We are aware that taxi drivers and take away owners suffer anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes on a regular basis and many fail to report them in.

We recently received a phone call from a take-away owner, a Scottish Muslim of Pakistani heritage, who reported in a violent attack on his take away store. Having moved to the UK 11 years ago, the victim was shocked by the level of anti-Muslim hate and aggression shown and which was directly linked to the Tunisia attacks and murders of 30 British nationals.

The incident took place at the end of June with a 6 foot tall white male entering the take-away store, followed by a verbal barrage of racist and anti-Muslim abuse. The take-away owner was abused as a “Black b******” and this was followed by further statements which included:

“You are a Black b****** because you are responsible for the Paris and Tunisian attacks.”

“You know what, f*** your Qu’ran. F*** your Allah. You’re a P*** b*****.”

At this point the perpetrator was pushed out of the take-away by his female companion, though he subsequently returned and resumed his verbal attack on the victim. This was followed by threats of violence and food containers were then thrown in the shop and at customers and the perpetrator kicked and punched doors and then attempted to jump over the counter to assault the owner. This continued for 10-15 minutes and has left the victim traumatised and fearing for the future of his livelihood.

Offender Identified

The offender has been identified and was the step son of the former delivery man of the take away restaurant. His step father has come forward and made a statement against his step-son, adding that he was charged in the past for similar racist attacks.

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The following is an example of the kind of graphic that is doing the rounds after the terrible terrorist bombings in Kuwait, Tunisia and France. With 15 British nationals killed in Tunisia, at a time when we should all be thinking of their families and how we can stand against together against those who seek to divide,  such material is being circulated.

The tenth anniversary of 7/7 is just round the corner. After 10 years, we need to renew our energies to tackle extremism and terrorism and those who seek to thrive off it by promoting their personal prejudices as if they are ‘rational’ or ‘valid’ views. They are not, they are the rantings of bigots and we need to call them out for what they are.

Let us all remember. Extremists do not care who they target. Yesterday they targeted our fellow citizens and on 7/7, they targeted Londoners, irrespective of their faith or beliefs. We have all had enough of the haters, it is time for us to unite and to stand together and in solidarity. #no2h8

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