OPINION: Brooklyn rises to condemn hate groups’ activity
The widespread condemnation by most local officials of several anti-Muslim hate incidents in southern Brooklyn shows how Brooklyn’s tradition of tolerance rises to the fore whenever such isolated incidents take place.
As Brooklyn Daily Eagle staffer Paula Katinas mentioned, some unknown persons left anti-Islamic flyers in Shore Haven, a Bensonhurst apartment complex, on July 26. The flyers read, in all capital letters: “Islamists go to your country. USA hates you. You are terrorists and bastards.”
Earlier this month, Katinas reported, a group of people threw eggs at worshippers at the Bayba Islamic Center at 2165 Coney Island Ave. for Ramadan services. And in front of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, a car pulled up with flashing lights and loud sirens and sat outside for several hours, intimidating congregants.