Thread: Muslim Cabbie Charged With Running Over Students After Relig

Muslim Cabbie Charged With Running Over Students After Religious Dispute
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,252783,00.html

Tuesday , February 20, 2007

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
A Muslim cabdriver from Somalia ran over two college students near Vanderbilt University after getting into an argument with them about religion, police said.

Ibrahim Ahmed, 37, a driver for United Cab, picked up two men near the Vanderbilt campus early Sunday morning, Capt. Mike Alexander of the Nashville Police Department said, referring to the incident report.

The two men, reportedly college students from Ohio who were visiting Nashville, were on their way back to the campus.

A conversation about religion ensued between the driver and his two fares. The local FOX affiliate in Nashville confirmed from a friend and fellow co-worker that Ahmed is a Sunni Muslim from Somalia.

At some point, according to the police, the two men exited the cab, and the cabbie also got out. They paid him his fare, and then they exchanged words.

According to the incident report, Ahmed then returned to his cab as the students fled on foot. Ahmed then allegedly drove across a parking lot, jumped a curb and struck the two men.

One of the students, identified as Jeremy Invus, was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center with critical injuries. The other passenger, Andrew Nelson, avoided the cab.

Hospital spokeswoman Kathy Rivers told FOX News that Invus is recuperating and does not want to talk to the media about the incident.

Ahmed, charged with assault and attempted homicide, is being held on $300,000 bond. He also was also charged with theft because police said the license plate on his cab was listed as stolen.

"We are working with the police to see what happened," United Cab manager Cherrie Machado said.

"I don't believe he will be working here anymore, but that is up to the licensing cab board — whether they will pull his permit — and the owners of the company."

Machado said she would not feel "comfortable" to have Ahmed back working at the company. She noted that he also teaches English as a second language next door to the cab company.

FOX news' Sharon Fain and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Should be charged with HATE crime

As more and more Muslim come into the country, free speech dealing with religion is going away. Muslims don't like to have any critism of their religion. God help america but we are in trouble.

I know this man is from Somalia and not from Iraq, however I feel it is just a matter of time before the jihad starts over here, in our own neighborhoods, this seems to be a mindset with some Muslims, whoever is not of their faith does not deserve to live. I feel these people a lot of them cannot and will not assimilate into our culture, soon we will be like Britan and France, the same kind of happenings here in our country, I am sorry, I feel we can help them better in their own countries without bringing them here to prey on our American citizens. If anyone feels that is a racist statement, then so be it, it is how I feel. We are soon going to be bringing thousands of Iraqi's over to our country and I heard on the news that is just a start of the ones we will be getting,I am sorry, I do not want these people for my neighbors, even if the parents might want to be assimilated into our country, what about the children, are they going to assimilate? Or, are they going to hate America for what happened in their country and get even with us by starting their suicide missions here on our soil? I feel these people should be in the middle east, I do not feel we owe them our country!

I think every American should stand up and demand this man be charged with a hate crime, that is exactally what it was! Hate and intolerance for any religion other then theirs.

If we bring our troops back before Iraq is stablized we may bring the war home with them.