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Teens admit racial attack caught on CCTV



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Published Date: 13 October 2008
Two white 15-year-olds admitted assault causing actual bodily harm to another pupil in a racially aggravated attack.
Helen Wareham, prosecuting, said the build-up to the lunchtime incident last year was caught on CCTV.

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A fight broke out between white and Bangladeshi pupils from Thornhill School, during which the victim was attacked by the defendants.

He was kicked to the ground and punched before a passer-by intervened. He needed hospital treatment for a fractured right arm. Ms Wareham said there was a school investigation into the incident.

Chris Wilson, representing one of the accused, said it was unclear who had caused the injury. His client did not regard himself as racist.

Mr Wilson said the fight was sparked by an Asian pupil's website, which was well known in the school. The dispute was started by another pupil, before becoming a brawl, and the accused pupil realised he should not have become involved.

Brian Chapman, representing the other pupil, said there had been problems in the past between the factions, before the fight started at a fried chicken takeaway in Park Lane, Sunderland.

Mr Chapman said four other pupils had been interviewed by the school and police but no action had been taken.

District judge Elsey said: "Firstly, violence is unlawful and unacceptable and secondly racism wherever it comes from stems from ignorance. The colour of a person's skin is of less importance than his character."

They were both made subject to a referral order for nine months and their parents were each ordered to pay £150 compensation and £50 costs.





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  • Last Updated: 13 October 2008 10:16 AM
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Iftikhar,

Forest Gate London 13/10/2008 20:49:31


The debate over the trajectory of the western sociopolitical system and its strained relations with Islam is the most pivotal of our time. Muslims are in one of the most difficult phases of their history when malicious attacks including allegation of terrorism are being made on Islam and Muslims all over the world. The malicious campaign against Muslims is politically motivated. The world is obsessed by Islam. Anti-terror measures are ruining lives of Muslim youths. If you go around arresting young Muslims, you are going to find that you are going to ostracise this community. Young Muslims don’t need to be ostracized, they need to be engaged. According to the Arch Bishop, Rowan Williams, acceptance of some facets of Sharia not only “seems unavoidable”, but could actually improve social cohesion. Muslims should be able to choose to have marital or financial matters dealt with in a Sharia Court. Such courts should therefore be incorporated into the British legal system as a constructive accommodation with Islam. Schools are being asked to help “win hearts and minds” in the battle against violent extremists on both sides. British born Imams should go into schools to supplement the teaching of RE, PSHE and Citizenship so that all pupils can learn about the Holy Quran and Islam in the context of a multicultural society. OFSTED must make sure that their services should be fully utilised by the schools, otherwise, it will be waste of public money.

The British Establishment is wrong to assert that Imams and Masajid have been radicalising Muslim youths. The roots of extremism are in the British society and schools where institutional racism is at its peak. The racism within schools has got little media coverage. The school attended by 7/7 bombers in a part of Leeds known for its history of racial tension between British Asians and native Brits. Leeds council was so worried about the violence that it had to call in Foundation for Peace, a government funded peacekee
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