“Sources confirmed to YWN that the Brooklyn District Attorney upgraded the charges on Friday afternoon, after inexplicably resisting calls and recomendations [sic] all week to do so.”
Why did they resist? So as not to appear “Islamophobic”?
“UPDATE – ‘Allah’ Shouting Boro Park Attacker Now Charged With Hate Crime For Vicious Beating of Hasidic Jew,” The Yeshiva World, October 19, 2018:
The Muslim suspect who beat an elderly Hasidic Jewish man in Boro Park on Sunday has now been charged with a hate crime.
Sources confirmed to YWN that the Brooklyn District Attorney upgraded the charges on Friday afternoon, after inexplicably resisting calls and recomendations [sic] all week to do so.
Farrukh Afzal, 37, of Staten Island, has 8 prior arrests.
As reported on YWN, Afzal reportedly shouted “Allah, Allah”, said he wanted to “kill all Jews” and made references to ‘Israel’ while viciously beating 62-year-old R’ Lipa Schwartz on Sunday.
The attack appeared to be unprovoked (not that anything could ever justify such a heinous act).
Schwartz said he feared for his life during the attack: “I’m telling you if he had a knife he would stab me right on the place. No doubt,” Schwartz said….
gravenimage says
Brooklyn: Muslim who beat Jewish man while screaming “Allah” now charged with hate crime
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Glad to hear it–better late than never.
lisalles says
8 previous arrests and his bail was $15,000. That is only $1,500 that he had to come with it….with 8 prior arrests and screaming jihad type statements,he should have had a 1 million dollar bail set.
gravenimage says
Yes–it’s insane that he was let out on bail.
mortimer says
WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG, dear PUBLIC PROSECUTORS?
We rely on you PROSECUTORS to keep guys like that off the streets.
Isn’t is time for LAWYERS, JUDGES and NEW YORK POLITICIANS to learn the 1) JIHAD DOCTRINE, 2) the KAFIR DOCTRINE, 3) the TAQIYYA DOCTRINE and 4) the AL WALAA WAL BARAA DOCTRINE… to stop being LAZY in the matter of learning ESSENTIAL ISLAMIC WARFARE DOCTRINES?
Learn those FOUR DOCTRINES and our DEFENDERS will have a LAW ENFORCEMENT UNDERSTANDING of Islam.
Jack Simpson says
I guess Gitmo is full?
Jeffrey says
Should have been NO BAIL based on he will never show up and take more Jews out with him when he blows himself up. And especially such a low bail at that. It’s a joke. The DA knows he’ll never see him again. That’s why he had the judge set bail so low. The hate crime charge is meaningless if he doesn’t show up.
GreekEmpress says
+1
About time—-
jule says
This IS Islam. Their ‘holy book’ the Qur’an say Allah cursed Jews who are now enemy of Abraham, Islam and Allah. Iran reads the same book as all Sunni and this is also why they say ‘wipe Israel/Judaism off the map and out of memory for the Supremacy of Islam. They want to OWN Abraham and all his sites, stealing him from Judaism. Check why they made war in even 1948. Why not allow Jews on Temple Mount? Why massacre Hebron 1929 to take the Cave of Patriarchs? Why demolish all the old Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem 1948 and use tombstones for roads and a parking lot at the new Hotel Jordan wanted…on Jewish quarter. Its about conquering. We know this is how they do. We should admit it and stop pretending. Support Muslims who want reform (alAzhar, Iran, etc will never dare change one word…..this technique is working to well to conquer the world for an empire. If not for the Education/transparency (keep it real & facts not hate) of this site and people who know, Muslims would be doing this to Jews more here to if we ignore it. Just like nazigroups/KKKlan etc. That is NOT what America is. (and to think European countries used to safer as well!) Never again means something.
Linda Taylor says
Exactly…the DA’s job is to enforce the LAW….beating anyone is a CRIME whether the beater is yelling some Islamic phrase or the Bible…this PC baloney has gone on FAR to LONG…DeBlasio and the leftists who control NYC have committed a CRIME against anyone mugged or attacked or beaten to death by ANYONE ELSE IF the only way that person is brought to justice is if he or she is NOT a Muslim
Marlene deRonde says
Absolutely-!!! We are the USA not a Muslim country. Follow our Laws or go luve somewhere else.
Elee says
Yes this absolutely fits most statutory definitions for a hate or bias crime. Yes it is exactly what the Muslim scripture directed this man to do. Thank you to the courageous prosecutor and/or grand jury who have called outa plain obvious and too-oft-repeated fact.
