New York City Muslim taxi driver stabbed


The Culprit Sarah Palin the crazed anti-Muslim hater.


Rallies broke out in New York City over the building of an Islamic cultural centre near the World Trade Centre

A drunken passenger of a taxi in New York City has been arrested for assaulting the driver after finding out he is Muslim, police say.

Michael Enright, who slashed Ahmed Sharif with a folding knife, was detained by police on Tuesday night on charges including attempted murder as a hate crime.

Sharif, who has been a Yellow Cab driver for 15 years, told police that when he answered "yes" to Enright's question on whether he was Muslim or not, the passenger pulled out his weapon and stabbed him repeatedly.

Kim Royster, a New York police spokeswoman, said the victim has been treated for lacerations to the throat, upper lip, forearm and thumb following the incident.

Enright, 21, was expected to appear in court in the city of Manhattan late on Wednesday.

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a labour rights group, noted that the attack occurred amid tension over plans for a new Islamic cultural centre and mosque in Manhattan near the World Trade Center site.

"I feel very sad,'' Sharif was quoted as saying in a statement from the group.

An emergency medical technician said that had the cut been any deeper or longer, the driver would have died, prosecutors saidJames Zaleta, an assistant district attorney, said in court that Mr. Enright hailed a taxi near 24th Street and Second Avenue on Tuesday evening. Mr. Enright asked the taxi driver, who was from Bangladesh, whether he was Muslim, Mr. Zaleta said.
NYC Cabbie Stabbed by Islamophobe

Surely this is not what mosque controversy needs. A New York City cab driver named Ahmed Sharif was stabbed by a passenger who allegedly asked, “Are you a Muslim?” before carrying out the attack. When the cab driver said yes, the passenger allegedly pulled out a Leatherman tool and slashed his throat, arm, and lip. Sharif was able to lock the passenger in the back of his car, and is currently in the hospital recovering from his injuries. The passenger, Michael Enright, is a 21-year-old filmmaker who recently returned from Afghanistan. In a statement, Sharif said, “I feel very sad. I have been here more than 25 years. I have been driving a taxi more than 15 years. All my four kids were born here. I never feel this hopeless and insecure before.”

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/cabbie-attacked/

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