Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Religius Hate Crimes on the rise in US

(SOUTHFIELD, MI, 9/9/09) - The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) today called for state and federal hate crime charges against assailants who allegedly attacked members of a Muslim family in Ann Arbor yesterday.

According to the family, a group of assailants began hitting a 16-year-old Muslim student of Iraqi heritage who was riding on a school bus. During the attack, the attackers reportedly shouted “F*** Arabs, they are dirty,” pulled off the girl’s Islamic headscarf (hijab), dragged her to a nearby home, and inflicted injuries that required six stitches on her face. The victim’s brother was also attacked while trying to come to her defense. (Ann Arbor Police Case #09-7087)

SEE: Arraignment Put Off for Two Men Accused in Assault on Pleasanton Cabdriver

In late August, CAIR reported an apparent bias-motivated attack on Muslims in New York. The FBI now says it is monitoring that case.

SEE: Feds Monitoring Apparent Bias Case Involving Muslims (NY Newsday)

CAIR also recently reported that anti-Iranian graffiti was scrawled inside a Muslim-owned store in Philadelphia that was ransacked by vandals.

SEE: Vandalism at Penn. Business Probed as Hate Crime
SEE ALSO: Philadelphia Muslim Store Target of Apparent Hate Crime

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