6woods says
A crime is a crime is a crime. The ‘hate crime’ designation is bullshit. These assinine labels just make a mockery of, and diminsh, the law.
6woods says
*diminish
b.a. freeman says
indeed, 6woods. the left is using every tool at hand to destroy the republic, including lawlessness. by inventing asinine laws that cover situations already deemed illegal by other laws, however, the left is putting a tool in place to be used in the near future against its opponents. “hate laws” are necessarily vague because they outlaw what is already illegal, and vague laws can easily be used to attack *anybody*. for proof, just look at eurabia, where one can be arrested for making fascistBook posts listing true things about islam, yet allow pious muslims to spew islamic hatred without penalty.
+1
KWJ says
There was the guy in Florida who was charged for a hate crime for vandalizing a mosque and leaving bacon. He was threatened with a life sentence. Some Muslim mosque guy was happy. Some young Muslim commenters even thought it was extreme. Vandalizing while no one was there isn’t like beating up someone. One can google it.
I’ve always been against hate crime designations that add years on your sentence. “Hate crime” can be extended to many crimes and speech. A crime is a crime-one can note the reason.
Some people say hate speech invites violence. No, sometimes it does with people who are predisposed such as hotheads or people who have been told for 1400 years to hate Jews, especially, but really all non-Muslims. It started with Muhammad and since they feel he should be emulated… There are plenty of Muslims who don’t like Jews but do not physically attack them. This man had 8 prior arrests. Obviously he’s a live wire, and that day an obvious looking Jew suffered for it.
Speech that invites violence is telling people to do something to X people or as an imam said, “Gays should be exterminated” and some Muslim thinks he’s doing the world a favor by doing his part . A Muslim guy said to me about an atheist woman in Bangladesh that she is bad for humanity. Some have this idea that they are doing a good deed. Coddling these Muslims is a big mistake. Yeah, the U.K. has become so bad, but the Dems signed a resolution even noting “animus” towards Islam. Even if I agree with some Dem policies, it’s pretty hard to vote for people who are essentially saying that my saying anything negative about Islam-showing animus-is hate speech. Talk about totalitarian Islam. As we see in England, that’s basically a set-up to arrest people, and usually it’s arbitrary. They have a list of 8 signs if hate speech for Islam. One is saying that Islam is a violent religion, another is saying that it’s an ideology, and so on. A lot of academic books would qualify then yet the Qur’an is so hateful. So disturbing to see westerners bend over for the Islamofascists. Notice many are over 40 years old and won’t have to live what they’ve sown.
jule says
Every act of real racism and hate ruins everything to make the point of what Islam really is. All it does is show us a Bad and give the Excuse lots of fuel. WHY DO THAT? Real racists or Supremacists, LIKE ISLAM is, as well as nazitype of white supremacists/nationalists, just takes away all our power. Because its not the right way to be. It ruins it. No racist/Supremacist can expose Islam because they cut off their own feet. I want Islam’s ideology out of this country because of what it teaches but Nazi/Supremacists have to go too because its the same. One bigoted Supremacist cannot get rid of other bigoted Supremacists because they lost their Righteousness. Thats why Islam has to fight forever. And this is so worrisome because now we see how many racists US actually has.
Pineapple says
“A crime is a crime is a crime. The ‘hate crime’ designation is bullshit. These assinine labels just make a mockery of, and diminish, the law.”
This hits the nail on the head. Nuff said!
jule says
Hate Crime goes Federal. It gets it out of the state.
jule says
Not really. Hate Crimes can go Federal & taken out of a states hands (if they want to hide it.)
jule says
Hate Crimes can go Federal out of state hands.
Richard says
The hate is in the Quran, which they learn from birth. The Jews rejected Muhammad as a prophet, recognising him for the fraud that he was. He retaliated by slaughtering them and institutionalising his hate in his Quran.
He so rewarded those that welcomed him when he fled “Mecca” which is probably Petra. There is a lesson here as old as the Trojan horse.
mortimer says
Richard, the hate is an OFFICIAL DOCTRINE called AL WALAA WAL BARAA … kindly learn that doctrine … then you will be able to explain the MOTIVE of Islam to others.
Allah ordered Muslims to have Baraa (to be cleansed) from the dirty kufaar and from their kufr and shirk. Muslims ‘cleanse’ the world from KUFAAR through JIHAD.
-Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed (Islamic faith) and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen (i.e. wrong worshippers). So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]
-“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca. – https://islamfuture.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/al-wala-wal-bara-according-to-the-aqeedah-of-the-salaf-parts-123/
-Shaykh Ahmad ibn ‘Atiq said:
“There isn’t in the Book of Allah the Exalted – after the issue concerning the obligation of tawheed and the forbiddance of its opposite (kufr=wrong belief)- any issue which has as so many proofs, nor so clearly explained, than the issue of al-walaa’ and al-baraa’.” (W-B is ‘Islamic apartheid’)
– from Sufi scholar Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624): “The honour of Islam lies in INSULTING kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to HUMILIATE them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain TERRIFIED and TREMBLING. It is intended to hold them under CONTEMPT and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.”
– from ibn Taymiyya, “Book of Emaan”: “… true believers show ANIMOSITY and HATRED towards disbelievers and NEVER support them.”
– from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”: “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE them because of their kufr (wrong belief), just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.”
– from [Chap.iv] “The Islaamic Concept of al-Walaa’ wal-Baraa’” by Khalid El-Gharib: “… to SHOW ENMITY to those who show enmity to Allaah and His Messenger”.
(Note: Muslims are to visibly demonstrate their ENMITY or HATRED towards the kufaar)
– from a lecture given by Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal (H.A.): “The implication of al-Baraa is that one HATES for the sake of Allah (SWT)…Al-Baraa means to recognize who your enemies are and to HATE them and EXTERMINATE them in their Endeavour to get rid of your Deen, al-Islam…Al-Baraa is to HATE the people who propagate Baatil (falsehood)—the Muslim should HATE them and (at least desire to) KILL them when the time comes.”
(Note: not ‘if the time comes’, but ‘WHEN the time comes.)
– “Killing a Kafir who is fighting you is OK. Killing a Kafir for any reason (i.e. criticism of Islam), you can say, it is OK – even if there is NO REASON for it. You can poison, ambush and kill non-believers. You must have a stand with your heart, with your tongue, with your money, with your hand, with your sword, with your Kalashnikov. Don’t ask shall I do this, just do it.”Abu Hamza al-Masri (Egyptian born British Cleric)
– “As a Muslim, I must have hatred for anything non-Islam” – Anjem Choudary.
– “The matter is clear on this issue. It is obligatory to disassociate and absolve oneself from the disbelievers and their religion. The issue of al-Walaa wal-Baraa is from among the greatest obligations in Islaam.” (Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan, 2005, p. 308)
– Obligation to Hate Kufaar: “With regard to matters of love and hate in the heart, the Muslims’ attitude towards non-Muslims is based on the latter’s attitude towards Allaah. If they worship Allaah and do not associate anything in worship with Him, then they love them. If they associate others in worship with Him, or disbelieve in Him, or worship others alongside Him, or are hostile towards His religion and hate the truth, then it is obligatory to hate them in our hearts.” – Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid
Richard says
Communication has to be brief to be effective. The hate for the non-believer comes from the Quran. Example 9:73 – “O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.”
When I looked up Al-wala’ wa-l-bara’ in Wkipedia they quoted 2 Quanic verses. One is quite amusing – “Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity.” (Quran 60:8)
He does not forbid Muslims from dealing justly against the non-believer. That’s jolly decent of him.
jule says
Exactly. That is why the Qur’an itself has to be tried in FEDERAL courts for Hate Crime as not one of the rights of free speech. We have RESTRICTIONS on Speech concerning teaching, inciting others to break our laws. Reading the Qur’an out loud or teaching its principles is against our law (AND NOT CONSIDERED GODS LAW BY US) It really is not supposed to be done. We allow it for MONEY, donors, lobbies, Globalism and multinationals setting up shop in Muslim Countries. (and Trump does do it too…how can we have a multinational protect us from what Islam will do….especially when they do not know and are not interested in finding out. But at least if we could get it through Federal courts that Qur’an breaks the restrictions on free speech concerning teaching hate and hate crimes.
Richard says
Actually much of the Quran, heinous though it may be, is, or should be, protected by free speech. A call to action to commit violence or harm to humans is not protected, however, Which is what a cry of “fire” in a movie hall or “bomb” in a plane or crowd are. Some verses in the Quran are exactly that. A call for violence by Muslims against non-Muslims.
gravenimage says
Yes–we don’t need to ban books–we did not have to ban Mein Kampf in order to defend against Fascism.
