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Muslims Who Vandalized Texas Church Claimed First Amendment Right, Jury Disagreed

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor(Worthy News) – Three Muslims who vandalized a church in Euless, Texas, argue doing so was their First Amendment right.So far, jurors have disagreed, convicting one man, Raunaq Alam, of vandalism but not of a hate crime.Alam was one of three charged in the vandalization of a nondenominational church, Uncommon Church in Euless, in Tarrant County last March. They are accused of spray-painting “expletive Israel” and affixing pro-Palestinian/H