Attacks against Arabs

California
--In Los Angeles, Adel Karas, an Egyptian grocer was shot and killed. 
Two men entered his store, shot Mr. Karas and then left in a waiting car. 
The cash register was left with all the money untouched.  Adel was
Coptic (Christian) Egyptian.  No information available on media
coverage (NIAMC)

Florida
--An eleven-year old football, baseball and basketball star was harassed by some classmates because his grandparents are Palestinians. NIAMC

Illinois
--Two Muslim girls were beaten at Moraine Valley College in Polas Hills.  In return, two Arab boys assaulted the offenders in defense of the two students. NIAMC
--Police turned back 300 marchers as they tried to march on a mosque in southwest Chicago suburb.  They shouted "USA, USA" while waving American flags.  Three demonstrators were arrested.  NIAMC
--At the mosque in Bridgeview, they waved not only American flags but also Confederate flags showing the racism of their protests.

--Arsonists attacked St. John's Assyrian Arab Church in Chicago, causing $250,000 in damage.

Maryland
--On the night of September 11, a rug company owned by a Palestinian
was set on fire.  He had been renting the building to an Iranian and
another Palestinian who reported threatening phone calls.  NIAMC

Massachusetts
--A Saudi veiled woman was dragged down the hallway of the Westin
Copley Place Hotel, handcuffed and beaten with a 6-inch scratch across
her face by the FBI.  She and her family made numerous visits to Boston
due to her father's medical treatment.  The FBI suspected that they were
connected to the hijackers because the woman's fiancé's last name was
mistaken with that of Mohammed Atta.  The incident was documented
in the Boston Globe, September 16, 01.  It was on nearly all mainstream
media, but without reference to the error or public apology by the FBI. 
--An Iraqi-owned pizza shop in Plymouth was set on fire, which spread up
the walls, burning pictures, ceiling, tiles and insulation.  The story was
reported in the Boston Globe on September 17, 01, on Fox channel 25
and other local newspapers.
--The students of an Egyptian professor at Tufts University walked out from
the class as the professor entered the class. NIAMC
--The Weymouth gas station of a Christian Lebanese was vandalized
causing partial damage.  The story was reported on NBC and ABC. 
A mention about it appeared in the Boston Globe, September 17, 01.
    
Michigan
--A female customer in Dearborn was insulted at a gas station by a man
driving in a car and yelling "Get out of America"   NIAMC

Minneapolis
--American men (of Arab origin) were escorted off of a Northwest flight
heading to Salt Lake City.  It happened because other passengers
refused to fly if the group of men remained on board.  NIAMC

New York
--An Arab grocer in Brooklyn was subjected to racial slurs and threats. 
As the grocer was attempting to pay the balance of his bill in cash, the
delivery person told him to call the main office of Derlie Farms.  The
manager who answered the call began insulting the grocer with racial
slurs.  The incident was reported by police.  NIAMC
--In Ardsely, an Arab deli owner was asked by one customer if he was
an Arab.  When the owner responded that he was, the customer cursed
him and then sprayed him with pepper spray.  The owner escorted the
customer out of store. NIAMC
--In Brooklyn, a woman who was picking her son from school was
threatened by an older Caucasian man.  Reported by CAIR.
--Two girls were threatened and stoned on their way from school by a
group of adults and teenagers.  Reported by CAIR.

California
--In Los Angeles, Adel Karas, an Egyptian grocer was shot and killed. 
Two men entered his store, shot Mr. Karas and then left in a waiting car. 
The cash register was left with all the money untouched.  Adel was
Coptic (Christian) Egyptian.  No information available on media
coverage (NIAMC)

Florida
--An eleven-year old football, baseball and basketball star was harassed
by some classmates because his grandparents are Palestinians. NIAMC

Illinois
--Two Muslim girls were beaten at Moraine Valley College in Polas Hills. 
In return, two Arab boys assaulted the offenders in defense of the two
students. NIAMC
--Police turned back 300 marchers as they tried to march on a mosque
in southwest Chicago suburb.  They shouted "USA, USA" while waving
American flags.  Three demonstrators were arrested.  NIAMC

--At the mosque in Bridgeview, they waved not only American flags but also Confederate flags showing the racism of their protests.

