Phobia

one_shot
By one_shot

NEW YORK (AFP) – New Yorkers, including the city's mayor, and several national US organizations, have strongly condemned the attack of a taxi driver believed to have been targeted because he is a Muslim.

The attacker, a 21-year-old man who was reportedly drunk at the time of the incident, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder as a hate crime after he attacked Ahmed Sharif on Tuesday evening.

The man was 43-year-old Sharif's first fare of the night, the Taxi Workers Alliance said in a statement. As the cab headed for Times Square, the passenger began a friendly conversation with Sharif about his religion, asking him if he was fasting in observance of the Muslim month of Ramadan.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100826/ts_alt_afp/uscrimediscriminationislam

By anonymous• 27 Aug 2010 00:01
anonymous

One_shot - My comments might be perceived as offensive. So I'all desist.

By one_shot• 26 Aug 2010 23:57
one_shot

yes sorry

i really didn't know

By lanin_13• 26 Aug 2010 23:15
lanin_13

it's very sad that the guy was attacked......people's mind is not working properly now a days....and they think Muslim's are mot human being....very sad...

By one_shot• 26 Aug 2010 23:13
one_shot

thank you dramna

By one_shot• 26 Aug 2010 23:12
one_shot

sorry i didn't know

but i think opening another thread will not stop this kind of violence

By drmana• 26 Aug 2010 23:10
drmana

Being discussed already:

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/1279517#new

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