I wasn’t thinking will get you out of bank robbery or a traffic ticket?
James Lincoln says
So, Hashemi denies sending a text message that read, “If you don’t get back to me, I’m going to have all Jews burned in the furnace.”
Can’t those text messages be retrieved?
libertyORdeath says
I kinda believe him…only in the way he described his actions.
Islam is THE religion of not thinking.
Everything is dictated down to the most minute detail.
There’s no need to think for a dedicated Muslim. Muhammad and allah have done all the thinking for them.