Muslim Aids Jews Attacked On N.Y. Subway

Thugs Beat Jewish Group Who Wished Them A "Happy Chanukah"; Student Comes To Their Aid

(CBS/AP)  A suspected bias attack on four Jewish subway riders in New York City has resulted in a friendship between the Jewish victims and the Muslim college student who came to their aid.

Walter Adler is calling Hassan Askari a hero for intervening when Adler and three friends were assaulted on a subway train in lower Manhattan on Friday night.

The altercation erupted when Adler and his friends said "Happy Chanukah" to a group yelling "Merry Christmas" on the Brooklyn-bound train.

Adler told the New York Post that one of his attackers rolled up his sleeve to display a tattoo of Jesus Christ.

"Happy Chanukah. That's when the Jews killed Jesus," the attacker told Adler.

The 20-year-old Askari, who suffered two black eyes, said he tried to fight off the 10 attackers, giving Adler a chance to summon police by pulling an emergency brake.

"I did what I thought was right," said Askari, a student at Berkeley College in Manhattan, who was allegedly punched and beaten. "I did the best that I could to help."

Eight men and two women have pleaded not guilty to assault, menacing and other charges in the case. Prosecutors have said the charges could be upgraded to hate crimes.

The Post said two of the suspects had been charged with hate crimes in the past.

"That a random Muslim kid helped some Jewish kids, that's what's positive about New York," said Adler, 23, who suffered a broken nose and a lip wound.

[j-whitman]

I''ll bet Fox News won''t have this article

[j-whitman]

Good article --- Muslem helps Jews in hate crime attack by right wing Christians

[terrorislam6]

brownshirts mindlessly attacking those who aren''''t them.
Posted by johngoodnews at 08:01 AM : Dec 13, 2007

THAT WOULD BE THE FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMISTS

HERE ARE YOUR FASCISTS

IT IS FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM STUPID

Dutch lawmaker planning film criticizing the Quran
A Dutch conservative lawmaker said Wednesday he is making a film to highlight what he describes as "fascist" passages in the Quran, his latest high profile criticism of Islam.
Wilders plans to depict parts of the Quran he says are used as inspiration "by bad people to do bad things."
Less than 10 minutes long, the film is expected to air in late January. It will show "the intolerant and fascist character of the Quran," said Wilders, whose anti-Islam campaign helped his Freedom Party win nine seats in parliament in last year''s election.
In the past, Wilders has said that half the Quran should be torn up and compared it with Adolf Hitler''s book "Mein Kampf." He has claimed the Netherlands is being swamped by a "tsunami" of Islamic immigrants.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/28/europe/EU-GEN-Netherlands-Anti-Quran-Film.php

[toolmangler-2009]

The only reason that this is a BIG news story is because the last time a Muslim helped a Jew the world didn''''t even have electricity yet.
www.thereligionofpeace.com

Posted by michaelt302 at 10:28 AM : Dec 13, 2007


That is an erronious statement. try again.

[toolmangler-2009]

hey jh6379, or should i say jason, you should try not to use your cuid for your login to websites outside the company
Posted by xpoorman at 10:42 AM : Dec 13, 2007



I think "Jason" is in deep yogurt!!
You had best listen to the Boss, ''jason''. (grin)

[xpoorman-2009]

hey jh6379, or should i say jason, you should try not to use your cuid for your login to websites outside the company

[barbaraf4]

Regardless of your religion or beliefs, this is a heart-warming story that radiates the spirit of the season.

[allunknowing]

Religion has caused more hate, violence, and death in this world than any human illness epidemic.

Newsflash, when you die, your body decays just like the dead raccoon in the highway. The brain decays just as the rest of the flesh. The brain is where you people create your gods. And it stops functioning eight minutes after your heart stops functioning.

Read some books other than the bible, the real truth is out there. It''s called Science.

[radiob-2009]

Cudos to Hassan Askari for being a exemplary example of the human race.

