Indian origin doctor stoned in racial attack (UK: Hindus attacked for the actions of Muslims)

Rediff.com ^ | August 9, 2005

[Gengis Khan]

An Indian origin doctor in Britain was pelted with stones and verbally abused by a gang of youths in a racially motivated attack following the London bombings.

Yashen Maharaj, 28, who was attacked on July 23, had worked as part of Medway National Health Service Trust's standby team to treat victims of the July 7 London bombings.

"The doctor was verbally abused and more disturbingly had missiles, including large stones and rocks thrown at him, one of which hit the doctor on the back," a hospital spokeswoman said.

Maharaj continued to attend his duties but declined to talks to newsmen.

The spokeswoman said: "Fortunately, the doctor was not seriously injured in the incident, but was extremely shaken and dismayed."

"The racial abuse from the youths was particularly disgusting, as it was aimed at the very people who, on the day of the bombings, were on standby as part of the Trust's London Emergency Planning procedure and could potentially have been needed to treat the very same victims from the bombings," she said.

"The Trust would like to make it very clear that it will not tolerate any racial abuse on any of its staff on or off the hospital premises, particularly in the tensions following recent terrorist events in London," she said.

[Gengis Khan]

Its evident from the name "Yashen Maharaj" is a Hindu.

[AppyPappy]

English punks aren't known for their impressive brain power.

[Gengis Khan]

I knew this was comming.

Hindus would have to pay for the actions of Muslims.

[Restorer]

Neither are American punks.

Some idiot here shot a Sikh after 9/11.

[minus_273]

part of the problem with a conflict with a religion is you cant tell who is a follower of the religion. It's like looking for a communist. I think a couple of thugs in the UK just dicovered that. How much you wanna bet they were drunk and just saw some foreign looking guy.

[F14 Pilot]

skin color!

however some sikhs are violent too!

[LeeHarvey]

Perhaps we should send the NCAA over there to clean house...Oops, wrong Indians. Sorry.

[Dick Vomer]

Just wait till the economy craters....again. I'd be wary if I were of any nationality that wasn't part of a yob gang. What has happened will happen in LA and NYC.... each group that claims or desires to keep it's "ethnic roots or identity" and not assimilate into the host country will be seen as an "outsider"...and a threat.

When trouble threatens a country, those outsiders are made the scapegoat....as threats to the security of the country.

[razoroccam]

Happens, unfortunately. Some guy here in Pennsylvania called me an Iraqi at the start of the war. I just could not stop laughing. Needless to say, that left him very confused.

[Gengis Khan]

Shouldn't you be drawing a distinction between Hindu-Sikh-Christian(Indians) "outsider" who form the richest community in the US and UK and have greatly contributed to the country's economy, and the Muslim(Pakistani-Arab) "outsiders" who become the poorest community and the biggest trouble makers anywhere they go?

[R.W.Ratikal]

I notice that when Muslims kill white people it is termed terrorist attacks.

When white people seek revenge its termed "racial" attacks.

[R.W.Ratikal]

I notice that when Muslims kill white people it is termed terrorist attacks.

When white people seek revenge its termed "racial" attacks.

[spyderbarque]

Perhaps the british government should make muslims wear some kind of marking on their lapel--perhaps a yellow crescent?--so travesties like this do not happen again.

:)

[Gunrunner2]

So. . .are there no muslims with a "hindu" name?

Are there no non-muslims with a muslim names?


Interesting thing is, the article does not mention the religion of the victim, and that is telling.

When the victim is non-muslim and an apparent victim of an anti-muslim attack, the media ALWAYS makes this point very clear. They did not do so this time. Interesting.

I'll hold judgment on this one.

[Gunrunner2]

Hmmm. . .good point.

[BayouCoyote]

It's a very unfortunate incident, and a black eye for their community. Perhaps, they should pass out program guides to the locals just like the soccer games to show them how to distinguish between the different parties involved. I know this may sound absurd, but it is a viable option. Their soccer thugs after all...

[Wil H]

Now you are "profiling" the English.

The same thing happened in Mesa AZ after 9/11 where a Hindu was murdered.

[Gengis Khan]

"So. . .are there no muslims with a "hindu" name?

Are there no non-muslims with a muslim names?"

Muslims keep their names from the Koran, Hindus dont.
Hindus have (mostly)Sanskrit names. The Muslims never keep a Sanskrit name. For a Muslim, to keep a Hindu name instead of a Koranic name is akin to sacrilege.

In India most of the times you can easily figure out the religion or the eihnic community a person belongs to, just from the name. Most surnames in India are typical of a certain geographic region within India. And in case of Muslims, there names are almost always ......Arabic or Persian (both name and surname). And in India, only the Muslims keep Arabic names. You can always tell a Muslim from the name.

So you can be 100% certain "Yashen Maharaj" isnt a Muslim.

[monday]

" notice that when Muslims kill white people it is termed terrorist attacks.

When white people seek revenge its termed "racial" attacks."

A terrorist attack targets innocents of any race or religion. Suicide bombers kill Muslims, Jews, Christians, whites, blacks, Arabs or whoever happens to be around.

Racial attacks are targeted towards people of a specific ethnicity or skin color.

Hope this clears up your confusion.

[Modernman]

I notice that when Muslims kill white people it is termed terrorist attacks.

Go ahead and take a look at the pictures of the 9/11 victims. A lot of black, hispanic and Asian faces. Or maybe you should look at the victims of terrorism in Kashmir. Or Iraq. Or the dozens of black Africans who died in the embassy bombings in the 90's.

Terrorists don't really care what race their victims happen to be

When white people seek revenge its termed "racial" attacks.

Fine. We can call these little little jackals who attacked an innocent Indian doctor due to nothing more than the color of his skin terrorists, if you'd like.