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Lucylastic -> Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 5:52:12 PM)
http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/police-nyc-cabbie-sharif-ahmed-stabbed-after-fare-asked-are-you-muslim/19607768 Roughly one block from his destination, the passenger, identified as 21-year-old Michael Enright, of Brewster in upstate New York, allegedly asked Sharif, "Are you Muslim?" When Sharif said yes, Enright pulled out a knife and slashed Sharif in the neck, face and shoulders, police said

Sanity -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:01:21 PM)
Imagine if Pakistan or Iran or Syria had thousands and thousands of white American taxicab drivers. Think there might be more than one isolated incident by a solitary crazy dude? quote: ORIGINAL: Lucylastic http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/police-nyc-cabbie-sharif-ahmed-stabbed-after-fare-asked-are-you-muslim/19607768 Roughly one block from his destination, the passenger, identified as 21-year-old Michael Enright, of Brewster in upstate New York, allegedly asked Sharif, "Are you Muslim?" When Sharif said yes, Enright pulled out a knife and slashed Sharif in the neck, face and shoulders, police said

Lucylastic -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:11:00 PM)
undoubtedly..altho white people are pretty easy to spot. Im glad you think its just a solitary crazy dude. I feel so happy now [:'(]

StrangerThan -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:17:01 PM)
yahoo has a slightly different version of the story, somewhat more detailed http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100825/pl_yblog_upshot/ny-cab-driver-stabbed-in-alleged-anti-muslim-hate-crime

jlf1961 -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:18:22 PM)
Leave it to someone from the right to blow this off. The truth of the matter is that prejudiced attitudes and attacks against Muslims are on the rise. But according to some on these boards, the way to stop these incidents is for Muslims to convert to Christianity.

Rule -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:18:43 PM)
That is a deplorable incident. Good that the perpetrator was caught. I hope that the cab driver recovers speedily and without complications.

dcnovice -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:29:02 PM)
Anybody else look at the comments on the Yahoo story? The idiocy level is really disheartening.

Sanity -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:34:34 PM)
One Muslim gets injured by a lone nut in the United States and it makes the news... thats actually pretty good, considering how many Muslims are here. You really think this is a big deal in a country of hundreds of millions of people? quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 Leave it to someone from the right to blow this off. The truth of the matter is that prejudiced attitudes and attacks against Muslims are on the rise. But according to some on these boards, the way to stop these incidents is for Muslims to convert to Christianity.

Sanity -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:36:10 PM)
Like this one? "I hate to say it but the republicans who started this mess are loving this sort of thing." Yes DC, pure idiocy. quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice Anybody else look at the comments on the Yahoo story? The idiocy level is really disheartening.

SorceressJ -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:43:16 PM)
This is probably the wrong thread to say this on, but oh well. I mean no offense to anyone of open mind and heart. Not that anyone will care, or change, or give a damn what I think or have to say about it, but I am getting *-REALLY FUCKING TIRED-* of all the narrow-minded bigoted Muslim-bashing, on this site and elsewhere. This stabbing is a symptom of a much greater illness. It's like this, people: most Muslims are peaceful and innocent of wrongdoing. No, sorry, they are not all either terrorists, in cahoots with terrorists, or approving of terrorists, and are no more like them than most Xtians are like the fruitbats from Westboro Baptist Church. They are not happy about the state of war. What happened on 9/11 was not. their. fault. They don't all veil and beat their wives and children. Most of them just want to live, love, work, worship Allah (who I'm veritably certain does not approve of all this war shit either), and raise their families in peace, more or less just like we all do. And IMO, as long as they remain peaceful and law-abiding, I believe that they have just as much of a right to live and be here as any of the rest of us. P.S. If this post makes me unpopular, I really couldn't give half a shit less. When does the hate stop? Srsly. [8\|] [sm=dunno.gif]

StrangerThan -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:48:14 PM)
Now that's funny. Islam electing a witch as its spokesperson.

Lucylastic -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:55:12 PM)
Soceress I couldnt agree with you more.

