September 11 Digital Archive

Hate Crime Suspect Asks for Forgiveness at Mosque

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Hate Crime Suspect Asks for Forgiveness at Mosque

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born-digital

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article

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The suspect said that he would accept the punishment, whatever it was.

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Date Entered

2001-11-30

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2

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2

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Hate Crime Suspect Asks for Forgiveness at Mosque

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VTMBH Article: Publication

Weekly Thikana

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Bangla

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Moinuddin Naser

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news

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The suspect said that he would accept the punishment, whatever it was.

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A man accused of committing a hate crime returned to the neighborhood where the incident took place to apologize.

What I have done is unpardonable, Raf Gibler told the members of the Ditmars mosque in Astoria. I have committed a grave mistake.

In early October, Gibler came to the Shahjalal mosque while drunk and shouted racial epithets at the devotees. Then he kicked the door of the mosque. Police arrested him, but he was released on bail.

The leaders of the mosques committee said they had pardoned him on behalf of the community, but the rest will be decided by the courts. Gibler said that he would accept the punishment, whatever it was.

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2001-11-30

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Citation

“Hate Crime Suspect Asks for Forgiveness at Mosque,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 23, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/1544.