Members of a Muslim family whose house was shot at during a drive-by Thursday evening think they were targeted because of their faith.

Tuesday, a stranger driving by Allie and Maryam Taghavi's home in southwest Oklahoma City stopped and asked their 21-year-old son the family's religion.

A large sign hung on the porch and visible from the road said, "as-salamu alaykum," an Arabic phrase often used by Muslims meaning "peace be with you."

Without any suspicion, their son told the stranger they were Muslim, Allie Taghavi said. The stranger then drove away.

Then, two days later on Thursday evening, Allie Taghavi was home with three of his adult children when shots were fired around 7:45 p.m. from a car driving south on S Olie Avenue near their home at SW 30. "I screamed when I heard the shots, but it was so rapid ... like firecrackers," he said.

Allie Taghavi ran from his bedroom into his 23-year-old daughter's room where a bullet had come through the east side of their house, piercing a wall a few feet away from where she was sitting at her computer desk.

Seconds later, shots were fired into the bedroom just to the south where Allie Taghavi had been. One bullet crossed the width of his bedroom and passed into a bathroom where it lodged in the wall.

No one was injured in the incident. The family fled its home after police cleared the scene a few hours later. Family members said they don't plan to return.

Police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said Oklahoma City's gang unit is investigating the incident because it was reported as a drive-by shooting. Police responded to a call about multiple rounds being fired into the home from a car driving south on S Olie Avenue.

Two bullet holes were found in the home. No one had been arrested as of Friday evening.

NewsOK, 2 February 2013

See also "CAIR-OK seeks bias probe of shooting attack on Muslim family's home", CAIR press release, 1 February 2013

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A Muslim family say they have been forced to move from their home after offensive graffiti and a cross wrapped in ham were left outside their house. Murad Alam, 39, said his wife and two sons, aged eight and 10, had moved out of their home in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, to a "safe" place.

Mr Alam said he had found his son plotting escape routes on his computer after the "horrific" attacks last year. "My wife and children also had names called at them in the street," he said. "The first incident was when the big, wooden cross, wrapped in ham, fell into the house after a knock at the door," said Mr Alam.

He said they had names such as "Paki" and "tramp" shouted at them in the street. "The kids have been abused a number of times; the eldest had smoke blown in his face by an elderly local gentleman." Offensive graffiti was also painted on the path outside the family home.

"It really annoys me that they should use a cross and try and turn this into a religious argument," said Mr Alam. "My family were terrified from the very first incident; my wife had never experienced racism, neither had my kids.

"In fact I had to explain to my children what racism even was, because they're so young they didn't understand the concept that someone could dislike you because of your skin colour or religion."

The family has now moved to West Bridgford where they say they feel safe.

Mr Alam said Bingham was generally a nice area with a good reputation and it was a shame it had been tarred by their experiences.

"The week before we moved there, Bingham was named the eighth best place to live in the UK – but that's if you're white – there are not many Asian or black faces there. It is a nice, generally middle-class village and I'm sure most of the people there are great, it's just these choice few."

BBC News, 31 January 2013

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A Greek Orthodox school is being taken to the High Court for banning a Muslim pupil from wearing a headscarf.

The nine-year-old girl's parents were so incensed at the decision they have pulled her out of St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy, in Thornton Heath. Now they have applied to the High Court in an attempt to force the school – the only one of its kind in the country – to reverse its ban on their daughter wearing a hijab.

The girl's parents pulled their daughter out of St Cyprian's, which this week came top of Croydon's primary school league table, in September. She is now dual-rolled at All Saints CofE Primary School, in Upper Norwood. Her parents want her to return to St Cyprian's as her brother still attends the school.

The family have submitted a fresh application to have the issue heard at the High Court after their first attempt was rejected. The matter is due to be considered in February.

The school claims to "respect the religious beliefs and practice of all staff, pupils and parents". Its mission statement says the school is "committed to combating racism" and promoting "good relations between people of different ethnic origins". It adds: "We recognise and celebrate the fact that a significant percentage of our children are from ethnic minority groups".

There is no mention of a ban on headscarves in the uniform policy on the school's website. Girls are required to wear a dark blue coat, an optional blazer, a skirt, a white blouse, a navy blue pullover and navy blue or white socks and black shoes.

