{"id":1897,"date":"2004-05-21T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-21T06:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2004-05-21T01:19:00","modified_gmt":"2004-05-21T06:19:00","slug":"like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Mayfield case: Like Chaplain Yee, only quicker"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/brandon_mayfield.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Nowhere near Madrid<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>It was an arrest that sent shockwaves through the Oregon Muslim community, and fed fears of homegrown Muslim terrorists in the media.  One week ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com%2Fnational%2F20040520-115221-2019r.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brandon Mayfield<\/a> was arrested upon suspicion of participating in the Madrid train bombings of March 11th \u2013 his \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F4933790%2Fsite%2Fnewsweek%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">perfectly formed<\/a>\u201d fingerprint was alleged to have been found on an unexploded bomb \u2013 even though he had never visited Spain and had an expired passport.  Friends and family rallied around the man they called \u201ctoo gentle\u201d to commit terrorism, but the usual warnings about the dangers that lurk among American Muslims were issued.  \u201cIf he is found to have had a link with the Madrid conspiracy,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/frontpagemag.com%2FArticles%2FReadArticle.asp%3FID%3D13348\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">noted<\/a> commentator Stephen Schwartz, \u201cnobody anywhere should be surprised.\u201d  Last night, however, Mayfield was unexpectedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C120530%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">freed<\/a> with no comment just as Madrid investigators <a href=\"http:\/\/news.scotsman.com%2Flatest.cfm%3Fid%3D2956178\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">linked<\/a> the fingerprint to a Algerian-born suspect closer to home.  And like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F2004-05-16-yee-cover_x.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chaplain James Yee<\/a> before him, Mayfield\u2019s release comes with little of the media hype that surrounded his arrest, leaving many Americans with the lingering suspicions their initial detentions caused.  AvNell Mayfield, Brandon\u2019s mother, worries that some people will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com%2Fmld%2Fkansas%2Fnews%2Fstate%2F8720041.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">not forget<\/a> seeing her son\u2019s name in connection to the bombings. \u201cThat will be a hard image for him to live down,\u201d she said.  \u201cI want to thank my friends and family for helping me through what I will call a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Farticles%2F2004%2F05%2F21%2Fman_once_tied_to_madrid_attacks_released%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">harrowing ordeal<\/a>,\u201d said Mayfield as he walked out of the federal courthouse in Portland with his wife and children.  He isn\u2019t out of the woods yet, however \u2013 federal officials have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com%2Fnews%2Fworldnews%2F21372.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">vague<\/a> about whether or not he still faces charges, despite releasing him.  \u201cEthnicity doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d said Samer Horani, a board member of the Islamic Center of Portland.  \u201cIf you are Muslim you are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com%2FDisplayArticle.asp%3Fxfile%3Ddata%2Ftheworld%2F2004%2FMay%2Ftheworld_May369.xml%26%2364258%3Bion%3Dtheworld\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">suspect<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a familiar story: A Muslim gets accused of supporting terorrism, is locked up amid a media frenzy, and is then released in obscurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brandon Mayfield case: Like Chaplain Yee, only quicker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s a familiar story: A Muslim gets accused of supporting terorrism, is locked up amid a media frenzy, and is then released in obscurity.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brandon Mayfield case: Like Chaplain Yee, only quicker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#039;s a familiar story: A Muslim gets accused of supporting terorrism, is locked up amid a media frenzy, and is then released in obscurity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2004-05-21T06:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/brandon_mayfield.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/\",\"name\":\"Brandon Mayfield case: Like Chaplain Yee, only quicker\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2004-05-21T06:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2004-05-21T06:19:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"It's a familiar story: A Muslim gets accused of supporting terorrism, is locked up amid a media frenzy, and is then released in obscurity.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/05\/like_chaplain_yee_only_quicker\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Brandon Mayfield case: Like Chaplain Yee, only quicker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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