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Muslim preacher attacked in Scotland |
2006-10-15 |
A Muslim preacher was hurt in an apparently religiously or racially motivated attack inside his mosque in the Scottish city of Glasgow, police, health officials and witnesses said Saturday. Imam Mohammed Shamsuddin, 53, the Bangladeshi imam at the Dawat ul Islam centre in Glasgow, was attacked Friday evening and taken to a hospital for treatment to minor injuries, health officials said. He was discharged Friday night. Witnesses said the suspect, a white man, shouted abuse at Shamsuddin before punching and kicking him with anything he could lay his hands on, including a safety deposit box and a chair. Strathclyde Police said they were treating the attack as racially motivated. The incident comes after a suspected arson attack on a mosque last week that caused 10,000 pounds’ worth of damage. The mosque, which was established by members of the Bangladeshi community, is on the edge of the University of Glasgow campus and is used by Muslim students. Khalid Rehman, a close family friend of the injured imam, said: “A man came into the mosque holding some stones and asked the imam something along the lines of why Allah permits people to be punished with stones.” Worshippers who had come to break their fast during the holy month of Ramazan were horrified when the man then attacked the imam, witnesses said. Tommy Sheridan, a member of the autonomous Scottish parliament, said the attack occurred because Muslims were being isolated and demonised by British politicians. |
Posted by:Fred |
#16 Scots it is! |
Posted by: anon 2006-10-15 23:30 |
#15 and anon that's Scots not scotts btw. UG1959 HA HA humiliated the french and you, you just make us laugh! perhaps another coach HA! |
Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-10-15 22:21 |
#14 "shouted abuse at Shamsuddin before punching and kicking him with anything he could lay his hands on, including a safety deposit box and a chair." A totally uncoordinated, totally unrestrained violent tantrum without logic or sense, oh merry old Glasgow. This is prob in direct response to Kriss donald |
Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-10-15 22:12 |
#13 A man came into the mosque holding some stones and asked the imam something along the lines of why Allah permits people to be punished with stones McAuslan lives! |
Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-15 21:04 |
#12 #7, Sorry. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-15 21:01 |
#11 Way to go, Jimmy! |
Posted by: SR-71 2006-10-15 18:09 |
#10 Scots are like the Northern Irish they take no shit from foreigners. Although they apparently got the crap kicked out of them in Kiev recently, without putting up much of a fight. |
Posted by: Uneresh Glinter1959 2006-10-15 17:00 |
#9 Scots are like the Northern Irish they take no shit from foreigners. I wish us English were the same!!!! |
Posted by: Spath Glineting5974 2006-10-15 14:09 |
#8 Heh, Heh. Ya, racially motivated. Keep up the good work , ye Scots. |
Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-15 13:44 |
#7 Hurray for Glasgowians! I'm confident all Glaswegians will accept your support in the context you intended, gromgoru. “A man came into the mosque holding some stones and asked the imam something along the lines of why Allah permits people to be punished with stones.” Anyone want to bet that imam Shamsuddin never again calls for a stoning without flinching as he does so? [crickets] Tommy Sheridan, a member of the autonomous Scottish parliament, said the attack occurred because Muslims were being isolated and demonised by British politicians. Who needs "British politicians"? Muslims are quite capable of demonizing themselves and do so with disgusting regularity. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-15 12:17 |
#6 A black man (he's innanely sensitive too)won't get specified, a yellow(or brown) man neither(lumped into 'Asian' whether he's justifiably sensitive or not). |
Posted by: Duh! 2006-10-15 07:13 |
#5 It is interesting to note that the MSM has no problem identifying the race or ethnicity of a perp if'n it's a Caucasian. |
Posted by: .com 2006-10-15 06:18 |
#4 Witnesses said the suspect, a white man, shouted abuse at Shamsuddin before punching and kicking him with anything he could lay his hands on, including a safety deposit box and a chair. White men, why do the hate us? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-10-15 06:13 |
#3 The Romans couldn't conquer the Scotts. Scotts remind me the most of Americans. They will be a handful when they get ticked. |
Posted by: anon 2006-10-15 05:06 |
#2 Hurray for Glasgowians! |
Posted by: gromgoru 2006-10-15 03:17 |
#1 I'm not sorry |
Posted by: anon1 2006-10-15 02:01 |