Pakistanis Forcibly Cut Hair Of Sikh

[Mehtab Singh]

http://www.samachar.com/showurl.php?rurl=h...eyword=toi_home

Pak boys shear Sikh student's hair in NY

WASHINGTON: A commonplace schoolboys' fracas acquired an ugly communal hue in New York City when two Pakistani students forcibly cut the hair of a Sikh boy following an altercation.

The incident happened at the Newton High School in Queens, a New York City borough that has a large population from the sub-continent.

According to local news reports, the assault took place in a school bathroom after the students began insulting each others mothers and the exchange escalated.

The Pakistanis allegedly grabbed the victim, 15, removed his turban, and cut his hair. The Sikh faith requires followers not to cut hair.

Umair Ahmed, 17, and another unnamed Pakistani boy of 15 were arrested by the NYPD and face charges of unlawful imprisonment, coercion, menacing and aggravated harassment.

The name of the victim was not released.

Another student who provided the scissors but didn't take part in the attack at Newton HS was also arrested.

One report attributed to police chief Raymond Kelly said the Sikh boy had tried to apologize for the altercation but Umair would only settle for a cutting his hair.

A Department of Education spokeswoman told the New York Sun that the incident was ''horrifying'' and said the school will offer counselling to the victim.

The Sikh rights group United Sikhs, which is active in monitoring hate crime against Sikhs, did not return calls seeking comment.

According to the rights group Sikh Coalition, the police said the Sikh student was "cowering in the corner" as his hair was forcibly cut. The boy's hair, which used to be below his waist, is now at shoulder level. The boy's mother and the boy are both very distressed, the Coalition said in a statement.

However, the Coalition commended the Hate Crimes Taskforce of the New York City Police Department for its prompt investigation of this matter. It is working with its community partners in New York City to determine an appropriate response to this horrible incident, the Coalition said. It will also independently review why Queens County prosecutors declined to prosecute two other students who were arrested as a result of the incident, the statement said.

New York City has a large sub-continental population (in the region of 250,000), including many Sikhs. Indians and Pakistanis typically share a cordial and even warm relationship, particularly those who speak a common Punjabi language, and there has rarely been any tension between the two communities.

However, the incident also serves to underscore the increasingly negative and extremist image of Pakistani youth in the west, much to the dismay of the liberal and professional Pakistani class.

Earlier this week, a Pakistani sophomore student at the University of Texas in Dallas was convicted of a weapons charge after prosecutors said he took part in military training for jihad.

There have been several such cases in the US where young Pakistanis have been prosecuted for jihadist activity, even as the government of Pakistan has exerted itself to send students abroad in an effort to remain globally engaged and competitive.

[BABBAR KHALISTANI]

Plz Plz Plz dont say anything to muslims they are our brothers, dont u know not all are bad there are only few who attack our kids and cut hair remove turbans in schools etc, a few who mock us , few more who target our youth to convert them, just a few more who prey at our girls in melas, unis, localities and workplaces, actually a few more who spread jokes abt us on their forums and then mail em forward to others, and few more who spread filth about our beloved gurus... But plz dont say them anything coz they are our brothers, We only have one excuse, the usual excuse: "not all are bad"? There are only few who create trouble but we often forget that those few multiply and then become many, again multiply then become most .....but we are simply blind !!!!!!

[Raju]

In Sikh Sangat News, the origin of these two boys is not mentioned in the headlines.

It that omission on purpose ?

[Guest Papi]

Plz Plz Plz dont say anything to muslims they are our brothers, dont u know not all are bad there are only few who attack our kids and cut hair remove turbans in schools etc, a few who mock us , few more who target our youth to convert them, just a few more who prey at our girls in melas, unis, localities and workplaces, actually a few more who spread jokes abt us on their forums and then mail em forward to others, and few more who spread filth about our beloved gurus... But plz dont say them anything coz they are our brothers, We only have one excuse, the usual excuse: "not all are bad"? There are only few who create trouble but we often forget that those few multiply and then become many, again multiply then become most .....but we are simply blind !!!!!!

you can't blame a fox for jumping on a easy kill if it sees one bai. weakneess is on our side, the only thing we can do is try to strenghten ourselves.

