Terrorists Threaten Mosques

FBI INVESTIGATES THREAT AGAINST MOSQUE - TOP NBC 4, 2/18/06http://www.nbc4.tv/news/7198766/detail.htmlPOMONA -- The FBI is investigating a flyer found in a Pomona mosque, threatening to "kill every last one of you," an agency official said Saturday.The flyer was left at the Islamic Center of Claremont in Pomona on Feb. 3, according to Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations Southern California, which describes itself as the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties group."Americans of all faiths should be concerned whenever a house of worship is threatened," Ayloush said. "Religious and political leaders must speak out against the anti-Muslim bigotry that can prompt such threats."An anti-Muslim sign was left outside a Texas mosque earlier this month and that the FBI was investigating attacks at a Michigan mosque, Ayloush said.In December, bombs damaged an Ohio mosque.Vandalism and other threats have been reported at other California mosques and those in Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.SEE ALSO:FBI PROBES ANTI-MUSLIM FLYER IN LOS ANGELES - TOP Xinhua, 2/18/06http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/18/content_4196841.htmLOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 () -- The FBI is investigating an anti-Muslim flyer found in a mosque earlier this month in a Los Angeles suburb town, the agency said Friday.FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller confirmed that the agency had begun the investigating on the flyer threatening to "kill every last one of you," which has drawn concerns among local Muslim communities.The flyer was left at the Islamic Center of Claremont in Pomona, some 50 km east of downtown Los Angeles, on Feb. 3, according to Hussam Ayloush, an official from a local Muslim civil liberties group."Americans of all faiths should be concerned whenever a house of worship is threatened," said Ayloush, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations Southern California, which describes itself as the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties group."Religious and political leaders must speak out against the anti-Muslim bigotry that can prompt such threats," he said.Elsewhere, an anti-Muslim sign was left outside a Texas mosque earlier this month and the FBI was also investigating attacks at a Michigan mosque, according to Ayloush.Bombs damaged an Ohio mosque in December and vandalism and other threats have been reported in recent months at other California mosques and those in Florida, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas, media reports said.