A lady from Brooklyn has been jailed for six months for trying to rip the hijab off two Muslim women who were walking with their children.
Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, pleaded guilty in Kings Country Supreme Court to assault as a hate crime for trying to rip the hijab off two Muslim women in Bath Beach, Brooklyn.
On 8 September 2016, Xhelili punched the two women, as well as kicking them, and trying to take off their hijab.
Xhelili also tried to topple the strollers with their young children.
The Islamophobic thug spouted several anti-Muslim statements during her attack, including: “get the f*ck out of America, b*tches” and “this is America you shouldn’t be here, you’re different from us.”
The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) welcomed the guilty plea.
Albert Fox Cahn, Legal Director for CAIR-NY thanked the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office for their “swift” conclusion to the case.
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He said: “It is intolerable to think that these young mothers and their children were targeted in broad daylight, on a street in Brooklyn, for doing nothing more than practicing their faith.
“In a year that has seen unprecedented levels of hate crimes against Muslim New Yorkers, this attack stands out for its vicious cruelty.
“It is clear that the president’s anti-Muslim rhetoric, like the tweets he circulated earlier this week, is emboldening anti-Muslim extremists.
“Muslim New Yorkers are being targeted like never before, including attacks on mosques, Muslim children bullied at school, and Muslim New Yorkers attacked on the street.
“We commend DA Eric Gonzales for keeping his office’s lines of communication open with the Muslim community. This helps show the world that New York has no place for hate crimes against Muslims.”
