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When an 18 year-old Hindu boy, Sanjay Nair, was arrested on charges that he assaulted and raped<\/a> his 15 year-old Muslim girlfriend in a California store, his reported remarks to the girl complicated an already serious crime. Nair is alleged to have made \u201ca history of remarks denigrating her religion\u201d both before and during the sexual assault, prompting \u201chate rape\u201d allegations, according to Palo Alto Police Chief Pat Dwyer. However, the DA evenutally decided not to file<\/a> hate crime charges. \u201cWe don\u2019t believe that was the substantial motivation for that attack,\u201d said Assistant DA Karyn Sinunu. That decision struck a nerve<\/a> with Bay Area groups such as Maitri<\/a> and Narika<\/a>, galvanized into action from previous local incidents<\/a> involving violence towards women. \u201cIt\u2019s still a violent crime,\u201d says Narika\u2019s Nahid Sheikh. \u201cWhether the police charge it as a hate crime, it\u2019s still a misogynist crime.\u201d The case has attracted international attention<\/a>, particularly because it mirrors the many documented cases of rape and assault<\/a> in Gujrat, India. Nair, who would have had an additional 3 years in prison if charged with a hate crime, is being held on a $20,000 arrest warrant at the Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose.<\/p>\n

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Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com.\u00a0 He is based in London, England.\n<\/p>\n

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