SIKH Professor Attacked By Muslim Hating Crowd
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Last Saturday night a Columbia professor in School of International and Public Affairs was assaulted while walking in East Harlem. Police are investigating it as a possible hate crime as more and more people are starting to express their distrust of all things Muslim in the wake of attacks such as that on the Kenya Mall, which killed 68 innocent people.
Professor Prabhjot Singh, an observant Sikh who wears a turban and has a beard, was walking along 110th Street near Lenox Avenue when he was knocked down and beaten, the Huffington Post first reported Saturday.
Police say that the attackers “made anti-Muslim statements and then they began punching the victim in the face,” but declined to identify the name of the victim.
A group of at least 20 “young males rode up on bikes, surrounded him and started punching him,” Simran Singh, a friend, said in an email, adding that the assailants shouted “Get Osama!” and “Terrorist!” Another Sikh American, who wanted to remain anonymous, was also assaulted, he said.
Simran Singh said that the professor’s injuries range from a fractured jaw to bruising and swelling across his face, and that he was discharged from the hospital slightly after midnight on Saturday. He added that the professor had met with officials from the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force, as well as the Columbia Department of Public Safety.
Prabhjot Singh is a practicing doctor in East Harlem and the co-chair of the One Million Community Health Worker Campaign, a United Nations program, according to the SIPA website. His research focuses on community-based health care delivery.
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It is really sad that people have that much hate in them based on race. But, I live in the South and see it a lot more from the whites toward the blacks. It isn’t as bad now as it used to be but the under current is still there. However, here in Tuscaloosa we do have a pretty good size population from India and we do know the difference between Sikhs and Muslims.
Not the first time I’ve heard of this sort of thing. Doesn’t happen in Blighty as we know a Sikh from a Muslim. Sadly, there have been a few attacks on Muslims and Mosques but that’s not really a surprise. Fortunately, despite being ‘fed up’ with immigration, we are a tolerant lot over here really. Lynn and Jess are spot on.
haters gonna hate, no matter where we are anymore I am sad to say.
Racist bastards, and stupid in addition.
I couldn’t agree more.