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Sarker Haque, 53-year-old owner of the Fatima Food Mart in Astoria, was attacked by 55-year-old Piro Kolvani who walked into the store yelling anti-Muslim slurs.
With a black eye, cuts, and bruises Haque told PIX11 News:
“He punched me here [pointing to his face]. I fell down here [pointing to an ice cream cooler]. I say, ‘what the hell you doing? What’s wrong with you?’ [The attacker] said, ‘I kill Muslims’. He punched me as much as he can with his left hand. I thought he was going to kill me.”
According to reports, ‘nicely dressed’ Kolvani posed as a customer before turning violent. Haque told DNAinfo New York:
“The man started looking at newspapers, including a copy of the New York Post that featured a photo of one of the suspects in the San Bernardino, California shooting on its cover. He looks at it two or three minutes, then comes to me and he said, ‘Everything free in this store?’ And I said, ‘What? No’.
“When he picked up a pot full of hot coffee, I came out from behind the counter out of fear he was going to break it. He pulled on it like that and said, ‘Is the coffee free?’ I say, what do you want, what are you looking for? And he don’t say nothing, he don’t answer me. He asked me, ‘do you have anything free?’ I said ‘what are you talking about buddy? What are you asking?’”
After touching more items, Haque said, Kolvani punched him for several minutes before one of his regular customers came in and grabbed the attacker until the police arrived. Kolvani was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge and was issued a desk appearance ticket and released, police said adding the case was being investigated as a possible hate crime.
State Sen. Michael Gianaris blamed Donald Trump for spewing hatred and attempting to divide the country. “These hateful actions are the direct results of the hatred that is being inspired in the national debate,” he said.
“He [Trump] wants his hate to be talked about and his name to be out there. Astoria is a very diverse neighborhood and we work together and love our neighbor. That is what American is really about,” Councilman Costa Constantinides added.
Haque, who immigrated from Bangladesh nearly 30 years ago and is a US citizen now, also spoke out against Trump.
“Trump should not say what he is saying. America is united and he is trying to divide us. Muslims are not terrorists. We must not be victim of hate crimes.”
In a statement on its website, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the incident “fit a pattern of increased hate-motivated crimes and bias incidents nationwide targeting persons and property associated, or perceived to be associated, with Islam and the American Muslim community since the Paris attacks”.
“We call on local and federal authorities to investigate this attack as a hate crime and urge American Muslims to remain vigilant and take extra safety measures. The lives of American Muslims have been placed in danger by the rising anti-Muslim hysteria in our nation and by the inflammatory rhetoric used by a number of national public figures.”
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c’mon guys, no one dare to comment on this post??
I’ll comment- probably won’t get posted anyway, but I’ll give it shot…
While I do agree that this (presumably ) innocent man should have never been attacked….I can also understand the anger behind the perpetrator.
As I’ve stated here before…not all Muslims are terrorists, however, all terrorists are conceivably Muslim.
As an American, I am quite frankly fed up as well with all the “ethnic cleansing” of all non muslims in Muslims countries, and now spilling over into non muslim countries being brought on by these muslim terrorists. Some things got to give. Shit needs to stop!
If we don’t stand up to it, it will just continue for hundreds of more years until ultimately there is one religion…Islam.
Thst fact that we’re sick and tired of being politically correct- and quite frankly can’t afford anymore innocent lives being lost to this atrocity- we are taking a stand amd making it loud and clear!
It’s fine if you’re a Muslim, hindu, christian, atheist.. whatever your religious identity… you just cant push your identity on one, or worse kill in the name of your religion, as you are still pushing your religious beliefs on that victim. If no one takes a stand…when and where will it end?
Religion is a matter of opinion and as we all know…opinions are like assholes, we all have one, they all spew shit, just different consistency, either way -as animals even know- you just can’t go around shitting on people.
You are not very bright or well-traveled are you ? Terrorists are all over the world. Ireland has the IRA and lots of sub-groups. These are certainly not muslims. 94% of terrorism in America is comitted by non-muslims. Can any of you guys and gals actually READ and fact check ? Not all americans are stupid, it’s just people like you who push that stereotype. Idiot.
“94% of terrorism in America is committed by non-muslims”???? Hahahaha….can YOU do a little fact checking, guy from Norway? Yes, there is crime in America, most of it being committed by gang members and drug dealers against other gang members and drug dealers….that’s hardly “terrorism” against the country.
Terrorists push their agenda and beliefs on others, otherwise, ultimately killing them. Terrorists kill in the name of their beliefs/religion.
You can hardly compare a gang member killing another gang member, to a terrorist blowing up hundreds of people in the name of Allah forcing their ideology upon them.
No, (guy from Norway who apparently had no idea about American crime), 94% of terrorism committed here is not by non-muslims, rather than 99% of it is committed by Muslims….the other one percent of terrorism is committed by some rogue nutcase!
The fact that we American “guys and gals” can read and fact check, is how we all know this!
And listen, as I stated before, I would could care less what religion a person identifies with, just don’t push your beliefs on me, or want to harm me because I don’t share your beliefs, whxi us exactly what is happening all over the world, which just so happens to be committed by Muslims killing in the name of Allah. Don’t blame me for these facts! Are you seriously trying to deny that the Brussels attack, Paris attack and San Bernardino attacks were committed by muslims in the name of Allah??? Are you really going to deny that??
I am not blaming “all muslims” for these attacks, but at the same time….I am blaming muslims that committed these acts….as they were Muslim!! What’s so hard to see?? And these FACTS!
I’m having a difficult time understanding your argument here. Perhaps you could articulate your point better?.
You act as though it’s “taboo ” to admit Muslims arw carrying out terrorists attacks! They are! It’s okay to say it!!
It doesn’t make anyone a racist by saying so! Muslims are committing terrorists attcaks!! I’m simply stating a fact!
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