Category Archives: Anti-Muslim violence

Virginia cabbie pursues charges after anti-Muslim rant

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McLEAN, Va. — For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.

In the most recent case, an Ashburn, Va., woman unleashed a string of expletives and called 911 to report that she was afraid for her life because she said her cabbie, Abdikar Aden of Alexandria, was “very Muslim.”

Aden says the woman also poked him repeatedly in the back of his shoulder, though that part of the confrontation was not captured in a recording provided to The Associated Press.

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Man arrested after Gloucester mosque arson attack

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Masjid-E-Noor arsonA 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an arson attack on a Gloucester mosque.

Gloucestershire Police said lit petrol was poured around the door of the Masjid-E-Noor mosque on Ryecroft Street about 01:00 BST. A spokesman said a man left the scene at speed at about 01:00 BST in a dark-coloured car being driven by an accomplice. The suspect is currently in police custody and being questioned.

The door of the mosque was left burnt and blackened in the attack, which was captured on CCTV. The attack comes after an open day was held at the mosque to welcome in the community.

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Argenteuil: Muslim woman loses baby after veil attack

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A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing a veil has lost her baby, her lawyer announced on Monday.

According to reports in the French media, the woman, who was four months pregnant, was assaulted in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on June 13th. On Monday, the 21-year-old’s lawyer Hosni Maati told AFP that the woman had since suffered a miscarriage. “Her husband called me this afternoon. She lost the baby,” the lawyer said, before adding that the family were devastated by the tragedy and would not be making any further comment.

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Racist thugs who beat up Muslim are banned from EDL activities, narrowly avoid jail

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James Whitbread and Salvatore AllegroTwo racist thugs who beat up an innocent man and told him “go back to your own country” have narrowly avoided jail.

Salvatore Allegro, 48, of Home Gardens, Dartford, and James Whitbread, 36, from Rochester, carried out the unprovoked attack at Bank Underground station on August 18 last year. The pair were both found guilty of a racially aggravated public order offence following a short trial, with Allegro also being found guilty of common assault.

This morning, District Judge Vanessa Lloyd handed the pair suspended prison sentences at Westminster Magistrates Court.

The victim, Ahmad Farhan, boarded an Underground train at Bond Street station with his girlfriend when he first heard a group of white males talking about “f***ing Islams.” As he left the train at Bank station at around 5pm, the group of men also left the train and were heard singing racist hate songs. Mr Farhan said he was “wary” of the group as he left the train and heard one of the men, later identified as Allegro, say “go back to your own country you f***ing Muslim c**t.”

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Muswell Hill Islamic centre fire group to use library

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Al-Rahma Islamic Centre fire (2)A Muslim group in north London will be temporarily housed in a library after their community centre was destroyed in a suspicious fire.

Barnet Council confirmed that members of the Bravanese Community Centre would use East Finchley Library from Monday. The centre, also known as the Al-Rahma Islamic Centre, in Muswell Hill was gutted by fire on 5 June.  The Somali Bravanese community will use the library from 17:00 BST on weekdays, Saturday afternoons and on Sundays.

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Suspended jail term for woman who called for arson attacks on mosques

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A 24-year-old woman who posted racist comments on Facebook after the death of Drummer Lee Rigby has avoided a jail sentence. Michaela Turner, of Southsea, Hampshire, was sentenced at Portsmouth magistrates court to an eight-week jail term, suspended for six months. She was ordered to pay £85 in costs and a victim surcharge of £60.

The court heard that Turner had been drinking when she made comments about the Woolwich attack on the social networking site. They included: “Feeling like burning down some mosques in Portsmouth, anyone want to join me?” She also shared other comments containing racist comments following the murder, the court was told.

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Second attack on Muslim woman in Argenteuil

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The Coordination contre le Racisme et l’Islamophobie has reported that, following the attack on Rabia B. last month, a second Muslim woman was assaulted by skinheads in Argenteuil on Thursday morning. They dragged her into a side street, beat her, removed her headscarf and cut off some of her hair. When she screamed at them that she was pregnant they replied they “didn’t give a fuck” and kicked her in the stomach. Argenteuil was the scene of clashes on Wednesday provoked by police arresting a Muslim woman wearing a veil.

See also “Seule et enceinte agressée par des skins”, CCIF, 13 June 2013

And “Argenteuil: La colère des habitants après une nouvelle agression raciste”, 20 Minutes, 13 June 2013

Police check of veiled woman sparks clashes near Paris

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Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an angry crowd in a town on the outskirts of Paris where clashes erupted on Wednesday night after they questioned a woman wearing a full facial veil, which is banned in France.

A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the trouble started when police stopped a 25-year-old woman in the centre of Argenteuil, a suburb north-west of Paris, who was wearing a full-face Muslim veil, or niqab.

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