Posted on 11/30/2015 8:31:38 AM PST by markomalley
A graduate teaching assistant at the University of Missouri (MU) has been arrested and could be charged with child abuse after he allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old relative after seeing her in school without a headscarf.
Youssif Omar was reportedly at Hickman High School in Columbia, Mo., last Tuesday when he spotted the girl, and noticed that she wasn't wearing a hijab, a traditional headscarf worn by many Muslim women and that many believers regard as a religious obligation.
According to a Columbia police representative who spoke with the Columbia Daily Tribune, Omar reacted violently when he saw the relative without her head covered, slapping her, grabbing her by the hair and dragging her down a flight of stairs and out to his car.
After the incident was reported, Columbia police arrested Omar at his home Wednesday night on suspicion of felony child abuse. Omar was released after posting a bond of $4,500.
It's not clear whether the girl, whom police have not named, is Omar's daughter or some other relation.
Notably, according to Omar's LinkedIn page, he currently works as an assistant professor at the University of Missouri. He also is managing editor of MU's undergraduate writing journal Artifacts and works in the university bookstore. Prior to coming to America, Omar says he was the head of the University of Benghazi's English department in Libya.
Omar may be inflating his credentials somewhat, though. He doesn't appear in MU's faculty directory as a professor, and instead pops up as a graduate teaching assistant in Arabic.
Omar isn't the first Missouri professor to grab unwelcome headlines in November. Three weeks ago, professor Melissa Click caused a national outrage when she attempted to rouse a mob to attack a student journalist trying to cover the school's Concerned Student 1950 protests. Click has apologized and resigned a courtesy post she held with MU's journalism school, but she remains a professor at the school.
Early days yet. If I was her, I’d be hiding.
They need to put her in protective custody.... as she is a potential honor killing victim...
Uh, yeah....? He’s a Muslim. As an unmarried female her behavior reflects on his honor. Muslim men value their honor over the life of any mere female relative. People are surprised?
She must first be raped, to bar her entry to Paradise.
He should be tarred and feathered, and ridden out of town on a rail, and left hog-tied face-down in a ditch.
One of my associates is a Marine veteran Mizzoo grad. I’m razzing him a lot about that woman, who should be out of a job for her behavior.
ISLAM, the wonderful ‘religion’ that treats the female as chattel. Men, put your women in a potato sack while you go bare-chested to the strip club.
Good move-—keep it up.
Yes, my goal is for him to start agitating his fellow alums and, ultimately, the Mizzoo Administration over this.
Churchill nailed it on Islam and women 116 years ago.
and a MODERATE Muslim, no doubt.
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