CASE STUDY - SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT

CASE STUDY - See attached document

CASE STUDY - See attached document

Case Study

Case Study

The following are the details of the incidents. A few young men, two white males and one black male, ranging in age from 19 to 21, lived across the street from a Muslim family in North Brunswick, N.J. On September 10, 2011, all three men, angered by the impending tenth anniversary of September 11, used a noose to hang an effigy of Osama Bin Laden on the tree on their front lawn with a sign that said, “Osama today, and Islam tomorrow.” The children of the Muslim family from across the street saw the effigy and ran in the house crying hysterically. The young men got in their pick-up truck and drove to a local park. While sitting on a bench in the park, they shouted racial slurs at anyone who appeared to be of Arab descent. On the way back to their truck, they passed an Islamic woman who was standing at the bus stop. They pulled off her hijab and called her a “f____in terrorist.” They pushed her to the ground, snatched her purse and ran off. The victim called 911 from her cell phone (A Review: Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim, 2010).

The controversy in these facts is that this incident was a hate crime of an anti-Islamic perspective. It is a case of Anti-Muslim hate crime. The issue was whether it is ethical and right to treat people with different beliefs and religions in this way. The court can assert personal jurisdiction and look into the matter. The issue is whether the three guys committed the hate crime when they put the effigy in front of the house, or shouted in front of any Arabic person or pulled off the hijab (scarf) of one Muslim woman (A Review: Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim, 2010).

Hate Crime refers to the violations of civil rights under Title 18 U.S.C section 245. Hate crime generally refers to the attempted or criminal act, against a specific person, property or institution, offender's bias against any gender, religion, color, ethnicity, race, sexual oriented group or disability status. Hate crime not only includes violations against individuals but against property, community centers, buildings and house of worship as well.

Hate crimes include hate incidents which includes biased behaviors against the religion, race, gender and other entities discussed above. This also includes discriminatory behavior, ...