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Hate charges for student who attacked Muslim cabbie
A 21-year-old film student accused of slashing a taxi driver last week after questioning whether he was a Muslim was indicted on two hate crimes on Tuesday.Michael Enright, was not present during the court proceedings, according to reports.Last week, Enright stabbed 43-year-old Ahmed Sharif from Queens, after asking him "are you Muslim," according ...
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After drinking, he slashed Muslim cabbie's arm and face
He could not have struck a more thoughtful tone. "My name is Michael Enright," he began in an e-mail sent in August 2009 to a young military veteran who had written a memoir about being a medic in Iraq.Mr. Enright told the veteran, Michael Anthony, 24, that he was a film student concerned with veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, especiall...
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What Muslim New Yorkers feel about Ground Zero Mosque
In the storm of anger and accusation over an Islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero, one thing seems clear to Laique Khan: His fellow Muslims have a right to build the project."If this really is a free country," said Mr Khan, 56, the manager of a trucking company in Brooklyn, "then, by all rights you must, you must, allow it."The same h...
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Hate charges for student who attacked Muslim cabbie
A 21-year-old film student accused of slashing a taxi driver last week after questioning whether he was a Muslim was indicted on two hate crimes on Tuesday.Michael Enright, was not present during the court proceedings, according to reports.Last week, Enright stabbed 43-year-old Ahmed Sharif from Queens, after asking him "are you Muslim," according ...
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After drinking, he slashed Muslim cabbie's arm and face
He could not have struck a more thoughtful tone. "My name is Michael Enright," he began in an e-mail sent in August 2009 to a young military veteran who had written a memoir about being a medic in Iraq.Mr. Enright told the veteran, Michael Anthony, 24, that he was a film student concerned with veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, especiall...
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What Muslim New Yorkers feel about Ground Zero Mosque
In the storm of anger and accusation over an Islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero, one thing seems clear to Laique Khan: His fellow Muslims have a right to build the project."If this really is a free country," said Mr Khan, 56, the manager of a trucking company in Brooklyn, "then, by all rights you must, you must, allow it."The same h...
