Ahmed Sharif, Muslim cab driver stabbed by bigot, says he was targeted because of his religion

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BY Frank Lombardi
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, August 26th 2010, 2:51 PM

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/26/2010-08-26_ahmed_sharif_muslim_cab_driver_stabbed_by_bigot_says_he_was_targeted_because_of_.html

Cabbie Ahmed Sharif said Thursday that he doesn't think his throat-slashing was linked to the growing anti-Islam furor over the so-called Ground Zero mosque.

"No, we didn't have a talk about the mosque," Sharif said of the brief conversation he had with accused attacker Michael Enright.

But he said after meeting with Mayor Bloomberg that he had no doubt he was targeted because he was Muslim.

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