In fact, more Americans should be reading the Qur’an in order to understand the threat of Islam against us.
jule says
I absolutely disagree and Mien Kampf should have be banned as well. Look at the trouble it is still causing to this day. Its like ISIL or child porn. Publishers have to refuse to print it or we never get rid of the extreme pyscho criminal mind. NEVER AGAIN has real meaning and Never means start today. Its like stopping polio or food poisoning. Its like stopping contaminated water before it kills us all. And btw! It is not just the violence in the Qur’an that needs to stop by a long shot. Its the whole gang mentality, the bigotry, the Supremacist attitude, the old customs, control by fear and terror of Allah (the Elites) The whole thing! And there is nothing wrong with ending sickness. Pretending it is ‘Freedom’ is brainwashing. Pretending there are no borders is brainwashing or perfect world dreams.
gravenimage says
jule wrote:
I absolutely disagree and Mien Kampf should have be banned as well. Look at the trouble it is still causing to this day. Its like ISIL or child porn. Publishers have to refuse to print it or we never get rid of the extreme pyscho criminal mind. NEVER AGAIN has real meaning and Never means start today.
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Jule, I don’t believe that we oppose evil by preventing people from learning about it.
And you are mistaken in believing that we have somehow had another Holocaust in the United States.
Would you prosecute Robert Spencer for daring to reveal what the Qur’an contains?
No–freedom is not some pie in the sky idea. It exists, and is well worth fighting for.
jule says
Good to read it NOW, while its still spreading but END it, just like ending polio, and no one NEEDS understanding it.
It must be ended just like racism, nazigroups, KKKlan, MS13, Crips Bloods, Aryan Bros, Muslim bros, al Qaeda, Mafia, Cosa Nuestro, Drug cartels, sex traffic, any human traffic, insider trading, bank fraud or money laundering, Crimes against Humanity must be prosecuted for Justice. When crimes are allowed or ignored they go on. There are lines Not to Cross. Qur’an is one. We need to read it now Only because it is still allowed.
jule says
True. The Qur’an teaches bigoted hate mentality, Supremacy & crime. It is not just from the past but taught as The Word of Allah/Islam for today until Judgement day. It must be judged in a Federal court as inappropriate to be preached in USA where it is actually against our law. Breaking our laws cannot be preached, even in Mosques. That is one of the RESTRICTIONS on free Speech.
Manny says
Anyone know from what part of the Muslim world Farrukh Afzal was from?
Smarty says
Shit-holistan I believe.
jule says
Pakistan.
11B40 says
Greetings:
I’m still wondering about an “elderly victim” enhancement to the charges as the victim was over 60 years old.
Raja says
With all the tinge of multiculturism and globalism in the US and in the West, these nations have come on par with third world gutters at least in some aspects and occasionally worse.
I thought threatening to kill was NOT bailable.
gravenimage says
It shouldn’t be.
jule says
This is why it was important to label it a Hate Crime because then it can be Federal and out of State hands if they think they can hide it.
My goal is to get the Qur’an’s teachings to the Federal courts since we have Restrictions on speech inciting/teaching breaking our Constitutional laws. They cannot just say Allah made me do it so its OK. Same like no one can say ‘the devil made me do it so its OK. Like it was really Allah beating the Jewish man as the enemy of Islam so its OK. Qur’an makes people channels of thinking and acting that breaks our Basic laws. Imams preaching it are breaking the laws. We Have restrictions on Speech and one is inciting/teaching others to break our laws. They cannot change our laws to be Allahs laws which we know are Crimes against Humanity.
henrik arboe jensen says
not to appear nazi ( jew )trumps not to appear islamophobic ( muslims).the appearing is not exclusively bad though. a testiment to pity towards islam, and disbelieve. white lying to appeace, but muslims look through this appeacement, prop. observe it as racist patrionism.so how to stop the appear grid. no idea.
jule says
Prosecute racism as our country was set up to so no can use that EXCUSE. Take the Qur’an into Federal court to show how and where it breaks our laws and that Imams who teach/preach it As Allahs Supremacist Law are breaking our Restrictions on Free Speech by inciting others to bigoted hate and crimes…..same as Hitler did with nazitroops and nazigroups here as well as White Supremacists or KKKlan. They DO break our laws but we have been to cowardly to do anything. At least we did fight the War against Hitler (finally) but then some bigoted nutcases allowed nazitypes in and fool us into believing ‘Thats Freedom’ BS. Thats anti Freedom. Islam is anti Freedom. Those groups cannot BE HERE& thats real fact and even legal. We are so propagandized. And mainly its become so for big money, Corporate, lobbiest. donors all who have corrupted us.
