Christian Man Attacks Muslim Girl

FBI JOINS BAYLOR POLICE IN 'HATE CRIME' INVESTIGATION - TOP Monica Oritz Uribe, Waco Tribune, 4/6/06http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/04/06/04062006wacfbimuslimstudent.html The FBI is now assisting Baylor University police in investigating Saturday's reported assault of a Muslim student on campus.Chief Jim Doak of the Baylor Department of Public Safety announced the collaboration Wednesday, said Baylor spokeswoman Lori Fogleman."We have had an FBI representative on campus with us throughout the day and will continue to work with the agency as this process goes forward," Doak said Wednesday.Nohayia Javed, 19, a Chicago native of South Asian heritage, Sunday reported to Baylor police that she had been assaulted the night before by a white Christian man in his mid-30s.She said the Christian man made anti-Muslim and ethnic slurs "in a really Southern, very pronounced, noticeable accent" as he pulled her to the ground kicking, slapping and digging his nails into her skin.Al Siddiq, a leader of the local Muslim community and president of the Islamic Center of Waco, said Wednesday that he was relieved to learn the FBI had joined the investigation. He said it was a sign that the Baylor administration was "no longer in denial that this is a hate crime."Siddiq said campus administrators had not initially given the incident enough attention or concern because the student assaulted was not "a blond, white girl."Meanwhile, officials from the Dallas office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations are heading to Waco on Friday to make their own assessment of the situation, he added.