--Arsonists attacked St. John's Assyrian Arab Church in Chicago, causing $250,000 in damage.


Maryland
--On the night of September 11, a rug company owned by a Palestinian
was set on fire.  He had been renting the building to an Iranian and
another Palestinian who reported threatening phone calls.  NIAMC

Massachusetts
--A Saudi veiled woman was dragged down the hallway of the Westin
Copley Place Hotel, handcuffed and beaten with a 6-inch scratch across
her face by the FBI.  She and her family made numerous visits to Boston
due to her father's medical treatment.  The FBI suspected that they were
connected to the hijackers because the woman's fiancé's last name was
mistaken with that of Mohammed Atta.  The incident was documented
in the Boston Globe, September 16, 01.  It was on nearly all mainstream
media, but without reference to the error or public apology by the FBI. 
--An Iraqi-owned pizza shop in Plymouth was set on fire, which spread up
the walls, burning pictures, ceiling, tiles and insulation.  The story was
reported in the Boston Globe on September 17, 01, on Fox channel 25
and other local newspapers.
--The students of an Egyptian professor at Tufts University walked out from
the class as the professor entered the class. NIAMC
--The Weymouth gas station of a Christian Lebanese was vandalized
causing partial damage.  The story was reported on NBC and ABC. 
A mention about it appeared in the Boston Globe, September 17, 01.
    
Michigan
--A female customer in Dearborn was insulted at a gas station by a man
driving in a car and yelling "Get out of America"   NIAMC

Minneapolis
--American men (of Arab origin) were escorted off of a Northwest flight
heading to Salt Lake City.  It happened because other passengers
refused to fly if the group of men remained on board.  NIAMC

New York
--An Arab grocer in Brooklyn was subjected to racial slurs and threats. 
As the grocer was attempting to pay the balance of his bill in cash, the
delivery person told him to call the main office of Derlie Farms.  The
manager who answered the call began insulting the grocer with racial
slurs.  The incident was reported by police.  NIAMC
--In Ardsely, an Arab deli owner was asked by one customer if he was
an Arab.  When the owner responded that he was, the customer cursed
him and then sprayed him with pepper spray.  The owner escorted the
customer out of store. NIAMC
--In Brooklyn, a woman who was picking her son from school was
threatened by an older Caucasian man.  Reported by CAIR.
--Two girls were threatened and stoned on their way from school by a
group of adults and teenagers.  Reported by CAIR.

Texas
--The Carollton mosque has windows broken and shattered on early
morning on Wednesday following the attack.  The incident was aired
on BBC.
--Six bullets were fired through windows of Dallas area mosque on the
late night of the attack.  NIAMC

Virginia
--The director of the Manassas Mosque (or masjid) indicated that the
mosque has been the target of insults and hate messages left on the
answering machine. NIAMC

Washington
--In Lynnwood, a mosque was vandalized.  No details available.  NIAMC

Outside of the USA

*Australia
--A school bus carrying Muslim children was stoned.  Stones and
bottles damaged the side of the bus. Nobody was injured.  NIAMC
--Vandals tried to burn a Lebanese church.  No details available.  NIAMC


Important information about Arabs: 
Although the vast majority of the Arab world are Muslims, Arabs maybe
Christians (second largest religious group), Jews (third largest), Druz,
Baha'is, Mandaeans (also known as Sabieans) or Yezidis.  Arabs are
about 300 million people who live in eighteen countries; Algeria, Bahrain,
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates &
Yemen.  The eighteen countries, which are part of Asia and Africa, make
three regions; the Gulf States (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait,
Qatar, Iraq, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain), the Levantine (Syria,
Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon) and North Africa (Libya, Sudan, Egypt,
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). 

