Among the more serious incidents were:

*A 28-year-old taxi driver of Afghanistan origin was left paralyzed from the neck down after he was dragged from his cab and beaten by three men in Twickenham, southwest London. During the violent assault the three men made comments about the events in New York.

*A 19-year-old Asian woman in Swindon in the Midlands was battered by two men with a baseball bat. She is recovering in a hospital.

*In Bolton, near Manchester, in the northwest of England, 20 worshippers including children narrowly escaped injury when their mosque was the target of a petrol bomb attack. A similar attack was made on a mosque in Oldham. Bricks have been thrown at mosques in London, Manchester, Southend, Glasgow, and Belfast. In Birmingham, mosques have received threatening phone calls and have had excrement pushed through their letter boxes.

*In South Shields in the northeast, a 20-year-old man suffered a broken jaw after being kicked and beaten by a gang. In the main Muslim area of the town, a six by eight foot sign has been painted on a wall declaring, "Avenge USA--Kill a Muslim now."

*The British National Party, a fascist organization, has urged members to hand out new recruitment leaflets condemning Islam as a religion that "spawns psychotic mass murderers." Its members are urged to protest to head teachers about lessons teaching children that Islam is a peaceful religion.  
 
 
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