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qatarperegrine) wrote2008-08-25 09:33 pm
qatarperegrine) wrote2008-08-25 09:33 pm
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إنّا لله وإنّا إليه راجعون
A 16-year-old Qatari boy died in England yesterday after what appears to be an unprovoked, racially motivated attack by a local gang.
Mohammed Al Majed was five weeks into a six-week summer exchange program to work on his English and study British culture when he and his friends were attacked while leaving a kebab house in Hastings.
I've been trying to come up with a comment to make, but I'm at a loss.
Article from the Daily Mail, which is more forthcoming than the BBC.
As a cultural/language note, the title of this post is a verse from Qur'an frequently recited when Muslims receive news of a death; it means something like "Indeed we are God's, and we are returning to him." It's pronounced Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.
Mohammed Al Majed was five weeks into a six-week summer exchange program to work on his English and study British culture when he and his friends were attacked while leaving a kebab house in Hastings.
I've been trying to come up with a comment to make, but I'm at a loss.
Article from the Daily Mail, which is more forthcoming than the BBC.
As a cultural/language note, the title of this post is a verse from Qur'an frequently recited when Muslims receive news of a death; it means something like "Indeed we are God's, and we are returning to him." It's pronounced Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.