Shuiab Yusaf, trustee of Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre, urged the school to reconsider the ban. He said: "We encourage schools to be a little less strict and allow Muslim girls to wear headscarves if that is what they want to do," he said.

Croydon Advertiser, 21 December 2012

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Offensive graffiti attacking Allah and Islam has been painted outside a Muslim family's home weeks after a cross wrapped in ham was left by their door.

The 31-year-old mother and two sons, eight and 10, say they have suffered five or six racist incidents since they moved to Bingham, Notts, in October.

The graffiti was painted on their path on Saturday morning.

A 13-year-old Bingham boy was arrested in connection with the ham-covered cross on Friday and bailed.

The family, who do not want to be identified, moved to the Nottinghamshire market town after the mother separated from her husband.

The husband said he had now had to move in with his family to protect them.

"They are in fear of their lives," he said. "My kids are scared and crying. Two days after the first incident I saw the eldest on the laptop looking at a map, looking for escape routes in case anything goes wrong."

"Clearly they are targeting my wife. I've got to assume it's because of the way she dresses in traditional Asian clothes, with a traditional headdress."

BBC News, 9 December 2012

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A former pupil of Haverstock School is believed to be in an East African prison amid claims he could have operated as an international terrorist.

The Home Office has banned Mahdi Hashi from Britain, listing him as threat to national security.

But his family are demanding answers from the government after what they say is a decade of unexplained "harassment" by the secret services. They say the 23-year-old, who came to Camden Town aged six from Somalia, was plagued by spooks years after he refused to work for them as an "informer".

The Hashi family maintain that Mahdi quit the country after refusing to spy on "practising" Muslims living in Camden. He has not been seen or heard of since the summer – other than a message smuggled out of a prison camp in Djibouti. But the government say it cannot help after Home Secretary Theresa May took the rare step of revoking his citizenship for "Islamicist extremism".

In a frank interview, the Hashi family dismissed the claim and spoke of the prejudice and profiling faced by Somalis living in Camden each day.

Camden New Journal, 22 November 2012

See "Family claim Mahdi is being held in East African prison, so how did this former Camden schoolboy become a 'terror' suspect?", Camden New Journal, 22 November 2012

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The legal battle over alimony payments in New Jersey has turned into a clash of civilizations with an activist group accusing an Arab Muslim judge of imposing Sharia, or Islamic law, on Family Court cases.

Family Court Judge Hany Mawla first made headlines in 2010 when then-Gov. Jon S. Corzine made him the first Muslim-American appointed to state Superior Court.

Mawla lately has drawn renewed attention for his rulings on alimony payments. In one case, which is being championed by advocates of alimony reform, Pennsylvania resident John Waldorf remains in Hunterdon County Jail after a month because he was unable to pay his ex-wife the $8,000 monthly payments Mawla ordered.

"It is obvious what Judge Mawla is doing is a 'jihad' against men in general and fathers specifically," Bruce Eden, civil rights director of the state chapter of Dads Against Discrimination, said in a statement this week. "Therefore, as a fathers' rights group we intend to initiate a 'crusade' to remove this vermin from the bench."

In an interview, Eden said Mawla, whose parents moved to Egypt when he was a boy, is following the Sharia practice of throwing debtors in jail.

MyCentralJersey.com, 17 November 2012

See also "Alimony reformers distance themselves from 'anti-Muslim' attack on Family Court judge", MyCentralJersey.com, 17 November 2012

You'd think that even Jihad Watch would balk at this paranoid nonsense. But no, Robert Spencer reproduces Eden's idiotic accusation against Mawla and comments: "That's a reasonable question that bears investigating. But instead, we get the usual cries of 'bigotry' from Hamas-linked CAIR."

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FAMILY PLANNING

Pakistan tried to introduce population control program several times, but failed to effectively implement or develop an understanding among the people. The government faced tremendous backlash from the people. Some of the main reasons are listed below:

1.Conservative society:

We live in a society where people are not open about topics relating to sex. Even education couldn’t help them to come out of their nutshells.  As far as family planning goes, most of the people aren’taware of the the idea of a limited size of  family. Commercials, being advertised, are not watched amongst families and no one provides advice to the people for having a control system on the growth of population. This leads to the ignorance of such plans.

