'Bullet-Riddled' Quran Found outside Islamic Clothing Shop in Southern California

“If you shoot up a Quran on your own property, that is bigoted freedom of expression. If you deliver that bullet-riddled Quran to a Muslim home or business, that is an act of intimidation and hate crime."

That is an absurdly hateful piece of bigoted act. Hate crime and intimidation can be perceived as terrorism because the intensity of aggression and hateful messages spread by Anti-Islamists and Islamophobes appeared to have cause havoc in many societies. The negative outcome of this attitude put innocent Muslims in danger- often fall victim of unjustified assaults, humiliation sometimes killing. If one will use firearm to destroy a religious book, what will happen to the believers of the book?

Anti-Islamist Terrorism against Islam - An English translation of the Quran pierced with multiple holes 

A “Bullet-Pierced” copy of the Quran found outside an Islamic clothing shop has sparked an FBI investigation into, what has been described as, a “possible hate crime”, Independent Uk reports

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), based in Los Angeles, said the owner of Al-Farah Islamic Clothing in Anaheim, California, discovered an English translation of the Quran pierced with multiple holes, alleged to be bullet holes, in the shop’s letter box on Tuesday morning.

Terry Cormier, the 36-year-old owner of the store, Al Farah, found the defaced Qur’an wedged between the door and door handle when she opened the store at around 9 a.m.

The shop’s owner, Terry Cormier immediately reported the incident to Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Anaheim Police Department, which is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime, NBC reports.

“It was pretty clear and obvious what the intention was there,” she said. “I think whoever did it, I believe that they’re fearful or unknowledgeable about Islam. By defiling a book that is important to us, they were showing their hatred of something they don’t understand.”

Ms Cormier told The Orange County Register: “I felt like it was a pretty clear message.”

“You’re taking a very respected book and filling it with bullet holes and delivering it. It was obviously a hate message.”

Responding to the incident, Hussam Ayloush, CAIR-LA’s executive director, said: “Anyone has the right to be a bigot, but when that bigotry is expressed through the targeting of individuals or businesses through acts of intimidation similar to a cross burning it crosses the line into criminal behaviour.

“If you shoot up a Quran on your own property, that is bigoted freedom of expression. If you deliver that bullet-riddled Quran to a Muslim home or business, that is an act of intimidation and hate crime."

Mr Ayloush noted the US Supreme Court ruled in 2003 acts of intimidation such as KKK-style cross burnings may be prohibited if the perpetrator is carrying out the burning to intimidate or terrorize.

He added the incident in Anaheim appeared to be part of an unprecedented spike in anti-Muslim discrimination and hate crimes following the recent string of terror attacks in Paris.

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