Michael Copeland says
“The attack appeared to be unprovoked….” .
It was provoked.
The provocations are issued every Friday in the mosques.
gravenimage says
I think this means the attack was not provoked by the victim.
jule says
Some Muslims say ‘being Jewish without Submission to Allah’ provokes them into right action of attacking Enemies of Allah/Islam. Qur’an says Allah cursed all Jews and removed them from the line of Abraham as an illegitimate religion. They say Abraham belongs ONLY to Islam today. Jews are the enemy of Islams Supremacist claim. Allah WANTS them to fight the enemy. Orders them to fight some way or other. They say people have a choice, no compulsion but a Choice to forsake ALL other religions and follow Allah/Islam, or pay a protection tax, or be punished/killed.
gravenimage says
True, Jule and Michael. I was referring to legal charges, not how Muslims look at Jews.
Troybeam says
Got bail but did they get his passport, bet he skips country and returns to home nation.
Berengaria says
Great Comments & all I can say is that the Muslims have grown more Brazen in America, than they ever were in their own Muslim Countries.
They know they can commit crimes in America, without much or any punishment & our Prosecutors & Police seem to back up that Fact.
Americans deserve better from our Justice System & everytime a Follower of Muhammad’s Ideology, commits a heinous crime, Justice winks an eye in the Muslim’s Direction. We Americans are told that Justice is blind, but “Except when Muslims are involved”.
Zenobia van Dongen says
The poor man must be suffering from a mineral deficiency. Needs lead supplements.
Obbop says
I wonder if CAIR will come screeching akin to little girls demanding the evil Moslem attacker be released because it has to be “Islamophobia” leading to those made-up charges. Beware of every Moslem organization. The cult that creates those bastions of evil are all interconnected with the primal lust of the cult to extend itself to every spot upon our planet.
jule says
They & the others will pay bail and they are not ‘little girls’ but Gang members.We legitimize a gang in our naivety. Read the Qur’an. The rules are same as any gang. Some MS13 has a hallucination that some deity TOLD HIM THE RULES & gave him a magic carpet ride and they can legitimize in US too….unless we admit this nonsense and make clear we will NOT have it.
Guy Jones says
The most contemptible part of the aftermath of this incident is that the NYPD has stated that the attack was motivated by a case of “mistaken identity,” in that, allegedly, the attacker “mistook” the victim for a Hasidic man who had crashed into his taxi cab, earlier in the day.
Sounds like a totally naive and delusional evasion of a transparently anti-Semitic motive.
gravenimage says
I think the claim was just that a Hassidic man walked in front of his cab and slowed him down.
Guy Jones says
And, now, apparently, the “hate crime” enhancement charge, has been dropped.
And, of course, the attacker’s family are claiming that he’s allegedly “mentally ill,” and, “off his meds.”
gravenimage says
I thought the hate crime enhancement had just been added?
Larry Gaines says
Lock this man up for 10 or more years, then deport him when prison thime is up.
Eyeball says
Muslims and Nazis partnered during WW II. For Muslims, Nazis murdered Jews. For Nazis, Muslims provided them fuel and access to N.Africa. And, BTW, Allah is NOT the God of Abraham. For God “…can neither deceive nor be deceived…” One of Allah’s MANY names is “The Great Deceiver” (Makr). Not the same “god”. (And remember, Satan also shares that name.)
Frank Roza III says
DEPORTATION!
jule says
Yes, deport the entire system of Qur’ans Islamist hate gang along with all kinds of other hate groups. All hateful bigoted Supremacist groups..not just one.
John P. Centonze says
Would the DA have waffled had it been members of the JDL who cried “Jehovah, Jehovah!” while they beat the crap out of a Muslim? I doubt it!
Navy PO2 says
The Prosecutor that sat around with his thumb up his exhaust pope should be fired now!
Lauren Hermann says
@ jule:
“I hope America finally realizes how these evil slugs are slowly building their strength in numbers. This will continue until they OWN us.”
Sadly, you are correct. When 9/11 happened,, I thought that Americans would FINALLY WAKE UP and realize what is happening. How naive of me! Most of them are clueless. Islam is spreading through the entire world like a cancer.