A man has been stabbed outside a mosque in Greater Manchester in an incident that police are treating as a hate crime. A friend of the victim told the Manchester Evening News that he had suffered a non-critical 3cm stab wound which required stitches. This incident has really shaken us.”Harun Khan, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “We are shocked to hear of the stabbing of a prominent Muslim surgeon outside Altrincham mosque today in what the Greater Manchester police have described as a hate crime. One thing that our scripture tells us is to repel evil with kindness.”Andrew Western, a local councillor, tweeted: “Shocked and saddened to hear of stabbing of Dr Nasser Kurdy outside Altrincham mosque. While we are yet to gather all the evidence, we can be sure that there is no place for hate crime on our streets.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2017 21:55 UTC