political : IS A MOCK LYNCHING OUTSIDE A MOSQUE AN APPROPRIATE 9/11 COMMEMORATION? [+] serious ballot by cranky created Wed Sep 13, 06 Protestors hang Bin Laden effigy outside Culver City mosque ANDREW DALTON Associated Press CULVER CITY, Calif. - Activists hanged an effigy of Osama Bin Laden across the street from a Southern California mosque Sunday to protest radical Islam on the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. With a crowd of about 100 people shouting "Remember 9-11!" and "No more Jihad!" two men on the back of a pickup truck slipped a noose around the neck of a dummy wearing a Bin Laden mask and strung it up, while the crowd pelted the effigy with shoes. The protest was organized by the United American Committee, a group that says it promotes awareness of internal threats facing America. "I think it's crazy," said mosque spokesman Usman Madha. "We have never encouraged extremism. We were the first mosque that condemned the Sept.11 atrocities and we kicked out a few people that protested that condemnation." The United American Committee claimed the mosque supports radical Islam. A report from the Sept. 11 commission said investigators believed two of the hijackers had visited the mosque after arriving in the United States in 2000. "We are here in love, we are here for the Muslim people," said Peter James, a member of the United American Committee who was dressed in a black bathrobe to resemble an executioner. "We want to give you some free PR. This is a chance to distance yourself from terror." * * * * * * * * Do you believe this was an appropriate way to commemorate 9/11 and set an example of modern, civilized behavior for Muslims? Yes, mock lynchings are appropriate and civilized forms of expression No, this display was hateful and meant to terrorize Muslims No, it's stupid and immature (but I doubt it terrorized Muslims) Ballot #101870 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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