2.Rivalry amongst the government officials within the government:

There were many projects being implemented simultaneously. Due to a breakdown in communication amongst the officials involved in the family planning campaign and also constant rivalry, not much progress was achieved.

3. Perfect family – a boy and a girl:

All the commercials showed an image of a perfect family as having a boy and a girl., which led to the concept of having a perfect family with a gender balance, means one can not have two daughters or two sons ? In view of the traditional preference for a male child, and also to help raise the status of the female child, some of the advertising, at least, could have shown two female children as comprising the “ideal family”. The planners now need to move beyond the “Two children= happy family” syndrome. It is time to confront the fears and misgivings associated with the use of contraceptive products.

4. Celebrity endorsing:

As no famous faces was attached to the campaign, such as a cricketer, it failed to grasp much needed attention from the people. Hence, normal advertisement couldn’t create the hype as required.

5. Funding:

Most of the projects which get a set back are due to the irregular funding from the government. One of the main causes for the failure of this campaign in Pakistan was also due to the lack of funds to conduct its activities; several employees were not given their proper dues.

6.Target audience:

There has been also a fair deal of misuse of media. For example, funds spent in placing ads in the expensive English press could be better utilized on non-traditional media. While English newspaper readers do need to be reached, the kind of messages being placed miss their target audience by a mile.

7. Censor issues:

The only product to be promoted in the mass media was “Saathi” condoms. Distributed by Wood-wards (Pakistan) Limited, as part of an US AID-funded project, the advertising campaign was launched on T.V. Even then, PTV censored the product pack, while NTM which, till then, was independent of PTV’s censor board, showed the commercial with the pack.

 

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Theirـهم / ـهن / ـهما (to group of only males or mixed more than 2 persons ) -addهم females only -add: ـهن   2 persons only -add: ـهما	ـنا  our	Her  ــها	His  ــــه
أمـهم أمـهن أمـهما	أمـنا	أمـها	أمــه	أُمْ	Mother
أبـوهم / أبـاهم / أبـيهم أبـوهن/أبـاهن/ أبـيهن أبـوهما/ أبـاهما / أبـيهما	أبـونا/أبـانا/أبـينا	أبـوها / أبـاها / أبـيها	أبـوه / أبـاه / أبـيه	أَبْ	Father
أخـوهم / أخـاهم / أخـيهم أخـوهن / أخـاهن / أخـيهن أخـوهما / أخـاهما/ أخـيهما	أخـونا / أخـانا /أخـينا	أخـوها / أخـاها / أخـيها	أخـوه / أخـاه / أخـيه	أَخْ	Brother
أختـهم اختـهن أختـهما	أخـتنا	أختـها	أختــه	أُختْ	sister
جدهم جدهن جدهما	جدنا	جدها	جده	جَدْ	Grandfather
جدتـهم جدتـهن جدتـهما	جدتـنا	جدتـها	جدتــه	جَدَة	Grandmother
خالـهم خالـهن خالـهما	خالـنا	خالـها	خالــه	خَالْ	Uncle (mother’s brother)
خالتـهم خالتـهن خالتـهما	خالتـنا	خالتـها	خالتــه	خالة	Aunt (mother’s sister)
عمـهم عمـهن عمـهما	عمـنا	عمـها	عمــه	عَم	Uncle (father’s brother)
عمتـهم عمتـهن عمــهما	عمتـنا	عمتـها	عمتــه	عَمة	Aunt (father’s sister)
		زوجـها	–	زَوْج	husband
		–	زوجتــه	زَوْجة	wife
ابنـهما/ ولدهما	ابنـنا / ولدنا	ابنـها / ولدها	ابنــه / ولده	اِبْن / وَلَد	son
ابنتـهما / بنتـهما	ابنتـنا / بنتـنا	ابنتـها / بنتـها	ابنتــه / بنتــه	اِبْنَة / بِنت	daughter
ابن + خالـهم / خالتـهم / عمـهم / عمتـهم ابن + خالـهن / خالتـهن / عمـهن / عمتـهن ابن + خالـهما / خالتـهما / عمـهما / عمتـهما	ابن + خالـنا / خالتـنا / عمـنا / عمتـنا	ابن + خالـها / خالتـها / عمـها / عمتـها	ابن + خالــه / خالـته / عمــه  عمتــه	ابن + خال / خالة / عم / عمة	Cousin(male)
ابنة + خالـهم / خالتـهم / عمـهم / عمتـهم ابنة + خالـهن / خالتـهن / عمـهن / عمتـهن ابنة + خالـهما / خالتـهما / عمـهما / عمتـهما	ابنة + خالـنا / خالتــنا / عمـنا / عمتـنا	ابنة + خالـها / خالتـها / عمـها / عمتـها	ابنة + خالــه / خالتــه / عمــه / عمتــه	ابنة + خال / خالة / عم / عمة	Cousin (female)
حفيدهم حفيدهن حفيدهما	حفيدنا	حفيدها	حفيده	حَفِيد	grandson
حفيدتـهم حفيدتـهن حفيدتـهما	حفيدتـنا	حفيدتـها	حفيدتــه	حَفِيدة	Granddaughter

