Man Who Attacked Muslim Cabbie Had Diary Full of Anti-Muslim Rants -

[jefferson_dem]

Muslim cab driver Ahmed Sharif, victim in bloody attack, saw 'so much hate' in face of assailant
BY Edgar Sandoval, John Lauinger and Bill Hutchinson

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS


Michael Enright in court Wednesday on charges he slashed cabbie Ahmed Sharif.


A picture of Michael Enright holding a shotgun from his Facebook page.

Queens cabbie said Wednesday night he saw "so much hate" in the face of a boozed-up bigot who slashed him after asking if he was Muslim.

Driver Ahmed Sharif said he pleaded for his life as knife-wielding suspect Michael Enright launched a bloody attack Tuesday after hailing the yellow cab in Kips Bay.

Sharif said the blond-haired Enright told him, "As-salaam alaikum" - which means "peace be unto you" in Arabic - before committing the crazed assault.

"I begged him, 'Please don't kill me,'" Sharif, 43, told the Daily News. "I was thinking about my four kids. If I'm gone, there is no one to care for them."

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When he was arrested Tuesday in midtown, Enright had a personal diary filled with pages of "pretty strong anti-Muslim comments," a police source said.

The source said Enright's journal equated Muslims with "killers, ungrateful for the help they were being offered, filthy murderers without a conscience."

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[malaise]

1. My grandmother used to say that if you want to know

what's in the heart of a man listen to what he says when he's drunk.
This guy is a classic barrel of contradictions - a Fundie pretending to respect all religions but still a fucking drunk.

Throw away the keys.

[jefferson_dem]

2. Wondering if he was engaged in a maniacal scheme...

to infiltrate the "tolerance group" then lash out.

[aquart]

4. I'm wondering if he has an undescended testicle.

Because this boy ain't right.

[malaise]

6. Interesting thought

quite possible. You can't be writing all that hate and pretending to be the opposite without either being an infiltrator or a complete and total lunatic. No doubt he loves Rush and Beck.

[lame54]

7. he even looks like Beck

[Scurrilous]

11. Indeed. n/t

[FarLeftVagabond]

3. I second that, malaise.

I second that.

No special treatment, either! Put him in the general population... :evilgrin:

[secondwind]

5. Amen.

[HipChick]

8. +100

[HereSince1628]

9. Beware, the monster wears a baby's face

I'll stipulate that the kid could be mentally ill.

But, I can't help thinking that this is the fruit of a society led by the hateful right. Pudgy white kids like this are now monsters.

[Recursion]

12. Especially given his age

That's exactly when schizophrenia starts its noticeable symptoms, IIRC.

[mmonk]

13. Pudgy white kids?

[Javaman]

10. this little puke will be well loved in prison. nt

[Scurrilous]

14. Indeed. n/t

[ProgressiveEconomist]

15. Fox 'News'/NYPost: NO "personal diary filled with .. 'pretty strong anti-Muslim comments'"

From
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/26/muslim-taxi-driver-slashed-attack-blamed-interfaith-group-volunteer-visit-nyc/ :

"Enright was carrying two notebooks that contained details of his experiences in Afghanistan but did not appear to contain any anti-Muslim rants. The journals were in a backpack along with an empty bottle of scotch..."

Oh well, at least Murdoch FINALLY is at least acknowledging the stabbing.

I wonder how long it will be until the Police feel free to release images of the diary to the media. Maybe not until after the first Tuesday in November.