From the Muslim News:
The incident, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the latest wave of Islamophobia attacks in the UK, took place, when the family from Bosnia were loading items in their car at Denham Car Boot Sale, near Uxbridge.
The local police described the shooting, which happened on October 14, as a racial and religious hate crime, but were unable to comment further.
The father of the family told The Muslim News that he was in the car at the time but that his wife and two infant children were standing outside.
“I was more concerned about the children. We adults might not die from a badly aimed bullet, but the children, it could easily have killed them,” the 45-year old father said.
Add to this the attacks on mosques in Manchester, Glasgow, Bucks, Colne, Falkirk, and probably more that we've not heard of. Add to this the numerous incidents of women with hijabs or niqabs that have been attacked.
Anyone care to join the dots and do something about it?
Or is it the case that they'll burn down the mosques at 6'o'clock and we'll all go along like before?
This is disgraceful Osama. I hope the police are following it up.
Posted by: Veritas | 28 October 2006 at 11:13 PM
Where are Marty, Naveen, David Daft and company? Must be out celebrating and praying for better aim next time. We had an Afghan-American mother of six murdered execution style for wearing a hijab and walking down the street in the USA.
Posted by: DrM | 29 October 2006 at 04:13 AM
Dr. M,
Any assault on anyone is atrocious. If you assume that I support homicidal attacks with deadly weapons then you should be grateful for your First Amendment protections.
Osama,
The link to the original story seems to have bummed.
Posted by: Martin | 30 October 2006 at 10:22 AM
Oh I don't assume Marty, I know. Its a natural progression for those emboldened by a continuous stream of hate propaganda and dehumanization to take it to the next level, which is now attempted murder.
Posted by: DrM | 01 November 2006 at 07:24 AM