Trump still has not condemned the Minnesota mosque bombing. Muslim leaders are waitin

[GennGreymane]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c10764bffc46

Since a makeshift bomb tore through a Minnesota mosque early Saturday morning, President Trump has used Twitter, his preferred platform for communicating with the American people, to rail about “fake news,” attack a Democratic senator from Connecticut and insist that he’s working hard while vacationing in New Jersey.

One topic Trump has yet to address: the mosque attack at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, where several people were gathering for prayer. Nobody was injured, authorities said, but the attack has left the Muslim community feeling unsettled.

And Minnesotans and others are still waiting for the president to condemn the attack.

“Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes,” Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement calling for Trump to condemn the attack, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We are wondering why President Trump has not tweeted about this,” Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, told BuzzFeed News. “He seems to want to tweet about security and terror issues.”

On Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement saying that its acting secretary, Elaine Duke, was “aware” of the explosion and that the agency was in “close contact” with investigators and community leaders.

“The Department of Homeland Security fully supports the rights of all to freely and safely worship the faith of their choosing and we vigorously condemn such attacks on any religious institution,” the statement said. “We are thankful that there were no injuries, but that does not diminish the serious nature of this act.”

New York Times White House correspondent Glenn Thrush tweeted an email statement from the White House Monday. According to Thrush, it read: “The President has been and is continuing to be updated and we are monitoring situation for now.”

Also Monday, FBI Special Agent in Charge Rick Thornton reassured the community his agency was thoroughly investigating the attack.

“While it is fortunate that no lives were lost, and the physical damage is reparable, the FBI recognizes the pain and anger of our communities anytime a place of worship is attacked and we will work hard to hold those responsible accountable,” Thornton said in a statement.

ut many Muslims and others want Trump to denounce the attack.

Mohamed Omar, executive director of targeted mosque, invited Trump to “come and see — to come and see what happened,” reported BuzzFeed News.

“He is the president of this country, and this happened to us,” Omar told the publication. “He has to come here and at least express his feelings and say this is bad.”

That sentiment has been echoed across social media.

Silence after attacks where Muslims are the victims is not uncharacteristic for the president, who has been previously lambasted for a perceived double standard that critics claim he applies when denouncing terrorism. Attacks perpetuated by Muslims draw his attention and sharp tongue, they argue, while violence targeting Muslims is overlooked.

“President Trump has to date not expressed any significant opposition to Americans turning on Americans of the Islamic faith,” Corey Saylor, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the Huffington Post. “Through his Muslims ban and comments from the campaign trail, he has instead painted the entire American Muslim community as suspect.”

A Pew Research Center survey released last month revealed that 48 percent of Muslims in the United States said they had faced discrimination in some form over the past year. The results showed that nearly 75 percent of those surveyed considered Trump “as unfriendly toward Muslims in America.”

While Trump’s Twitter feed remained mum on the Minnesota mosque bombing as of early Tuesday morning, other local, state and federal leaders had been quick to address the attack.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said the “terrible, dastardly, cowardly act” was “an act of terrorism” while visiting the center Sunday, reported the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “The destruction done to this sacred site is just unthinkable, unforgivable,” he said. “I hope and pray the perpetrator will be caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

Dayton was joined by the state’s lieutenant governor, the mayor of Bloomington and state Rep. Andrew Carlson and state Rep. Ilhan Omar, the first Somali American elected to the legislature. Also in attendance was Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress, who said he was heartened by how the community had rallied around the mosque, reported the Star-Tribune.

“This is the right spirit and there is no better way to condemn the person who would throw a bomb into this mosque than to react in a loving, kind, inclusive way,” Ellison said.

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Aaaand that's why you bash the fash, you don't elect them president of dangerous countries

[Independent voter]

Aaaand that's why you bash the fash, you don't elect them president of dangerous countries

Well first you have to get an inkling of what fascism is.

[GennGreymane]

Well first you have to get an inkling of what fascism is.

Hub

its an obvious parody account

[Freighter]

Why should he condemn it?

[schwank05]

It was probably bombed by some of their own people. They seem to like killing each other.

[Shibito]

Why should he condemn it?

Cause reasons

[lonely zergling]

Do they even know yet who bombed them? (This stuff didnt even appear in news here, so must be kinda minor event).

[Narwal]

Do they even know yet who bombed them? (This stuff didnt even appear in news here, so must be kinda minor event).

I heard it was actually an accidental detonation in the mosques ied manufacturing center.


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[Dextroden]

He won't say anything about it until he is told to by someone that works for him. Probably putting his 17 day holiday above doing anything else that he can't complain about, anyway.

Yeah. Trump's an idiot. But he's probably under strict orders not to comment until his lines are ready.

[Varvara Spiros Gelashvili]

Why should he condemn it?

He ran on America first but ignores terrorism commit against a certain demographic. His adminstration has jumped to conclusion and ended up embarrsing themselves because the terrorist attack was commited by a white canadian. They've even made up fake terroist attacks like the bowling green incident. He latches on to anything that fits his agenda and ignores everything that doesnt. Its a bit hypocritical but being critical of your polticians is so 2009.

[Zarc]

Whatever ethnic or religious group the bomber(s) belong to, let's hate and fear them now!

Am I doing this right?

[Tikaru]

Maybe he's waiting for more details to come out?

[Beazy]

Aaaand that's why you bash the fash, you don't elect them president of dangerous countries

LoL Bitch, the only thing you have ever bashed was your cock in your moms basement while watching youporn.com.

Uneducated internet tough guys belong in the other sub forums, not in GenOT.

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LoL Bitch, the only thing you have ever bashed was your cock in your moms basement while watching youporn.com.

Uneducated internet tough guys belong in the other sub forums, not in GenOT.

I for sure am bashing the report button now

TX lol

[fatgunn]

Why does the president need to make a public comment on every thing that happens?

[Deleted]

Fascism is a political ideology of peace, and this act does not represent the wider fascist community, and to suggest otherwise is facistophobic.

[Elim Garak]

“Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes,” Ibrahim Hooper

Mr. Hooper is an idiot. Publicity is what terrorists crave. Trump's doing it right - denying acknowledgement.

[Beazy]

I for sure am bashing the report button now

TX lol

LoL of course you are!! Better get someone in here to help you ASAP!!!!

[Zoibert the Bear]

What I find extremelly amusing is the fact that you get more news articles related to Trumps silence than the actual event.

Once again, goes to show the agenda the left is pushing around, not their unconditional love for the oppressed, but their viciousness to push every opposing view into a cess pit. Back to the middle ages I say!