Note: uncle and
aunt in Arabic aren’t the same . uncle and aunt from father side are : عم & عمة

Mother side : خال& خالة

The same with cousins, you just addابن / ولد =son or ابنة /بنت = daughter before the عم /عمة / خال / خالة

For example: if you want to say cousin (son of mother’s brother) you say: ابن خال

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أب + أم = والدان / والدين / أبوان / أبوين

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مثنى = dual
جمع = plural

مثنى أب : أبان /أبين             جمع أب : أباء

مثنى أم : أمان / أمين             جمع أم: أمهات

مثنى أخ : أخان / أخين           جمع أخ : إخوان / إخوة

مثنى اخت : أختان / أختين       جمع أخت: أخوات

مثنى جد : جدان / جدين           جمع جد : أجداد

مثنى جدة : جدتان / جدتين        جمع جدة : جدات

مثنى خال : خالان / خالين   جمع خال: خوال / أخوال

مثنى عم : عمان / عمين      جمع عم : أعمام

مثنى ابن : ابنان / ابنين         جمع ابن: أبناء           مثنى ولد : ولدان / ولدين     جمع ولد : أولاد

مثنى ابنة : ابنتان / ابنتين جمع ابنة: بنات                 مثنى بنت : بنتان / بنتين    جمع بنت: بنات

مثنى حفيد : حفيدان / حفيدين       جمع حفيد : أحفاد

مثنى حفيدة : حفيدتان / حفيدتين    جمع حفيدة : حفيدات

مثنى زوج : زوجان / زوجين     جمع زوج : أزواج

مثنى زوجة : زوجتان / زوجتين   جمع زوجة : زوجات

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To use مثنى or جمع  with the Possessive Pronouns just write the word in the مثنى or جمع form
and add the pronoun,(follow the table above)

Example: My uncles = أعمامــي

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العائلة (الأسرة)

اقرأ المحادثة التالية بين سارة وصديقتها عائشة.

Read this conversation between Sarah and her friend Ayeshah

عائشة: السلام عليكم. كيف حالك يا سارة؟

سارة: انا سعيدة جداً لأن ابنتي فاطمة أنجبت طفلة جميلة اسمها مريم.

عائشة: رائع، الآن أصبحتِ جدة.

سارة: نعم الآن أنا خالة وعمة وجدة، لأن أخي محمد لديه ولدان وابنة : عمر وهشام وجميلة، وانا عمتهم وأختي أمل لديها ابنة وابن: سميرة وسمير وأنا خالتهم.

عائشة: وكيف حال عمتك زينب، اشتقت لها كثيراً.

سارة: هي بخير ذهبت إلى الرياض لتزور عمي عبدالله.

عائشة: هل قمتِ بزيارة جدك وجدتك هذا العيد.

سارة: بالطبع قمت بزيارتهما مع أبي وأمي وقابلت هناك خالتي سمية وابنة خالتي رشا وقابلت خالي سعيد وابنة خالي سلوى.

عائشة : يبدو أنكِ استمتعتِ كثيراً.

سارة: نعم كثيراً. أيضا قمت بزيارة عمي ابراهيم واستمتعت بالحديث مع ابنة عمي خديجة.

