Islamophobia blamed for attack (UK - Muslim man beaten to death)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1527288,00.html

A Muslim man has been beaten to death outside a corner shop by a gang of youths who shouted anti-Islamic abuse at him, the Guardian has learned.

Kamal Raza Butt, 48, from Pakistan, was visiting Britain to see friends and family. On Sunday afternoon he went to a shop in Nottingham to buy cigarettes and was first called "Taliban" by the youths and then set upon.

Nottinghamshire police described the incident as racially aggravated, not as Islamophobic, angering Muslim groups and surprising some senior officers.

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Nine youths, some of them juveniles, have been arrested by police, who are appealing for witnesses.

[darkism]

1. How sad.

I had hoped our British friends were above this kind of senseless savagery. :cry:

[T_i_B]

4. Not all of us I'm afraid

We do have the likes of the BNP over here. :-(

[dhinojosa]

9. Nah.....

It happens in all countries...

[tubbacheez]

2. (sigh)... when will people figure out this never does any good? n/t

[Double T]

3. Bush and Blair have made terrorism much larger and far reaching.....

continuing on the present course will only make it even worse. hatred will only breed more hatred.

[Guy_Montag]

5. I always feel those convicted of this sort of thing,

should be jailed in Pakistan.

Can't take a joke, shouldn't have beaten a tourist to death.

[candy]

6. Well he may have been beaten up because he's a smoker----

Spreading his noxious smoke all over the place would drive a lot of people nuts.

Full disclosure:I smoke,so tend to get sarcastic sometimes.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Nine against one. Wow, how brave.

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[lumpy]

8. Thank you George Bush ,Tony Blair

and their ignorant toadies for fomenting world upheaval, hate crimes, anarchy, by your rush to bring freedom to the world through war. Did you fools really believe your lies? Christ isn't going to come and save the world and you idiots will leave it to the innocents to grapple with the results of your assinine power trips.