Abdullah Qureshi, a 31-year-old Muslim man who travelled almost 200 miles to attack Jewish people has been sentenced to a hospital order, rather than to prison, under the Mental Health Act. Also banned from contacting his victims for 10 years, Qureshi travelled from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire to Stamford Hill in east London, which has a large Jewish population, before assaulting three passers-by he believed were Jews because of the clothes they were wearing.
IndependentHe was sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court to a hospital order under the Mental Health Act as well as being banned from contacting his victims and entering the London borough of Hackney, where the attacks took place, for a decade.
He hit a teacher on the head with a bottle, attacked a 14-year-old boy on his way to school and punched a 64-year-old man on his way to a synagogue over a two-hour period on August 18 2021. His third victim said the attack has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
His trial at Stratford Magistrates’ Court heard the defendant was playing Arabic music on his mobile phone before he hit teacher Chaine Greenfeld in the head with a bottle as he stood in the street at around 6.40pm. “I felt shocked,” Mr Greenfield said while giving evidence from behind a screen.
He added: “When I came home, I was quite traumatised and it traumatised my kids that their father was slapped like that in the road.” Asked why he thought he was attacked, Mr Greenfeld said: “He wanted to attack me about I’m another religion – that I’m Jewish.”
Qureshi slapped the 14-year-old, who cannot legally be named because of his age, as he walked to an orthodox Jewish school at about 7.45pm. The teenager said in a statement read to the court: “The man said nothing to me and just slapped me and walked away. “That’s not good for me or anyone who is Jewish or anyone else. That must not happen to anyone.”
Jacob Lipschitz, then 64, was walking to the synagogue at about 8.30pm when he was punched on the ear with “tremendous power” by the defendant. He hit his head on the wall of a building with “such force” it left him unconscious. He was left with broken glasses, facial bruising, a sprained ankle and four breaks in his foot, which twisted as he collapsed.
Mr Lipschitz said he was “traumatised” by the attack and left with post-traumatic stress disorder. He added: “I used to be walking the street tall and strong and confident and now I’m just a cowardly wreck. Any noise, I jump.” Asked why he believes he was targeted, Mr Lipschitz told the judge: “I imagine he didn’t like me, I will be honest with you, sir, because I’m Jewish.”
Qureshi told his trial “it was just a coincidence” his three victims were all wearing traditional orthodox Jewish clothing.
the rise in antisemitic violence cannot be exclusively dumped on muslims, although muslim ideological involvement is obvious. throughout the west neo-nazi groups have frequently perpetrated such attacks. also among many black people, not just african-americans, there is a prevalence of anti-Jewish hatred and violence. what these groups have in common is a ongoing medieval perspective about Jews. such views are unfortunately unlikely to change. the only thing that can change is the Jewish response to it. on a physical level an overpowering self-defense response is necessary. on other levels, like ethnically ignorant public statements, the response must be social and political accountability. in the institutional settings, like university level discrimination and hate-mongering, there must be lawsuits filed. easy remedies? no not really, because almost all the mainstream Jewish organizations fail in their stated purposes. they are too much interested in “woke” social and political agendas, even at the expense of the very people for whom they are supposed to advocate. these organizations are fronts for political apparatchiks. they’re also big fund raisers for very liberal causes and career stepping-stones for their leaders into uber-liberal government beaurocracies. they are composed of utter elite frauds. i hope the Jewish world wakes up and embraces its real “wokeness.”
Jack, what you’re missing is that anti-Semitic hatred has always been present, but usually well hidden. With the arrival of massive numbers of Muslims, it has emboldened the silent Jew-haters to come out of the closet, no longer afraid to express the same views that Muslims freely express.Just look at our Congress. There was virtually never any anti-Israel hatred expressed by either Democrats or Republicans on the floors of Congress. But now that Omar and Tlaib frequently express it in public, the silent Israel-haters on the Democrat side are no longer afraid to voice their real views, knowing they have support.
Um, in Britain there was a story a few years ago where an egotistical loner geek, (who won a gameshow) travelled hundreds of miles to bash a girl over the head with a wine bottle for giving his book a bad review.
That made headline news, but I see this one wasnt considered an interesting story…
Is that the same kind of Get Out of Jail Free cards they issue in NYC and L.A. to roving mobs of “teens” and “youths” who similarly assault people and cause mayhem?
Yes, but they are only available for violent minorities.
Jewish hate and attacks arrived at the same time as mass migration into the western nations by Islam. The fact that no media can make the connection is no surprise since they don’t seem to mind that all of their peoples are being raped, murdered, bullied and threatened, so who cares? Idiots!