عائشة: ماذا ستفعلين اليوم؟

سارة: سأذهب أنا وزوجي أحمد لرؤية حفيدتنا مريم.

عائشة: حسناً .آراكِ غداً ، إلى اللقاء.

سارة: إلى اللقاء.

ــكم / ـكن / ـكما  your (to group more than 2 persons) -Males or mixed : add كم  -Females only: add كن (2 persons only ) -addكما	Your    ــــكَ (singular) Male : add فتحة  (َ) above   ك Female: add كسرة  (ِ) belowك	my       ــــي
أمـكم أمـكن أمـكما	أُمَـك	أمـي	أُمْ	Mother
أبـوكم /أبـاكم/أبـيكم أبـوكن/أبـاكن/أبـيكن أبـوكما/أبـاكما/أبـيكما	أبـوكَ /أبـاكَ /أبـيكَ	أبـي	أَبْ	Father
أخـوكم /أخـاكم /أخـيكم أخـوكن/أخـاكن/أخـيكن أخـوكما/أخـاكما/أخـيكما	أَخـوك / أخـاك /أخـيك	أخـي	أَخْ	Brother
أختـكم أختـكن أختـكما	أُخْتـك	أختـي	أُختْ	sister
جدكم جدكن جدكما	جدك	جدي	جَدْ	Grandfather
جدتـكم جدتـكن جدتـكما	جدتـك	جدتـي	جَدَة	Grandmother
خالـكم خالـكن خالـكما	خالـك	خالـي	خَالْ	Uncle (mother’s brother)
خالتـكم خالتـكن خالتـكما	خالتـك	خالتـي	خالة	Aunt (mother’s sister)
عمـكم عمـكن عمـكما	عمـك	عمـي	عَم	Uncle (father’s brother)
عمتـكم عمتـكن عمتـكما	عمتـك	عمتـي	عَمة	Aunt (father’s sister)
	زوجـك	زوجـي	زَوْج	husband
	زوجتـك	زوجتـي	زَوْجة	wife
ابنـكما/ولدكما	ابنـك / ولدك	ابنـي / ولدي	اِبْن / وَلَد	son
ابنتـكما/ بنتـكما	ابنتـك / بنتـك	ابنتـي / بنتـي	اِبْنَة / بِنت	daughter
ابن + خالـكم / خالتـكم / عمـكم / عمتـكم ابن + خالـكن / خالتـكن / عمـكن / عمتـكن ابن + خالـكما / خالتـكما / عمـكما / عمتـكما	ابن + خالـك / خالتـك / عمـك / عمتـك	ابن + خالـي / خالتـي / عمـي / عمتـي	ابن + خال / خالة / عم / عمة	Cousin(male)
ابنة + خالـكم / خالتـكم / عمـكم / عمتـكم ابنة + خالـكن / خالتـكن / عمـكن / عمتـكن ابنة + خالـكما / خالتـكما / عمـكما / عمتـكما	ابنة + خالـك / خالتـك / عمـك / عمتـك	ابنة + خالـي / خالتـي / عمـي / عمتـي	ابنة + خال / خالة / عم / عمة	Cousin (female)
حفيدكم حفيدكن حفيدكما	حفيدك	حفيدي	حَفِيد	grandson
حفيدتـكم حفيدتـكن حفيدتـكما	حفيدتـك	حفيدتـي	حَفِيدة	Granddaughter

 

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The family of Babar Ahmad have spoken out following the Government's decision to block the extradition of Gary McKinnon on human rights grounds.

Mr McKinnon, 46, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, was facing extradition and a lengthy jail sentence after he admitted "hacking" into US government computers but claimed he was looking for evidence of UFOs.

Home Secretary Theresa May today blocked the move citing McKinnon's illness as the primary reason for not sending him to the United States.

Last week Tooting residents Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan, who also suffers from Asperger's syndrome, were extradited to the US on terror charges despite being detained without trial for more than five years.

But the family of Mr Ahmad, reacting to today's news, accused the Government of "double standards" and "old-fashioned racism".

A spokesman for the family said: "We strongly welcome the decision not to extradite Gary McKinnon – we would not want his family to experience the pain and suffering we have all been enduring since Babar was extradited.

