ICTChris Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Dreadful story about the murder of Shawlands shopkeeper Asad Shah. The police have arrested a man and police have described the offence as "religiously prejudiced". From reports it sounds an extremely violent attack. He was apparently a prominent man in Shawlnds, any P&Bers have any interaction with him or thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosser-fae-the-shire Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Dreadful story about the murder of Shawlands shopkeeper Asad Shah. The police have arrested a man and police have described the offence as "religiously prejudiced". From reports it sounds an extremely violent attack. He was apparently a prominent man in Shawlnds, any P&Bers have any interaction with him or thoughts? Just read about that. Fuckin terrible thing to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Awful news. rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markka Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Never met Asad Shah but apparently he was really pleasant and stayed in the next block along from my flat. Glad a swift arrest has been made as well, been the talk of the area today obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Lived 10 seconds from the shop until last week. Just a nice guy, would always shake your hand and talk to you when you went in. Terrible thing to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomhill Ultra Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Awful story - BBC reporting the suspects are also Muslim and there was a religious motive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markka Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Awful story - BBC reporting the suspects are also Muslim and there was a religious motive. Read that just there too. Some (unreliable) sources online suggesting that he may have been murdered for wishing his "beloved Christian nation" a Happy Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 The chat seems to be this: Born into the highly victimised Ashadiya sect, he committed the sin of proclaiming that there is a technical error in the way Islam is being interpreted, and that self purification and the love of mankind is the real core of Islam. His attacker has been arrested, and the police have released only the information that they killed him for ‘religious reasons.’ - it seems very likely that he was the victim of a muslim sectarian murder. Grim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 A friend of mine knew him. Apparently just a really sweet guy that wouldn't hurt a fly and someone that had good friendly relationships with a lot of his regular customers. Hopefully they throw the book at the murderer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 This story really upset me when I seen it today, I saw a screenshot of the last thing he posted on FB, just seemed like a really nice guy off of that even who's obviously unfortunately been the target of some mindless brain dead idiot. Brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen-Warrior Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Utterly horrific that one man has been murdered for preaching what he feels his religion means. Going by what the poster further up mentioned. From what it seems he was nothing more than a genuinely nice guy. Hope his killer receives a sentence that can, on paper at least, bring some sort of justice out of this. Thoughts go to Mr.Shahs family and friends Edited due to typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Apparently the only thing taken from the scene was his prayer mat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Confirmed, the man arrested was also Muslim so looks Milton's post could be spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 RIP Many years ago the sect Asad belonged to bought the old Masonic hall in Yorkhill. Seems mainstream Islam regards it on par with how mainstream Christianity thought about the Jehovah's Witnesses before folks chilled on the religious gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Folk I know that knew him have said he was genuinely lovely. It's a dark day when insecure little wanks target a man like that. ETA: Glad to see this isn't just passing by. Nearly £15k on the fundraiser for his family now (https://www.gofundme.com/wuvw2gqk - pass it on), and Sturgeon and co at the vigil tonight. Minard Road had to be closed for mourners. If only it wasn't tragedy that brought people together like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papad Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Echoing what other people said, he was a lovely fellow who always had a handshake and chat with me when I used his shop years ago. A real shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspy Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Utterly horrific that one man has been murdered for preaching what he feels his religion means. Going by what the poster further up mentioned. From what it seems he was nothing more than a genuinely nice guy. Hope his killer receives a sentence that can, on paper at least, bring some sort of justice out of this. Thoughts go to Mr.Shahs family and friends Edited due to typo ^^This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njord Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCFL56lQXVMVm3uVu7KBhIxA His YouTube channel, seems all about peace and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIEA Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I am quite sure the Imam of Glasgow Mosque will condemn this barbaric act, and call for the harshest punishment to be visited upon the perpetrator?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieInDundee Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Pretty upsetting. Don't know the Shawlands area too well, seemed like a nice enough area so shocked to see there's clearly some complete nutcases kicking about there, worrying stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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