Sanity -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:58:41 PM)
Good point. quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan Now that's funny. Islam electing a witch as its spokesperson.

jlf1961 -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 6:59:35 PM)
What I find strange is that the right, who have taken Islamophobic behavior to levels I never thought I would see in this country. Of course, I guess the anti-Semitic hysteria of this country needed to be replaced, or has it just been amended. quote: Sunnyvale public safety officers are trying to track down two young men who struck someone in the face on a busy street, apparently simply for being a Muslim man who was wearing a black cap and holding a Koran. He might be the third victim in Santa Clara County this year to fall victim to a reported anti-Muslim crime, according to the county's Office of Human Relations. Last year there were none. "They asked him if he was Jewish, and when he said, "No, I'm a Muslim,' they told him that was worse, you must be a terrorist," said Capt. Dave Verbrugge, a Sunnyvale Public Safety Department spokesman. source

TheHeretic -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 7:05:07 PM)
Ok. This is an awful crime, yada yada. Can I just say I'm going to laugh if this attacker turns out to be the spoiled offspring of wealthy liberals?

Sanity -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 7:07:46 PM)
Is the Islamaphobia that that youre going on and on and on about... in any way comparable to the Caucasianophobia our nation is experiencing? Or is premeditated violence against whites because theyre white normal, and to be expected. Or perhaps the truth is that one or two isolated incidents arent the end of the world. quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 What I find strange is that the right, who have taken Islamophobic behavior to levels I never thought I would see in this country. Of course, I guess the anti-Semitic hysteria of this country needed to be replaced, or has it just been amended. quote: Sunnyvale public safety officers are trying to track down two young men who struck someone in the face on a busy street, apparently simply for being a Muslim man who was wearing a black cap and holding a Koran. He might be the third victim in Santa Clara County this year to fall victim to a reported anti-Muslim crime, according to the county's Office of Human Relations. Last year there were none. "They asked him if he was Jewish, and when he said, "No, I'm a Muslim,' they told him that was worse, you must be a terrorist," said Capt. Dave Verbrugge, a Sunnyvale Public Safety Department spokesman. source

StrangerThan -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 7:10:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jlf1961 What I find strange is that the right, who have taken Islamophobic behavior to levels I never thought I would see in this country. Of course, I guess the anti-Semitic hysteria of this country needed to be replaced, or has it just been amended. quote: Sunnyvale public safety officers are trying to track down two young men who struck someone in the face on a busy street, apparently simply for being a Muslim man who was wearing a black cap and holding a Koran. He might be the third victim in Santa Clara County this year to fall victim to a reported anti-Muslim crime, according to the county's Office of Human Relations. Last year there were none. "They asked him if he was Jewish, and when he said, "No, I'm a Muslim,' they told him that was worse, you must be a terrorist," said Capt. Dave Verbrugge, a Sunnyvale Public Safety Department spokesman. source Well, I don't really see it as a right issue honestly. Nor does your story indicate any such thing. That's reading into it what you want to read into it. I posted the link to the yahoo story for the simple reason that I expected the assumption you just made to come out of this headline. There seems to be some question as to where the young man works, but if he works where he says he does, then the yahoo story notes it as a left-leaning operation. I figured that might avoid the immediate spewing of hatred and supposition towards Christians and conservatives, at least until it's confirmed or denied. You gotta admit, some folks are reading that story expecting him to be one or the other and probably looking for it so they can rush back and post some kind of drivel. There is an anti-muslim sentiment in this country. Given recent history, I don't expect that would be too difficult to understand. While i agree most are peaceful folk, I also will flat out state without reservation that islam is behind many of the wars in the world today, and that any place it takes over, people seem to suffer. I have nothing against them personally, but I'm not going to don rose colored glasses for them either. Just like I won't don them for anyone.

dcnovice -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 7:31:53 PM)
quote: You really think this is a big deal in a country of hundreds of millions of people? Yes. A fellow human being was savagely attacked in a major American city--for his religion, the freedom of which is one of our bedrock values. I do think that's a big deal indeed.

thishereboi -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 7:48:05 PM)
Some people can't discuss anything without trying to turn it into a right vs left fight. It's sad, but I don't see it changing anytime soon. Personally it is situations like this that make me glad we have hate laws in place. It is sad that we need them, but as long as there are people like Enright running around it looks like we will.

Kirata -> RE: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim? (8/25/2010 8:21:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrangerThan Well, I don't really see it as a right issue honestly. Nor does your story indicate any such thing. That's reading into it what you want to read into it. I posted the link to the yahoo story for the simple reason that I expected the assumption you just made to come out of this headline. There seems to be some question as to where the young man works, but if he works where he says he does, then the yahoo story notes it as a left-leaning operation. I figured that might avoid the immediate spewing of hatred and supposition towards Christians and conservatives, at least until it's confirmed or denied. Some people appear to consider it perfectly rational and morally necessary to hate hatred wherever they find it except in themselves. K.

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