Anti-Indians:

Arizona
--In Mesa, an unidentified gunman shot dead Balbir Singh Sodhi, 49, the
Sikh owner of a gas station.  Mr. Sodhi moved to the USA ten years ago
and worked as taxi driver. He is survived by three sons.  Balbir was
planning to return to India in November to live with his youngest son and
wife.  Sikhs, who wear turbans and have flowing beards have been
mistaken for Muslims.  The incident was reported in The Arizona
Republic and News India-Times (published in English)

New York
--A Sikh who was one block away from the World Trade Center when
it was hit by the second plane.  As he was running away from the
explosion, a group of four men pointed at him, called him a terrorist and
chased him four blocks until he managed to enter a subway station.   He
was not injured.   The incident was reported in News India-Times. 
--A 7-11 owned by a Sikh was set on fire.  It was documented in the
News India-Times

Rhode Island
--In Providence, police forced telecommunications consultant, Sher
Singh and ten others off an Amtrak train and questioned them for two
hours.  He was charged with possession of concealed weapon, which
turned out to be three-inch knife traditionally carried by Sikh men.  The
incident was reported on several TV networks, ABC, CNN and others.

Anti-Muslims:

New York
--A 75-year old man who was drunk tried to run over a Pakistani
woman in the parking lot of a shopping mall.  Then the man followed
the woman into a store and threatened to kill her for destroying the
USA.  It was reported by police. NIAMC


Important Information about the Islamic World:
* The term "Muslim" is given to people, so you say, "Muslim sisters,"
"Muslim teachers" and so on.  The term "Islamic" is used to describe
tangible and intangible things.  So you say, "Islamic World," "Islamic
phenomena," "Islamic attire," "Islamic books", etc....
* The term "Islam" means "surrender" to the will of God
* The Islamic world is one-sixth of the Globe in area coverage. 
Muslims are 1.2 billions worldwide.   Arabs count about 25% of the
Islamic world.
* Non-Arab Muslims who live in the Middle East and North Africa are:
Berbers, Iranians, Kurds, Turks and Turkumans
* Non-Arab Muslims who live elsewhere are:
Afghanis, Bangladeshis, Bosnians, Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians,
Pakistanis, Somalis and others in Africa, Europe and Central Asia.
____________________(*_*)______________________

We read, about a Pakistani who was shot and killed, in the
September 21 issue of News India-Times, but we have no details
about the incident or its (city/state) location in the USA.  We also
heard of a Yemeni being killed in one of the American states and
a mosque having been set on fire in Scotland.  If you have details
about these three cases, please forward them to us ASAP.


Additionally, the Arab American Family Support Center in Brooklyn, NY reported that -kids have been scared to go to school and that their teachers have attacked them verbally-mothers have been reluctant to leave home and,
-four attacks took place in the Bay Ridge area. 

This kind of feeling amongst Arabs and Muslims has not been limited to residents of NY.   Muslim women in Boston and elsewhere in the country have been feeling and reacting the same way.  The majority of doctors' appointments with Muslim women wearing the Hijab at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center have been canceled by the patients themselves since the attack took place and harassment immediately followed.  Patients of the United Arab Emirates in the Boston area hospitals were urged to leave the USA by their embassy.  Some patients left without completion of medical treatment.

--The Carollton mosque has windows broken and shattered on early morning on Wednesday following the attack.  The incident was aired on BBC.

