'You're the Devil!': Man Yells Abuse at Muslims Celebrating Eid in San Francisco

Eid al-Adha celebrations were disrupted for a group of Muslims in San Francisco on June 17 when a man walking his dogs shouted a volley of abuse at them.

Saaleh Shoel Shaikh told Storyful that he and his friends were preparing for prayers outside the Islamic Center of San Francisco when the man started making “hateful and racist remarks”.

“Your religion is full of hate,” the man can be heard saying in the video, before shouting expletives and making threats to the group.

“You come from a f*****-up country,” he says, before threatening, “I’m going to put some pig grease here for you c**********.”

The group organizer, Shahbaz Shaikh, can be heard responding, “I was born here, sir.”

Talking to local media, Saaleh Shaikh said that he “never really thought [he’d] come across something like that” in San Francisco. He told Storyful that the entire group felt a “profound sense of fear and confusion” as the incident unfolded, and that the atmosphere quickly shifted from normal to “tense and alarming”. Credit: Saaleh Shoel Shaikh via Storyful

Video transcript

Your relation is full of.

Have a good day.

We have a permit to be here.

They contacted the city to get a permit.

I think that's horrible what they've done.

You can take it up with the city, right?

I'm gonna put some pig grease here for you.

Cock suckers.

Sounds good.

Thank you, please.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

You're the ones that hate, not us.

That's why you're here.

We're not causing, we're not the ones yelling at people on the street, sir.

But enjoy the rest of your day.

That's because it's a jihad one stage.

You fucking know it, Jihad.

Did you go by Sharia law?

I test, do you even know what that is?

By the way?

You come from a fucked up country?

I was born here, sir.

Thank you.

I was born here.

But enjoy the rest of your day.

You're not welcome here.

You cops.

I was born here but you devil.

You're a devil.

I'm not the one yelling at people but all right.

Anything else, asshole?

You're the devil.

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