Female, Muslim student attacked on college campus

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This is at my alma mater. I was a Middle East studies student, so I am close to a lot of Muslims students. Here is a note from the Current Student Body President:

On Edit: Baylor University


This has been a very difficult week for many
of us. A week of sadness, anger, frustration and
perhaps even fear. Many of you have probably heard
by now about an attack that occurred this past
Saturday on our campus, a Baylor Muslim student
was violently attacked on her way to her dorm from
the SUB. A white male assumed to be in his 30s
approached her, pulled off her hijab (religious
head covering), and pushed her to the ground while
shouting things like, “You Arabian
<expletive>” and “You <expletive> Middle
Easterners and <expletive> Muslim.” He told her
that if she made a noise he would kill her. At
first out of fear she was silent, but when she
realized he was not going to stop hitting her, she
began to scream. After she began screaming for
help, he slapped her, and when she persisted in
screaming, he quickly stood and kicked her twice
in the ribcage before running off. An emergency
room visit revealed torn muscle mass down her
ribcage, contusions on her back, and a torn
rotator cuff in her shoulder. Due to these
injuries, she has left campus and is currently
recovering at home with her family.

Newspaper story:
http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=40103

[Quakerfriend]

1. Very sad. We all need to express our outrage.

We had an exchange program with SA at my university, and many Saudi students on campus (several thousand).

When the Iran hostage crisis occurred in '81 things became very tense. I remember it well.

[ThomCat]

2. I hope they catch that guy and nail him to a wall.

[man4allcats]

3. Is this Baylor University of

Waco, Texas, the Baptist school? Makes you wonder - who would Christ beat the hell out of?

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5. Yes it is

But it wasn't a student that beat her up. Waco is very dangerous. IT is the 19th poorest city is the nation and the is a housing project near campus.

[Missy M]

4. How awful!!!

I hope they catch the cowardly man and send him to jail.

[acmejack]

6. Proves there are more horse's asses than there are horses

You can be sure he had no connection whatsoever with the University.

[Bassic]

7. fuck, this kind of thing gets my blood boiling.

I hope the asshole who did this gets his ass caught.

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9. This is the kind of thing

that breaks my heart. However conservative Baylor might be, everyone is family, the students are really good at coming together when things happen.

[Ian David]

8. I'm so glad that we're all united and not divided

Please keep us up-to-date and let us know how we can help.

[BoneDaddy]

10. poor kid

That sucks. Hope they find the SOB who did this.