--Six bullets were fired through windows of Dallas area mosque on the late night of the attack.  NIAMC

Virginia
--The director of the Manassas Mosque (or masjid) indicated that the mosque has been the target of insults and hate messages left on the answering machine. NIAMC

Washington
--In Lynnwood, a mosque was vandalized.  No details available.  NIAMC
 

Outside of the USA

*Australia
--A school bus carrying Muslim children was stoned.  Stones and
bottles damaged the side of the bus. Nobody was injured.  NIAMC
--Vandals tried to burn a Lebanese church.  No details available.  NIAMC


Important information about Arabs: 
Although the vast majority of the Arab world are Muslims, Arabs maybe
Christians (second largest religious group), Jews (third largest), Druz,
Baha'is, Mandaeans (also known as Sabieans) or Yezidis.  Arabs are
about 300 million people who live in eighteen countries; Algeria, Bahrain,
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates &
Yemen.  The eighteen countries, which are part of Asia and Africa, make
three regions; the Gulf States (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait,
Qatar, Iraq, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain), the Levantine (Syria,
Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon) and North Africa (Libya, Sudan, Egypt,
Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). 
 

Anti-Indians:

Arizona
--In Mesa, an unidentified gunman shot dead Balbir Singh Sodhi, 49, the
Sikh owner of a gas station.  Mr. Sodhi moved to the USA ten years ago
and worked as taxi driver. He is survived by three sons.  Balbir was
planning to return to India in November to live with his youngest son and
wife.  Sikhs, who wear turbans and have flowing beards have been
mistaken for Muslims.  The incident was reported in The Arizona
Republic and News India-Times (published in English)

New York
--A Sikh who was one block away from the World Trade Center when
it was hit by the second plane.  As he was running away from the
explosion, a group of four men pointed at him, called him a terrorist and
chased him four blocks until he managed to enter a subway station.   He
was not injured.   The incident was reported in News India-Times. 
--A 7-11 owned by a Sikh was set on fire.  It was documented in the
News India-Times

Rhode Island
--In Providence, police forced telecommunications consultant, Sher Singh and ten others off an Amtrak train and questioned them for two hours.  He was charged with possession of concealed weapon, which turned out to be three-inch knife traditionally carried by Sikh men.  The incident was reported on several TV networks, ABC, CNN and others.
 

Anti-Muslims:

New York
--A 75-year old man who was drunk tried to run over a Pakistani
woman in the parking lot of a shopping mall.  Then the man followed
the woman into a store and threatened to kill her for destroying the
USA.  It was reported by police. NIAMC


Important Information about the Islamic World:
* The term "Muslim" is given to people, so you say, "Muslim sisters,"
"Muslim teachers" and so on.  The term "Islamic" is used to describe
tangible and intangible things.  So you say, "Islamic World," "Islamic
phenomena," "Islamic attire," "Islamic books", etc....
* The term "Islam" means "surrender" to the will of God
* The Islamic world is one-sixth of the Globe in area coverage. 
Muslims are 1.2 billions worldwide.   Arabs count about 25% of the
Islamic world.
* Non-Arab Muslims who live in the Middle East and North Africa are:
Berbers, Iranians, Kurds, Turks and Turkumans
* Non-Arab Muslims who live elsewhere are:
Afghanis, Bangladeshis, Bosnians, Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians,
Pakistanis, Somalis and others in Africa, Europe and Central Asia.
____________________(*_*)______________________

We read, about a Pakistani who was shot and killed, in the
September 21 issue of News India-Times, but we have no details
about the incident or its (city/state) location in the USA.  We also
heard of a Yemeni being killed in one of the American states and
a mosque having been set on fire in Scotland.  If you have details
about these three cases, please forward them to us ASAP.


Additionally, the Arab American Family Support Center in Brooklyn, NY reported that -kids have been scared to go to school and that their teachers have attacked them verbally -mothers have been reluctant to leave home and,
-four attacks took place in the Bay Ridge area. 

This kind of feeling amongst Arabs and Muslims has not been limited  to residents of NY.   Muslim women in Boston and elsewhere in the country have been feeling and reacting the same way.  The majority of doctors' appointments with Muslim women wearing the Hijab at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center have been canceled by the patients themselves since the attack took place and harassment immediately followed.  Patients of the United Arab Emirates in the Boston area hospitals were urged to leave the USA by their embassy.  Some patients left without completion of medical treatment.

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