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CAIR: NY Muslim Beaten by Gang Shouting 'Obama'


Last update: 11:41 a.m. EST Nov. 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, Nov 06, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Islamic civil rights group asks FBI to probe assault as hate crime
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation into an Election Night assault on a New York Muslim by a gang allegedly angry that Barack Obama was elected president.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said media reports indicate that four "white men" beat a Muslim of Liberian heritage as he was walking near his Staten Island home. The victim said the alleged attackers jumped from a car and attacked him after shouting "Obama." Local law enforcement authorities are investigating the attack as a hate crime.