[jassa]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_boy...how/2075094.cms

[sikh supreme]

Plz Plz Plz dont say anything to muslims they are our brothers, dont u know not all are bad there are only few who attack our kids and cut hair remove turbans in schools etc, a few who mock us , few more who target our youth to convert them, just a few more who prey at our girls in melas, unis, localities and workplaces, actually a few more who spread jokes abt us on their forums and then mail em forward to others, and few more who spread filth about our beloved gurus... But plz dont say them anything coz they are our brothers, We only have one excuse, the usual excuse: "not all are bad"? There are only few who create trouble but we often forget that those few multiply and then become many, again multiply then become most .....but we are simply blind !!!!!!

No muslim fundamentalist is a brother of Sikhs, they are snakes who see non-muslims with contempt and haterd as "kafirs". We should see them in similar light and treat them accordingly. Our mission should be to destory these people's twisted ideology, like they try to do with others, we should not be seeing these snakes as brothers.

[BABBAR KHALISTANI]

Plz Plz Plz dont say anything to muslims they are our brothers, dont u know not all are bad there are only few who attack our kids and cut hair remove turbans in schools etc, a few who mock us , few more who target our youth to convert them, just a few more who prey at our girls in melas, unis, localities and workplaces, actually a few more who spread jokes abt us on their forums and then mail em forward to others, and few more who spread filth about our beloved gurus... But plz dont say them anything coz they are our brothers, We only have one excuse, the usual excuse: "not all are bad"? There are only few who create trouble but we often forget that those few multiply and then become many, again multiply then become most .....but we are simply blind !!!!!!

you can't blame a fox for jumping on a easy kill if it sees one bai. weakneess is on our side, the only thing we can do is try to strenghten ourselves.

If we have a weakness does that give license to others to walk over us?

[Tanu Kaur]

Hey i used to live in Queens...

But on a serious note...

YAAY FOR EXTREMISM AND HATE! (And I mean that on both sides)

[Raju]

Hey i used to live in Queens...

But on a serious note...

YAAY FOR EXTREMISM AND HATE! (And I mean that on both sides)

"Posted on another forum"

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This (the hair-shearing attack by two Paki sons-of-pigs on a Sikh student) actually happened in my neighbourhood yesterday.

In reports such as the NYTimes one, it's being played down as some kind of "boys will be boys" mischief. Emphasis is being placed on the trading of insults that allegedly preceded the attack, and the Islamist hate-crime angle hushed up with a vengeance.

However, the initial TV reports on the local news channel (NY1) were damning.

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?s...1&aid=70100

There was coverage of a press conference that had been convened by neighbourhood Sikhs in the immediate aftermath of the attack. Community leaders were explaining why cutting a Sikh's hair is a fundamental and outrageous violation of his religious freedom.

To my astonishment, the press conference was actually crashed on camera by the sister of the Pakswine who committed the hatecrime. A teenage girl, she pushes her way to the front of the stage, grabs the microphone from the Sikh gentleman who is speaking, and begins shouting her own take on the incident.

Just listen to the sheer, swinish Pakiness emanating from the mouth of this little sow:

But Ahmed's sister tells a very different story. She says the other teen was embarrassed to have a turban on his head and asked her brother to cut his hair.

"My brother did not jump him,” said Nida Ilyas. “He did not cut his hair because he has anything against Sikh people."

There was more in the TV report which has been whittled off the website story. The Paki pig threatened the Sikh boy with a weapon, for which he has been charged; he also menaced him by showing him a finger ring on which the word ALLAH had been embossed, while chopping off his hair.

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[ISDhillon]

They say for a hate crime you can get 7 years, I dont know whether thats cool, I hope this is not a made up story.