Cops: ‘Are You Muslim?’ Leads To Cabbie Stabbing

CBS ^ | 8-25-2010 | CBS

[The Comedian]

NEW YORK (CBS 2/1010 WINS) — A taxi cab driver was recovering Wednesday from a vicious attack that’s been labeled a hate crime.

Police told CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez the victim was repeatedly slashed because he’s Muslim.

The attack happened around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday in a busy commercial area on 40th Street and Third Avenue.

Police said Michael Enright of Brewster, N.Y., while a passenger in a cab, blew up in a hate-filled rage against 43-year-old taxi driver Ahmed Sharif.

[stilloftyhenight]

You beat me to it. LOL The MSM is trying to use the incident as propaganda against those of us who are against the mosque at Ground Zero.

Something reeks.

[mware]

Politico reports today that the man who attacks a Muslim cab driver in NYC apparently as an anti-Muslim act, works for a group supporting the building of the mosque at ground zero.

The apparent anti-Muslim assault on a New York city cabbie by a manshouting “Assalamu Alaikum. Consider this a checkpoint” produced an immediate round of recriminations over its connection to opposition to a New York Islamic Center and an apparent rising tide of Islamophobia.

But as often at the intersection of politics and violent crime, the story doesn’t appear to fit any easy stereotype: The alleged assailant, Michael Enright, is - according to his Facebook profile and the website of the left-leaning media organization Intersections International - a student at the School of Visual Arts and a volunteer for Intersections, which recently produced a statement of support for the Park51 project, and is funded by the mainstream, liberal Collegiate Church of New York.

[jocon307]

Amazingly enough I think the Village Voice broke the story that this guy has worked for a group that supports the Mosque. I think I’ve represented that correctly. I found this via I forget where, but here is the link to the VV story

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/08/was_the_muslim.php