The latest attack against a Muslim following Trump’s election is perhaps the most vicious yet, as a man was randomly firebombed in his car.
While driving on the Katy Freeway from Houston to his home in Cypress, Texas, Syed Raza noticed two men in a purple truck, asking him to roll down his window, thinking they were asking for directions. When he did, the men laughed and threw something in his car, which immediately engulfed his vehicle in flames.
“All I could think is I need to get out of the car,” Raza told KPRC-TV in Houston.
While the incident appears to be a hate crime, Mustafaa Carroll, who is the executive director of the Houston chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told US Uncut he is hesitant to label the attack as a hate crime until law enforcement investigates the incident as such.
“For it to be classified as a hate crime, the person has to first say, ‘You dirty Muslim’ or something to that effect, then do the crime, and then the charges are enhanced as a hate crime,” Carroll said. “I mean, it definitely looks hateful… but if it isn’t investigated as a hate crime, then future hate crimes accusations lose credibility.”
Raza was recently released from Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston after suffering severe burns to his face, arm, and neck. Raza told KPRC he plans to file a report with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). As of this writing, the HCSO has not returned US Uncut’s requests for comment, and no suspects have been publicly named in the attack.
KPRC captured video feed of Raza’s car burning, and of his injuries.
While driving on the Katy Freeway from Houston to his home in Cypress, Texas, Syed Raza noticed two men in a purple truck, asking him to roll down his window, thinking they were asking for directions. When he did, the men laughed and threw something in his car, which immediately engulfed his vehicle in flames.
“All I could think is I need to get out of the car,” Raza told KPRC-TV in Houston.
While the incident appears to be a hate crime, Mustafaa Carroll, who is the executive director of the Houston chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told US Uncut he is hesitant to label the attack as a hate crime until law enforcement investigates the incident as such.
“For it to be classified as a hate crime, the person has to first say, ‘You dirty Muslim’ or something to that effect, then do the crime, and then the charges are enhanced as a hate crime,” Carroll said. “I mean, it definitely looks hateful… but if it isn’t investigated as a hate crime, then future hate crimes accusations lose credibility.”
Raza was recently released from Memorial Hermann hospital in Houston after suffering severe burns to his face, arm, and neck. Raza told KPRC he plans to file a report with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO). As of this writing, the HCSO has not returned US Uncut’s requests for comment, and no suspects have been publicly named in the attack.
KPRC captured video feed of Raza’s car burning, and of his injuries.
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