Muslim man beaten by teenagers, yelling 'Isis, Isis'

Mujibur Rahman, a man of Bangladeshi origin, was attacked by teenagers who yelled “Isis, Isis,” before beating him in New York City. The incident occurred on January 15 as a group of attackers pushed him to the ground and kicked him, according to the police sources. The man was walking with his niece, who was reported as unharmed but deeply traumatized, when he was attacked, according to the police. The assault of Rahman is being investigated as a hate crime by the New York Police Department. The Council on American-Islamic Relations of New York, a Muslim civil rights organization, called on the FBI to investigate the incident also. The attack is one of what the group considers a growing wave of assaults on Muslims in the US.