Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Three UNC Chapel Hill Muslim Students Aiding Syrian Refugees Killed by Atheist Over Parking Argument

Three UNC Chapel Hill Muslim Students Aiding Syrian Refugees Killed by Atheist Over Parking Argument ---
tags: muslim victim, atheist suspect, radicalized, anti-muslim, anti-christian, cover story, parking, argument. Syrian refugee, Syrian victim, bias incident, School Incidents, political views, execution style, mass shooting, Syrian civil war, possible terrorism, execution style shooting

3 killed 1 arrested February 10, 2015 Three NC Muslim Students Aiding Syrian Refugees Killed by Atheist Over Parking Argument  Craig Stephen Hicks is arrested when three Muslim Chapel Hill college students where shot and killed: Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Raleigh, N.C. resident Razan Abu-Salha. Police believe the shooting was over a parking space at the condominium complex where they were neighbors. However those who believe it may have been motivated by hate and bias against religions including Islam observe that Craig Stephen Hicks has been called a radical atheist for Facebook posts supporting “Atheists for Equality” and blasted “radical Christians and radical Muslims".  Barakat was Syrian-American and 10 other dental students at the school were scheduled to go to Turkey in the summer, where they were going to treat Syrian refugees as part of a project organized by UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry and the Syrian-American Medical Society The father of the two women, Mohammad Abu-Salha called it a hate crime as "It was execution style, a bullet in every head ... This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt

Parking argument is a cover story for an obvious political motive.

Others muslim with ties to Syria mysteriously killed: 2 killed on campus February 5, 2015  Korean ex-wife murder suicide of Arab University of South Carolina professor  46 year old Sunghee Kwon shot lebanese cancer researcher and associate professor Dr. Raja Fayad several times in the upper body Thursday afternoon in a fourth-floor office at the university's Public Health building. Kwan then committed suicide with a gunshot to her stomach,  Fayad was a professor  that taught anatomy and physiology and was highly regarded by both his students and fellow faculty members  He received his medical doctorate degree in 1995 from Aleppo University School of Medicine in Syria. 

*Likes

  • "Atheists for Equality." 
  • anti-religious and progressive causes.
  • Huffington Post, 
  • Rachel Maddow
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Freedom from Religion Foundation
  • Bill Nye "The Science Guy," 
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson, 
  • Gay Marriage groups and similar progressive pages

*Issues

  • Terrorism (Heavy) Muslim advocates are crying foul that the shooting deaths aren’t being labeled as “terrorism.” But as the dictionary definition of terrorism is “the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”, there is no basis for calling the tragedy terrorism. While Muslim communities oftentimes may feel victimized by the word terrorism, Hicks had no political goals....


*Reference


  • Heavy conspiracy theories Why 3 muslims killed? ether the reasoning for partitioning these victims’ is to perpetuate Islamophilia or Islamophobia is a matter of debate, but with homicides in the United States averaging about 30 a day, there seems to be more to this story as to why it is getting the media attention it is. 10 hours after the fact, but aligned perfectly with President Obama’s request for congressional support in fighting ISIS with boots on the ground. 
  • Wikipedia 2015 Chapel Hill shooting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chapel Hill Shooting 2015
LocationChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates35°54′30″N 79°3′0″W
DateFebruary 10, 2015 (EDT)
Attack type
[2]
Deaths3[3]
PerpetratorCraig Stephen Hicks (alleged)[4]
Three people, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, were killed in a school shooting that occurred on February 10, 2015, near the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chapel Hill police arrested Craig Stephen Hicks, who allegedly shot and killed the three people in a single attack.[5][6][7]

Shooting[edit]

On February 10, at about 5:15 pm, police responded to reports of gunshots near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They found three people, whom they pronounced dead on the scene.[8]

Victims[edit]

Three Muslim college students were killed, a married couple and a relative.[9]
  • Deah Shaddy Barakat, age 23[10]
  • Yusor Mohammad, age 21
  • Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, age 19

Alleged perpetrator[edit]

Craig Stephen Hicks is from North Carolina. According to The Independent, he appears to be a "critic of religions" on his social media profile.[11] Most of his Facebook posts[12] mock religion and support atheism. Hicks' Facebook images also included an image of his "loaded 38 revovler [sic]".[13] Hicks turned himself in to the police later that night.[14][15]

Motives[edit]

