Muslim auto technician claims his work garments had been filled with bacon by former boss in bias incident

UNION, New Jersey (WABC) — An auto technician in New Jersey is talking out after he claims that he was the repeated sufferer of anti-Muslim bias incidents enacted by his boss.

“The automotive engine will blow up or have points and he would go and say ‘oh you blew it up, you Arabs at all times wish to blow issues up,'” mentioned alleged hate crime sufferer Nimer Musa. “Up to now he had joked about feeding me bacon bites.”

Nimer Musa mentioned these had been only a few examples of the repeated conduct of hate allegedly spewed by his former supervisor at work.

In an Eyewitness Information unique interview, the auto technician at a Subaru service middle in Union, New Jersey mentioned that was only the start.

He mentioned a day after he filed a grievance with human assets, his supervisor was terminated.

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Nonetheless, the supervisor allegedly returned to the office final month, a couple of days after being fired, to gather his private belongings.

That is when Musa mentioned he discovered bacon stuffed in his work shirt pockets, his pants and his boots.

“Bacon fell out of my work shirt,” he mentioned.

Musa is Muslim, and they’re prohibited from consuming pork.

“After that bacon I have not been the identical to be sincere,” Musa mentioned. “I have not been sleeping effectively. I have been throwing up. Simply trigger sadly, I needed to contact it. At first, I did not know what it was. I digged in my pockets and oil in every single place.”

The Union Police Division is investigating this as a bias incident.

The Council on American Islamic Relations launched a press release:

“This alleged bias harassment and intimidation is reprehensible and will by no means be tolerated. We applaud Subaru for taking motion in opposition to the bigoted worker. We thank the Union Police Division for launching an investigation.”

Musa was born and raised on this nation. He first confronted hate when he was solely about 5 years previous. He remembers it as if it was yesterday.

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“Proper after 9/11 my father had a buyer that got here, he works at a rental automotive firm, he got here to choose up his rental,” he mentioned. “My father is nothing however good, well mannered, he tried to assist the shopper. The client informed him return to your nation.”

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