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34-yr-old US Marine instructor jailed for abusing Muslim recruits

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The long arm of the law has caught up with 34-year-old US Marine instructor Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Felix, has been sentenced to jail for physically and verbally abusing three American Muslims training to become US Marines.

Two recruits Ameer Bourmeche and ­Rekan Hawez testified that they were ordered by Sergeant Joseph into an industrial clothes dryer and turning it on at a facility in Parris Island in South Carolina state.

Sergeant Joseph was also convicted of violating general orders, drunk and disorderly conduct, and making false statements.

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According to Lieutenant-Colonel John Norman, the prosecutor, Felix “picked out Muslim recruits for special abuse because of their Muslim faith. He degraded their religion and put them in industrial appliances”.

Witnesses said they heard Felix use the terms “terrorist” and “ISIS” when addressing the Muslim men.

A $100m civil lawsuit has also been filed against the Marine Corps and the American government by the family of one Muslim man who fell 12 metres to his death.

 

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  1. el-sig

    November 11, 2017 at 8:17 am

    So must every case of abuse be linked to religion? The media just escalate issues to sell news.

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