http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/05/25/2007-05-25_sikh_boy_attacked_hair_cut-1.html Two Queens teens dragged a Sikh classmate into their high school bathroom, tore off his turban and cut his hair in a revenge attack for a joke, authorities said yesterday. The three boys, all students at Newtown High School in Elmhurst, had been friends but a "Yo Mama" taunt triggered a falling-out, police sources said. Sikhs are required by religious law to wear headdresses and keep their hair uncut. The suspects, Waqas Ali, 15, and Umair Ahmed, 17, snipped off 15-year-old Harpaal Vashar's hair with scissors about 12:20 p.m., cops said. Someone in the bathroom reported the incident to school officials, who called police. "This is a mistake. This boy is a very good friend of my son. Last week, he was in my home," Waqas Ali's father, Liaqat, said from the family's Elmhurst home. The alleged attackers, both Muslim Pakistani immigrants, were charged with unlawful imprisonment, coercion, menacing and aggravated harassment. The hate crimes unit is investigating, police officials said. Teachers and students at Newtown High School said attacks such as yesterday's are uncommon. "There are no problems at this school at all," said Sukhrit Kaur, 18, a Sikh, referring to religious friction. "It absolutely does not reflect this building at all," said a Newtown teacher. The Vashar family declined to comment.
I read about this the other day. Sick and twisted. Sikhs are very peaceful people and very kind/friendly.
Thats sad. At least the boy have not broken any religious rules since he did not cut the hair himself.
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That is shocking. Something like this happened a few miles from me, a sikh shop keeper was dragged over his counter then chased out the shop by 5 muslim men they then caught up with him, then held down whilst his hair was hacked off. And another incident happened here a few years back but this involved a rasta guy having a few locks chopped off whilst walking down the road by a white guy & then the white guy ran up & down the road holding the locks shouting racist remarks. I agree.
Its sad especially when they were friends before. How can a small falling out lead to such an attack?
this is clearly a hate crime, normal ppl dont go out of their way to cut a sikhs hair they would just beat him up..but these kids obviously hated him cause he was a sikh.. hope the guys get what they deserve
The local gudwara here in columbia has been upset about this...The sikh's here are about the most peaceful people you will find...it sucks when a religion of extremists has to result to this...I wonder what would have happened if it was the other way around? I bet CAIR and the NAACP and ACLU would all be involved....
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ck_story_says_Sikh_boy/articleshow/916038.cms ^- The last time this happened.