Berkeley Muslims Insist Teen Killing an Act of Islamophobia, Despite Police Finding to Contrary

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Muslims at Berkeley University in California insist a teen was killed by a passing motorist due to Islamophobia, despite a police ruling to the contrary.

The UC-Berkeley Muslim Student Association just held a vigil for Muslim teen Nabra Hassanen, who was killed on June 18 in an assault by motorist Darwin Martinez Torres.

A vigil is held for the killed Muslim teenager at University of Berkeley — California.

Torres is an illegal immigrant, and he was charged with murder.

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But police didn’t affix a “hate crime” tag, because they said Islamophobia wasn’t a factor. Apparently, Muslims at the school don’t believe police and insist the crime was part and parcel of an anti-Islam belief they see as pervading U.S. society.

The College Fix (thanks to Jihad Watch) has the story:

Law enforcement officials charged Torres, an illegal immigrant, with murder. They call the incident one of “road rage” and say there’s no evidence by which to call it a hate crime.

The Berkeley MSA isn’t buying that, however. Chapter President Sarah Bellal said “Hopefully in recognizing who [Hassanen] was, we can also recognize the realities of racism, misogyny and Islamophobia and their intersections.”

And more, from the Daily Californian:

Participants at the vigil […] said they believe that the incident was a hate crime….

Emily Gottreich, a professor in the campus history department, alleged in an email she believes while this incident may have been instigated because of road rage, it is clearly an anti-Muslim and anti-female hate crime.

“Islamophobia (along with other forms of racism) has been latent in the US for a long time,” Gottreich said in an email. “Muslims are being targeted simply for practicing their religion during the holiest month of the year for them. It is unacceptable.”

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bargogx1
bargogx1
6 years ago

They “believe” it was a hate crime, therefore it is a hate crime. Or more to the point, they want it to be, therefore it is. That’s the way the leftist mind works.

Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago
Reply to  bargogx1

Agree but its the jihadi muslim mind pulling al-taqiya.

Even Trump got conned by Al-taqiya but once he learnt the truth, boy was he furious as hell http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ

He does not mince words unlike previous spineless Presidents.

Mrs. Chief
Mrs. Chief
6 years ago

The hate crime designation needs to be repealed.

AlgorithmicAnalystD
AlgorithmicAnalyst
6 years ago

Berkeley leftists and muslims are hopelessly disconnected from reality.

gearbox123
gearbox123
6 years ago

Too crazy for words.

silasozzie
silasozzie
6 years ago

victims victims victims

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

It is always all about islam, the cult of the victim is based on lies, they lie about everything, when they are not lying, they are accusing everyone else of lying.

santashandler
santashandler
6 years ago

“Apparently, Muslims at the school don’t believe police and insist the
crime was part and parcel of an anti-Islam belief they see as pervading
U.S. society…..” Um, yeah having an ‘anti-muslim belief’ is spreading. In direct proportion to their intent on committing more and more terrorist attacks.

Annie Pickett
Annie Pickett
6 years ago

The muslims and Mexican illegals are on the same side.

wilypagan
wilypagan
6 years ago

A crime is a crime is a crime. But will a crime by any other name still stink?

Annie Pickett
Annie Pickett
6 years ago

Don’t worry, insurance will pay the funeral costs. But only if the illegal held a licence and had paid for car insurance.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

She was a raghead and therefore should not have been driving in the first place, right?

Peter Joffe
Peter Joffe
6 years ago

This is where the world is going. Truth has no truth and lies are the new truth.
If there is a word that describes peoples’ mind-sets today, it is the word tolerance. The thought behind tolerance is that right and wrong varies from situation to situation, in other words it’s all relative. What’s wrong for me may be right for you and vice versa. Tolerance teaches that all views are equally valid and there are no absolutes. The only absolute is that there are no absolutes. We tolerate everything except intolerance. If you spin the same lies for long enough people will believe them to be true. The world is dammed to fails as long as ignorance is a virtue.

Janet
Janet
6 years ago

No Emily Gottreich you’re unacceptable with your lying BS! If this was anti-Muslim don’t you think the cops would say it? The only time they try to hide it is when a Muslim is the perpetrator. Like in the Orlando terror case. Anti-female? Give me a break! This is the rubbish that’s being taught in our schools and colleges by liberal professors who want to indoctrinate the students to their sick way of thinking. America is bad and so on and so on. It’s a bunch of leftist crap!

Robert Batchelor
Robert Batchelor
6 years ago

So the person not investigating the crime knows more about the incident than the people investigating it? Maybe she should share her evidence with the police investigating the crime. But then again, she is a professor at the most liberal university in America. That makes her a nutty professor and everything she says suspect.

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