[Sam335ix]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...&tid=pp_widget

I live in the DC area, stuff like this doesn't happen too often but what a shame.


An Army reservist and Iraq veteran who works as a cabdriver says a passenger he picked up early Friday at a Northern Virginia country club [Fairfax Country Club] accused him of being a terrorist because he is Muslim, then fractured his jaw in an attack being described by Islamic activists as a hate crime.

Mohamed A. Salim says the passenger compared him to the men accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing 11 days earlier and threatened to kill him.

“Because I’m a Muslim, he treated me like a piece of trash,” Salim said. “I love this country. I didn’t deserve this.”

Ed Dahlberg of Clifton, who has been charged with misdemeanor assault, denied hitting Salim in a statement released by his attorney.

Muslim rights workers said Salim’s account is supported by medical records and an 11-minute, obscenity-filled video of Dahlberg’s remarks leading up to the alleged assault. Salim, a 39-year-old from Great Falls, provided The Washington Post with a copy, which his attorney described as evidence of the prejudice that others sometimes face but rarely document.

The video, which Salim took on his phone, appears to show physical contact between the men but does not capture the alleged punch that Salim said fractured his jaw, the Boston bombing reference or the threat to kill. Salim said that those happened after he stopped recording so he could call the police.

On the video, a middle-aged businessman can be heard asking Salim if he is Islamic and then asserting that most Muslims are terrorists. He says the Koran directs Muslims to kill nonbelievers and then repeatedly and loudly demands that Salim denounce the Sept. 11, 2001, attackers. When Salim asks if the passenger is threatening him, the passenger uses an obscene phrase to respond in the affirmative.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...&tid=pp_widget

[smyles]

what a non-story...

[shah269]

well that's bad karma

[quagmire]

Originally Posted by smyles

what a non-story...

Yep... Unless of course it was a christian being attacked for his religious beliefs then there will be more people outraged......

Any time someone discriminates against any religion due to the actions of a few, is wrong. If the Boston bombers ended up being christian extremists, do you think people would react like this and think all christians are terrorists?

[rezadue]

His company's website is now undergoing "maintenance" for the next few days! Lol!

[smyles]

Originally Posted by quagmire

Yep... Unless of course it was a christian being attacked for his religious beliefs then there will be more people outraged......

Any time someone discriminates against any religion due to the actions of a few, is wrong. If the Boston bombers ended up being christian extremists, do you think people would react like this and think all christians are terrorists?

Do you realize how many racial/homophobic/sexists/etc slurs are tossed around, and even jaws are broken on a daily basis in personal, 1-on-1 conflicts, caused by alcohol, road rage, neighbor conflicts, family disputes, whatever?

And you equate this to Boston bombing and want to make a story out of it?

[Colt]

This kind of crap happens daily, multiple times. I guess it made the story because he was once in the Army

[quagmire]

Originally Posted by smyles

Do you realize how many racial/homophobic/sexists/etc slurs are tossed around, and even jaws are broken on a daily basis in personal, 1-on-1 conflicts, caused by alcohol, road rage, neighbor conflicts, family disputes, whatever?

And you equate this to Boston bombing and want to make a story out of it?

Do I know it happens without this story being posted? Sure.... Doesn't make it right. And shrugging it off as saying non-story only encourages the discrimination.

The fact that the Boston bombings were by radical muslims, stories like this will get media attention. We still hear stories of passengers in planes had a person removed because they were muslim( or at least were dressed like they were from the middle east).

[ragingclue]

Some fuckstick did a douchebag thing. Why would anybody treat it like it's something special? Who fucking cares what this piece of fucked up trash did? What would be a problem is if the system condoned or rewarded it, which isn't happening. Jesus fucking Christ.

[kyle335i]

I think this sort of media is important to out take the media that deems all muslims as terrorists. Media controls

[ragingclue]

No that should be done by conveying stories where Muslims do good things. But they get more bandwidth describing how some cracka ass cracka was being a cracka ass cracka, and in the process just create more drama.

[kyle335i]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

No that should be done by conveying stories where Muslims do good things. But they get more bandwidth describing how some cracka ass cracka was being a cracka ass cracka, and in the process just create more drama.

opinion based--> a muslim american who served in the army being called a terrorist

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by kyle335i

opinion based--> a muslim american who served in the army being called a terrorist

Not sure what you're saying here.... I read the article too. A Muslim American who served in the Army was called a terrorist and assaulted. Got it. What makes this story special though? The fact that he served in the Army? I just don't get what makes it any different than any other incident involving some jackass assaulting an innocent out of hate....

[smyles]

Originally Posted by quagmire

Do I know it happens without this story being posted? Sure.... Doesn't make it right. And shrugging it off as saying non-story only encourages the discrimination.

The fact that the Boston bombings were by radical muslims, stories like this will get media attention. We still hear stories of passengers in planes had a person removed because they were muslim( or at least were dressed like they were from the middle east).

Well, let's hear a story where "a person removed because they were muslim( or at least were dressed like they were from the middle east)". Not a speculation, not an "I heard it from a friend of a friend...", but a real recent story of a person being removed just for the appearance reason.

[quagmire]

Originally Posted by smyles

Well, let's hear a story where "a person removed because they were muslim( or at least were dressed like they were from the middle east)". Not a speculation, not an "I heard it from a friend of a friend...", but a real recent story of a person being removed just for the appearance reason.

Here is one because they were speaking Arabic.....

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/...airport/nXNWW/

One from two years ago....

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/07...ane/index.html

[kyle335i]

Originally Posted by quagmire

Here is one because they were speaking Arabic.....

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/...airport/nXNWW/

One from two years ago....

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/07...ane/index.html

Owned

[smyles]

Originally Posted by quagmire

Here is one because they were speaking Arabic.....

http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/...airport/nXNWW/

One from two years ago....

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/07...ane/index.html

One occurred during post-bombing activities when a lot of things happened that normally wouldn't.

Second (2 yrs ago, so you really had to try hard, I give you credit for that... although, how many drunks were kickked off planes in the same time period) is primarilly based on the words of some civil rights activist. How about accounts from both sides, or better yet the final outcome of whatever investigation?

[quagmire]

Originally Posted by smyles

One occurred during post-bombing activities when a lot of things happened that normally wouldn't.

Second (2 yrs ago, so you really had to try hard, I give you credit for that... although, how many drunks were kickked off planes in the same time period) is primarilly based on the words of some civil rights activist. How about accounts from both sides, or better yet the final outcome of whatever investigation?

BS. We didn't know who was behind the attack at the time this occurred. But, these people took their stereotypes to automatically lay blame on Muslims/middle eastern people. Sure fears are heightened, but it still doesn't excuse discrimination.

[kyle335i]

Originally Posted by quagmire

BS. We didn't know who was behind the attack at the time this occurred. But, these people took their stereotypes to automatically lay blame on Muslims/middle eastern people. Sure fears are heightened, but it still doesn't excuse discrimination.

owned yet again