WHEN IN COOPERSTOWN & CITY OF THE HILLS Plot Undone To Set Bomb In Islamberg Four young men in the Rochester suburb of Greece were arrested this week after police learned that they were allegedly planning to bomb Islamberg, the small Muslim community in…
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Islamberg Issues Statement Thanking God For Protection ISLAMBERG – The Muslims of America, Inc., this morning issued a statement expressing “our sincere gratitude to God Almighty” for his protection after the arrests of four young men in a Rochester suburb for allegedly planning to bomb this Muslim community in Delaware County. The statement continues:…
4 Men Arrested In Bombing Plot Against Islamberg A group of high school students at Odyssey Academy in Greece, near Rochester, tipped off police that one of their classmates was allegedly part of a plot to bomb Islamberg, the small Muslim community in Delaware County. Officers with the Greece Police Department Saturday arrested Brian F. Colaneri, 20, and Vincent Vetromile, 19, both of Greece, and Andrew C. Crysel, 18, of East Rochester, as well as a 16-year-old student at Odyssey…
Muslims of America Video Depicts Islamberg Standoff…
PEACE, LOVE ISLAMBERG! 1960s Mantra Is Updated Today By Outpouring At Sufi Enclave By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ISLAMBERG – In the end, love won. Five-hundred supporters from Oneonta, Cooperstown, Hancock and as far as South Carolina and Georgia stood united with the residents of Islamberg this afternoon against about a dozen “American Bikers United Against Jihad.” The motorcyclists had threatened to harass the Muslim community en masse. But today, only five bikers and five vehicles drove past the Sufi community…
BULLETIN Brief Confrontation, Then 500 Celebrate ISLAMBERG – About a dozen “American Bikers United Against Jihad” from Tennessee – not the 70-some feared – showed up at this Sunni enclave in Delaware County early this afternoon in a display that last a few seconds. After the five motorcycles and seven accompanying car passed along a dirt road between Route 11 and 17 near Hancock, the community invited in 500 supporters – many from Oneonta and Cooperstown – for a celebration, lunch…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Discusses Local Support For Islamberg Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), tells WAMC’s David Guistina on today’s “Morning Headlines” segment how Oneontans rallied to Islamberg’s support at a NAACP rally on Sunday. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO TODAY’S REPORT…
Islamberg Muslims Win 100’s Solidarity If Bikers Show Up, So May Local Folks By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – More than 100 wellwishers – from Oneonta, Cooperstown and beyond – almost filled the Unitarian Universalist Society this afternoon to offer solidarity to Muslims from Islamberg, Delaware County, where bikers from Tennessee are threatening mayhem on May 15. “Never again,” said Nathan Battalion, an Oneontan who lost family members in the Holocaust. “We can never allow this to happen again on our planet.”…
Unity Counter-Rally Planned Vs. Biker Rally In Islamberg ONEONTA – The Oneonta chapter, NAACP, is planning an Anti-Discrimination & Unity Session 2:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, to counter a Bikers Rally planned in Islamberg, Delaware County, in mid-May. “The whole community and surrounding areas are urged to attend,” said Lee Fisher, NAACP president, in an e-mail distributed today. Fisher said the NAACP has been in touch with state police, the state Office of the Attorney General, clergy and Legal Redress of the NAACP…