'Are You Muslim?' Hate Crime

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'Are You Muslim?' Question Leads to Cabbie Stabbing, Hate Crime Charge


Driver Answered Yes, Passenger Pulled Knife, Says NYPD

A New York City cab driver was attacked Tuesday evening just after 6 p.m. by a passenger who asked him if he was Muslim, says the NYPD. A spokesman for a New York City cabbie group blamed the attack on the proposed construction of an Islamic center near Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack, but police said they were not aware of any link.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/muslim...ry?id=11480081

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As many of you know, hate crimes are a form of informal social control that are used when the perpetrators feel that the laws and policies of society are failing them and "those people" are becoming more influential.

I hope he is convicted of attempted murder and punished to the fullest extent of the law. He's a waste of oxygen. Regardless of how you feel about the Islamic center being built, we have hate crime legislation for a very good reason.