"However, questions do need to be asked as to why within the space of two weeks, a British citizen with Asperger's accused of computer related activity is not extradited, while two other British citizens, one with Asperger's, engaged in computer related activity are extradited. A clear demonstration of double standards.

"Many of our supporters are angry at what appears to be blatant old-fashioned racism under which all British citizens are equal but some are more equal than others."

Tooting MP Sadiq Khan, also the shadow justice minister, echoed the Ahmad's family sentiment of "double standards" and believes the decision will undermine the British justice system.

He said: "The government is using the Human Rights Act to prevent the extradition of Gary McKinnon on health grounds, but Syed Talha Ahsan also suffers from Asperger's Syndrome.

"This issue was raised with the British authorities by both myself and the legal representatives of my constituents, but ignored on each occasion. The obvious question people are asking is why Gary's case is different.

"The issue of 'forum' was also crucial in both Babar and Tahla's cases yet the changes announced today will not help them as they have both have now gone to the USA.

"Today's announcement will cause considerable confusion. The appearance of double standards by the Home Secretary does not engender confidence in the justice system."

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Wandsworth Guardian, 16 October 2012

See also Alex MacDonald, "Gary McKinnon has Asperger's Syndrome; so does Talha Ahsan", Huffington Post, 16 October 2012

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Two men who subjected a "decent and hardworking" Asian family to a torrent of abuse have been sent to jail and banned from their shop.

Stefan Davis and Kelvin Barratt were locked up for ten months and told not to go within 200 metres of the family's newsagents in Bulwell for five years. Judge Michael Stokes QC, who sentenced them, asked one of their solicitors: "Why should anyone put up with such behaviour?"

The men began their harassment at 7 o'clock one Monday morning as the family unloaded stock outside their newsagent's in Bulwell. Barratt, 25, of Courtleet Way, on the Crabtree Farm Estate in Bulwell, pulled a knife as he delivered an onslaught of foul remarks and words. He asked one "what religion are you?" and she replied "what does that matter?" He replied: "Because I'm EDL (English Defence League)".

Matters then seemed to calm, with Davis shaking hands with a member of the family, and the men left. But Nottingham Crown Court heard how they returned later that day, on April 16, and continued their racial abuse. "Davis said, 'I'll be back. I'll smash your shop. I'll come back and rob your shop'," said Robby Singh, prosecuting.

Davis then went to Tesco and shouted in the store before police arrived and arrested him and Barratt. Barratt swore and said he had no respect for the police, the court was told.

Both men admitted racially aggravated harassment and using threatening words or behaviour. Barratt additionally pleaded guilty to having the knife.

Judge Michael Stokes QC told them the fact they were both drunk at the time was no excuse. "The family who own the newsagents in Bulwell were at the shop at the time because they are hardworking, decent individuals. They didn't want any trouble. The court will not tolerate such behaviour."

The family asked the Post for their store not to be named for fear of further trouble.

Davis, 21, of Bromley Close, also on the Crabtree Farm Estate, accepted his behaviour was wrong, the court heard, and alcohol was a factor. Andrew Wesley, in mitigation for Barratt, said his client had been out of trouble for nine years, was not a supporter of the EDL, was actively seeking work. He also said he was "deeply ashamed of his behaviour."

Nottingham Post, 24 August 2012

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It was America's birthday but for one family July Fourth was no party. It was a nightmare for a Muslim family who said someone spray-painted the word "terrorist" on their home Wednesday morning and it didn't stop there.

The family said on Wednesday night someone rang their doorbell and started banging on the front door. The family told police they also heard fireworks being thrown at their door.

San Antonio police are investigating the incident as criminal mischief, but the family, who is of Pakistani heritage, wants more done. They are asking for the FBI to get involved.

The San Antonio Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to get to the bottom of this possible hate crime. On Thursday, the same civil liberties group called for an investigation into a suspicious fire at a Missouri Mosque.

The family moved to the United States in 1978 and they have lived in the home near NW Military and Hunters Green for the past 18 years. They said their home has been targeted twice before. In November their home was burglarized.

Aside from the two recent incidents, the family says they have not had any problems. They say they don't know who would commit such a hateful act.

KVUE, 5 July 2012

See also "CAIR-San Antonio asks FBI to probe hate vandalism of Muslim family's home", CAIR press release, 5 July 2012

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