US: Sikh Attacked, Called 'Osama's Brother'

[indianpatriot]

in india i expect to be killed or bombed in a train

for what I have seen.Indians show off their country infront of pakistanis...

 

[Abii]

mistaken identity... Isolated incident.. I trust American Judiciary, They will definitely nab and punish the culprit... The Culprit too will feel ashamed after Knowing Mr singh's true identity...

lol
your response is so sad
stop being a slave
how is it an isolated incident when his own son was stabbed in the eye?

Americans are dumber than a door knob.

 

[Bond]

(Reuters) - Pakistani merchants and job seekers in the United States, still reeling from economic hardship since the September 11 attacks of 2001, are posing as Indians to avoid discrimination in the wake of the Times Square bomb attempt.

Once again, a man of Pakistani descent is at the center of a security story, leading to backlash against the Pakistani-American community.

Faisal Shahzad, 30, a naturalized American born in Pakistan, was arrested on Monday, two days after authorities say he parked a crude car bomb in New York's busy Times Square.

Suspected September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and convicted 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef are also of Pakistani decent, and anti-American militants fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan take refuge in Pakistan.

In Brooklyn, home to one of the largest Pakistani populations in the United States, business is scant at the various grocery, halal meat and sweet cake shops since a Pakistani-American was suspected in the Times Square plot. More than 100 businesses along Coney Island Avenue have closed due to a 30 percent drop in business since 2001, a merchants' association said.

In Washington, an American man of Pakistani descent told of coming under suspicion this week when he tried to buy garden fertilizer. The Times Square car bomb contained a non-explosive type of fertilizer.

While there have been no reported incidents since the failed car bomb attack last Saturday, some Pakistanis are bracing for reprisals. Police have increased foot patrols.

"A lot of Pakistanis can't get jobs after 9/11 and now it's even worse," said Asghar Choudhri, an accountant and chairman of Brooklyn's Pakistani American Merchant Association. "They are now pretending they are Indian so they can get a job."

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947, creating hostilities that ordinarily would lead a Pakistani to resent being mistaken for an Indian.

According to the latest U.S. census data, some 210,410 people of Pakistani origin reside in the United States. Nearly 15,000 Pakistanis received U.S. immigrant visas last year.

"I want to make clear that we will not tolerate any bias or backlash against Pakistani or Muslim New Yorkers," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week, noting there are always "a few bad apples."

New York is "the city where you can practice your religion and say what you want to say and be in charge of your own destiny and we're going to keep it that way," Bloomberg said.

SUSPICION OF GARDENING

it's the impression i get from what indians say or do (like creating their t-shirts)

an example.



I do think this is a common mentality amongst Indians

it's a bit pathetic if you dont mind me saying.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

what ignorance!!!!

i wouldnt expect them to be able to tell the difference between a buddhis and zorastrian, let alone a Sikh from Muslim. They attribute turban to Muslim.


very despicable act....actually after 9/11, many Sikhs & even Latin Americans in the U.S. were attacked by hooligan people who mistook them as Muslims.


what kind of culture or upbringing this punk had...he's a 20-something and he's attacking an elder defenceless man, old enough to be his father. Hope he paid for what he did


too bad Sardar saab didn't have a kirpan, that's all i can say

 

[Infiltrator]

lol
your response is so sad
stop being a slave
how is it an isolated incident when his own son was stabbed in the eye?

Americans are dumber than a door knob.

Not all Americans are uneducated and ignorant like the guy who attacked him. No need for the generalization and stereotyping. We have our share of educated, open and informed individuals as well as our uneducated, close-minded and ill-informed individuals. Canada isn't so different and I'm speaking from experience since I visit every summer.

In regards to the handling of the case, New York is pretty liberal so the attacker will be likely charged with a hate crime.