Two Muslim boys of Pakistani origin attacked a 15 year old Sikh student in a school bathroom and cut his hair. Sikh religious beliefs make it taboo for men to cut their hair. From the NY Post:

The attack happened Thursday around 12 p.m. in a boy’s bathroom near the Elmhurst school’s cafeteria.

Ahmed allegedly went at Harpal with the scissors after a heated exchange.

“I have to cut your hair,” Ahmed said before the snipping, according to prosecutors.

“For what, it is against my religion,” Harpal said.

“This ring is Allah. If you don’t let me cut your hair, I will punch you with this ring,” Ahmed said. The victim’s hair, which had reached past his waistline, is now shoulder length.

Cops initially picked up another student suspected of acting as a lookout, but he was never charged.

“The defendant is not accused of some schoolhouse prank but an attack on the fundamental beliefs of his victim’s religion and his freedom to worship freely,” said Queens DA Richard Brown.

Hate crimes by radical Muslims are nothing new obviously, though the seriousness with which the Queens District Attorney is treating this horrendous incident is commendable. One wonders if the response would be the same if the victim was a Christian whose Cross was trampled, but now isn’t the time for such speculation. New Yorkers should rally behind the Sikh community and show the world that America stands for freedom, and will defend all our citizens equally.

Fox News has more. Free Republic has a Times of India repost on the incident and of course LGF is on the case. A Local ABC affiliate has video including the Muslim boy’s sister crashing a press conference to denounce the Sikhs.

Jihad Watch is also on it, go for the story, stay for the comments.