[johngoodnews]

The jewish kid''s positive comment about the muslim kid stepping up to help him, is what America used to be--a melting pot; not now. The US is turning into an intolerant, hate-filled place with the most obnoxious of religious excess riding shotgun with the worst sort of nationalistic right-wing divisionalist sentiments. As a youth studying history, I simply could not believe that the German people would have stood idly by and watched Hitler''s right-wing nationalism take over Germany, and I believed that the German people as a group actively approved of the horrible and hatefilled actions of its government. Today, I think I understand better how right-wing nationalism took over Germany: you need economic duress and someone different than you to blame it on, with a war and a contant drumbeat of fear to justify eliminating civil rights, and a people cowed into inaction for fear of not being patriotic to the homeland and who stand quietly by watching it happen, and tut-tutting the actions of tatooed brownshirts mindlessly attacking those who aren''t them.

[r3alist]

Anyone who would have a tattoo of "jesus christ" has to be an idiot, not surprising he didn''t know what chanukah is

[Krazcarl]

I''ve never heard such a collection of ignorance in my life do you folks get up and try to be stupid or does it just come natualy??

[vittoria1]

To those who were unhappy with my post regarding the ignorance of Christians vis-a-vis their own faith (some people said that a man who wears a Jesus tattoo isn''t necessarily a Christian) let me point out: a man who both wears a Jesus tattoo and reacts violently to "Happy Hanukah!" with "Hanukah is the time when the Jews crucified Jesus!" is, alas, someone who would, if asked, be very likely to identify himself as a so-called Christian. I stand by my remark concerning Christian ignorance. I''ve seen it far too often.

[toolmangler-2009]

Oh BTW Jesus killed himself just as today''''s suicide by police is carried out
Posted by majicbuss at 11:18 AM : Dec 12, 2007


No Sir! 100% wrong, He told the Sanhedrin that they were worse than sinners because "they knew GODs will" but still corrupted it for their own use, (just like cerain Extremist fundamentalist wannabe christians) (Just like certain extremist Muslims) (Just like certain extremist Atheists). He stood for what was right even though he knew they would probably kill him for it. (Sounds to me like a Martyr) Or if you wish, a "true American"

[toolmangler-2009]

True. But I havent found the two to be mutually exclusive.
Posted by teeus at 01:36 PM : Dec 12, 2007


And I haven''t found the two to be mutually inclusive either.

[kailumego1]

kailumego1 I''m glad the article mentioned "Muslim helps Jews", because it crushes some folks preconception they have about Muslims, and showcases their own violent tendencies.

"The Post said two of the suspects had been charged with hate crimes in the past".

Although some posters want to dance around it, it''s obvious these individuals were either neo-Nazi skinheads or from the Aryan Brotherhood.

You see all races have violent tendencies, it''s only when it becomes a black or white issue some individuals want to circumvent the truth...

[displeased]

If I see somebody in trouble, I''m going to help them regardless of their religion. I''m certain Hassan was thinking the same thing. It doesn''t surprise me that journalists "label" everybody and turn a simple good samaritan story into a "Muslim helping Jew" feature.

[kailumego1]

What this demonstrates there are fanatics in every religious spectrum, Christians, Muslims, etc., so when some folks, out of self-aggrandizement, eagerly label every Muslim a terrorist, stop and look in the mirror, because so-called Christians ain''t far behind..

I''m not at all surprise by this blatant brutal attack, because you have some so-called Christians that are just as violent as Muslim extremist, it cuts both ways.

[inmo-2009]

Wow! Look what we have become. A society that hates and cannot even recgonize that hrough the culture of hate we have created a young man stood up and helped out another human.
Oh and on a side note the 2 men were of different religions.
And PS they weren''t Christian and apparently neither were the attackers. A tattoo of Jesus does not make you Christian it makes you a person with a tattoo.
In this case a criminal with a tattoo of Jesus to surely help with your "I lost my way" story and to plea his way ut.
BTW i am not putting down those with tattos I am just saying.........

[teeus]

That guy with the tattoos wasnt a Christian - he was an assshole.
Posted by mike71067

True. But I havent found the two to be mutually exclusive.