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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/258874/new_york_teen_charged_with_haircutting.html

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AHN reported that Ahmed and the Sikh boy, whose name is being withheld, got into an argument at school which led to racial insults. However, the boy tried to apologize to Ahmed. But Ahmed would not accept the apology unless the Sikh boy let Ahmed cut his hair. The Sikh boy agreed.

The hair-cutting apology turned into more violence from Ahmed. He dragged the boy into a school bathroom, pulled off his turban and took a pair of scissors to Ahmed's traditionally long hair, said AHN. Two other students stood as lookouts so that Ahmed would not get caught.

When questioned by authorities, the school said that the school had a lot of ethnically different students and that there usually wasn't much tension between different groups of kids. Due to the fact that the crime was religiously and racially motivated, police are considering Ahmed's act as an act of violence and a hate crime. As previously stated, Ahmed is being charged of more than one crime...

http://www.gothamist.com/2007/05/25/yo_mama_joke_le.php

Beware the yo mama joke: After some "friends" were yo-mama-joking around at Newtown High School in Elmhurst, two students cut off the hair of another student. And the victim is a Sikh, whose religion requires long hair to be worn.

Apparently Pakistani students Waqas Ali and Umair Ahmed had been joking with Sikh student Harpaal Vashar, although some other reports claim that they were trading insults. But Vashar's joke went too far, and Ahmed would "only accept a haircut as an apology," according to the AP. And then Ahmed allegedly decided to force a haircut on Vashar, with Ali's help, in a basement bathroom at the high school.

Ahmed, who is 17, was charged with unlawful imprisonment, menacing and aggravated harassment - all as hate crimes. Fifteen-year-old Ali was charged as a juvenile on the same counts. Ali's father told the Daily News, "This is a mistake. This boy is a very good friend of my son. Last week, he was in my home," and other students and teachers felt that the attack was not a reflection on the school.

http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-sikh0526,0,5563447.story?coll=am-local-headlines

...The boy said it was against his religion, but Ahmed showed him a ring and said, "This ring is Allah. If you don't let me cut your hair, I will punch you with this ring."...

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21797015-5006506,00.html

...Prosecutors said Umair approached Vacher Harpal in a school hallway on Thursday armed with a pair of scissors and told him, "I have to cut your hair."

When Vacher asked why and told him it was against his religion, Umair allegedly displayed a ring with Arabic inscriptions and stated, "This ring is Allah. If you don't let me cut your hair, I will punch you with this ring," according to prosecutors.

Once inside the bathroom, officials said, Vacher removed his turban while crying and begged Umair not to cut his hair, which had never been cut. ...