Utah murder trial ends with guilty verdict for Burmese Muslim refugee

It was a trial that riveted readers of The Salt Lake Tribune for the last couple of weeks, but barely made news outside of Utah.  Esar Met, a Burmese Muslim man, was arrested in 2008 for the brutal sexual assault and murder of a 7-year-old Burmese girl in their Salt Lake City apartment building.   A … Continue reading Utah murder trial ends with guilty verdict for Burmese Muslim refugee

Utah murder might not have happened if US State Department had not placed Burmese Muslim in Christian apartment

Why are we resettling so many Muslims?  Why any Muslims at all? It ultimately falls on the US State Department to have some understanding of Muslim/Christian tensions among the refugees they resettle in America even if it was Catholic Community Services or the International Rescue Committee (federal contractors in Utah) who ultimately placed Muslim Esar … Continue reading Utah murder might not have happened if US State Department had not placed Burmese Muslim in Christian apartment

Utah: Burmese Muslim refugee sentenced in brutal rape/murder of little girl

Diversity is strength alert! For long-time readers, Esar Met should be a familiar name.  He was convicted of raping and murdering a fellow refugee—a little Christian girl—in the apartment complex where naive resettlement agency employees and the US State Department had placed him. Right after the murder in 2008, it was not too difficult for … Continue reading Utah: Burmese Muslim refugee sentenced in brutal rape/murder of little girl

Defense rests without calling a witness in Utah refugee murder trial

Final arguments will be today. For new readers, see our previous posts on the trial of Burmese Muslim, Esar Met, who is accused of murdering a 7-year-old Burmese Karen Christian girl in the apartment building where both were resettled by the US State Department and its Utah contractors. Apparently, the defense could find no one … Continue reading Defense rests without calling a witness in Utah refugee murder trial