The initial investigation suggests that the shooting was the result of a dispute over a parking spot. Anti-Islamic statements by the shooter led the Council on American–Islamic Relations to call for law enforcement to consider a "possible bias motive".[16] The father of the two women, Mohammad Abu-Salha, stated that the killings bore signs of a hate crime based on religion and culture. "It was execution style, a bullet in every head ... This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far."[17]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ "Chapel Hill shootings: North Carolina man charged"BBC (February 11, 2015) (BBC). February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. Jump up^ "The Chapel Hill shooting: White male atheist murders three Muslim students"New Statesman (February 11, 2015) (New Statesman). February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11,2015.
  3. Jump up^ "3 killed in Chapel Hill shooting, man charged"Fox8 (February 10, 2015) (Fox8). February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  4. Jump up^ Ahmed, Saeed (February 11, 2015). "3 Muslim students shot to death in apartment near UNC Chapel Hill"CNN (February 11, 2015) (CNN). Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  5. Jump up^ Withnall, Adam (February 11, 2015). "Chapel Hill shooting: Three young Muslims gunned down in North Carolina family home"The Independent (February 11, 2015) (The Independent). Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  6. Jump up^ Clay, Arielle (February 11, 2015). "Three killed in Chapel Hill shooting; 46-year-old man charged"wral (February 10, 2015) (wral). Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  7. Jump up^ West, Holly (February 11, 2015). "3 people dead in Chapel Hill shooting"dailytarheel(February 10, 2015) (dailytarheel). Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  8. Jump up^ "Craig Stephen Hicks Arrested After Chapel Hill Shooting Kills 3".
  9. Jump up^ Mezzofiore, Gianluca (February 11, 2015). "Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslim students killed near University of North Carolina"ibtimes (February 11, 2015) (ibtimes). Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  10. Jump up^ "3 people shot to death in condominium in Chapel Hill, police say"Citizen-Times(February 11, 2015) (Citizen-Times). Associated Press. February 10, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2015.
  11. Jump up^ "Who Is Craig Stephen Hicks? Chapel Hill Man Arrested For Killing 3 Muslims, Posted Anti-Religion Views Online".
  12. Jump up^ "Craig Stephen Hicks Facebook page".
  13. Jump up^ "Chapel Hill shooting: Craig Stephen Hicks condemned all religions on Facebook prior to 'Muslim mass-murder' arrest".
  14. Jump up^ "Parking dispute, not bias, triggered triple murder, say NC police"Fox News. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2015.
  15. Jump up^ Saeed Ahmed, CNN (February 11, 2015). "3 students shot to death in apartment near UNC Chapel Hill - CNN.com"CNN. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  16. Jump up^ "3 college students shot to death in Chapel Hill, man charged"ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  17. Jump up^ "U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims; parking spat cited"Reuters. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2015.

*Sources

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/chapel-hill-shooter-craig-hicks-anti-theist-who-opposed-all-religions-623194

Chapel Hill Shooter Craig Hicks an 'Anti-Theist' who Opposed All Religions
By Johnlee Varghese February 11, 2015 18:10 IST
The Chapel Hill shooting suspect, Craig Stephen Hicks, who killed three young American Muslim students, including a newly married couple and a teenage girl in North Carolina was opposed to all religions and called himself an "anti-theist."...
A review of his social media shows him as a supporter of "Atheists for Equality." The consistent theme that figures on his Facebook account is that of anti-religious and progressive causes.
His Facebook Likes included the Huffington Post, Rachel Maddow, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Freedom from Religion Foundation, Bill Nye "The Science Guy," Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gay Marriage groups and similar progressive pages
Hicks contrary to his words, was also part of a "Religious Tolerance" group on Facebook.
....After it emerged that the suspect is a vocal advocate of anti-theism, evolutionary biologist and atheist philosopher Richard Dawkins condemned the massacre.
"How could any decent person NOT condemn the vile murder of three young US Muslims in Chapel Hill?" Richard Dawkins said on his Twitter page.


https://www.ijreview.com/2015/02/249075-three-north-carolina-students-murdered-execution-style-overnight-police-arrested-suspect/
According to the UK Independent:

The shooting has been met with an outpouring of anger on social media, where people posting new pictures of the victims studying and playing basketball claimed they had been “murdered execution style”.
Craig Stephen Hicks, a radical atheist, was arrested on suspicion of three counts of first-degree murder. Hicks is a vocal supporter of United Atheists of America and according to his personal Facebook page, was a fan of television shows like The Atheist Experience.

Craig Stephen Hicks - Source: Facebook
Craig Stephen Hicks – Image Credit: Facebook
Hicks has posted a number of anti-religious images and writings on his Facebook page. One of the images he posted said:

“[W]hy radical Christians and radical Muslims are so opposed to each others’ influence when they agree about so many ideological issues.”


  1. murder of three North Carolina college students was motivated by an ongoing dispute over a parking space, despite widespread speculation the victims were targeted by an avowed atheist because of their Muslim faith, police said. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after turning himself in to police in Chapel Hill overnight. Although a Facebook page in Hicks' name that described him as a supporter of “Atheists for Equality” and blasted “radical Christians and radical Muslims" for causing strife in the world gave prompted rampant suspciion that the crime was motivated by hate, police said Wednesday it was about a parking space at the condominium complex where the murders took place. Those killed were Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Raleigh, N.C. resident Razan Abu-Salha, Chapel Hill Police said in a statement.
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