darkwolf 590 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Three Muslim students are shot dead close to University of North Carolina campus as police arrest man who posted anti-religion rants online A man who posted anti-religious sentiments online has been arrested after three Muslim students were shot dead close to the University of North Carolina campus on Tuesday. Craig Stephen Hicks, who describes himself as a vehement supporter of atheism, has been charged with three counts of murder after the trio were shot dead in Meadowmont around 5pm. Dentistry student Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, of Chapel Hill, his new wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, of Chapel Hill and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh, all died. Hicks, 46, of Chapel Hill, turned himself in 'without incident' and is currently being held in Durham County jaill. He is due to make a court appearance this morning. He is believed to have turned himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office in Pittsboro after the triple shooting. On a Facebook page in his name, Hicks shared a number of anti-religion posts, describing himself as a supporter of 'Atheists for Equality'. A banner about 'anti-theism' is prominent on his page. Craig Hicks has been charged with murdering the three Muslim students after handing himself in Hicks posted a photo from United Atheists of America on February 8, which has the title 'why radical Christians and radical Muslims are so opposed to each others’ influence when they agree about so many ideological issues'. On the page he is listed as married and having studied to become a paralegal at Durham Technical Community College. Records show his wife works at UNC Hospital. Most of the pictures he has posted in recent months criticize a number of religions, including Christianity. Other recent pictures he has published include one of a loaded revolver. In one post allegedly written by Hicks and shared by CNN, he wrote: 'When it comes to insults, your religion started this, not me. If your religion kept its big mouth shut, so would I.' Police were called to Summerwalk Circle after shots were heard at about 5.10pm on Tuesday. When they arrived they found three people dead. They had been shot in the head, CNN reported. According to their Facebook pages, Mr Barakat had married his wife just over a month ago and was a second year student at the dental school at the University of North Carolina. The last picture on his Facebook page, posted on January 29, said he helped provide free dental supplies to 75 homeless people in downtown Durham. The couple had organised an online fundraiser to get dental care to refugees from Syria, raising around $15,000 - but after news of their deaths, the total reached more than $23,000 Extremist atheists now RIP to these three amazing souls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasperhallo 219 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Sad, rip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziva 193 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That's disgusting! When will humans learn that violence is wrong? May they rest in peace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
isaac 15 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 :millie: :millie: :millie: :cry: R.I.P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
URFUTUREFAV 1,292 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 its getting bigger and bigger everyday... leave the fckn muslims alone. a muslim is / than an islamist... **** People hate what they don't understand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 49,376 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yet media reports refrain from calling this guy a thug, if they even report about this at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joumana 463 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Shocking! guess whos up in this bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Draco 2,531 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,647 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Extremist Atheiss are a thing now.... the world gets more pathetic each day that passes. Sad for the three students. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebe 17,289 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I think it's literally impossible to be an "extremist atheist". Atheism is simply the lack of belief in a God, how can one do that in an extreme way? He was extremely anti-religious but seemingly had some sort of disconnect between abhorring religious based violence and extremism and brutally murdering innocent students. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsn 1,669 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 he's so ugly and creepy looking wtf his mouth is so small this is awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 The three were so pretty. :( Rest in peace. I think it's literally impossible to be an "extremist atheist". Atheism is simply the lack of belief in a God, how can one do that in an extreme way? He was extremely anti-religious but seemingly had some sort of disconnect between abhorring religious based violence and extremism and brutally murdering innocent students. If you are anti- against something you can get extreme. I don't really think that anything has to with his Atheism, just his extreme anti-religion stance. (Though I don't know why he especially shot Muslims, I guess islamphobia also plays a role there) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,282 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I think it's literally impossible to be an "extremist atheist". Atheism is simply the lack of belief in a God, how can one do that in an extreme way? He was extremely anti-religious but seemingly had some sort of disconnect between abhorring religious based violence and extremism and brutally murdering innocent students. It's literally not though. There is an example in the very first post of this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomonster12 239 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That's soo sad, the 3 of them R.I.P. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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