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[RustyNails]

A bigoted Brooklyn woman launched a sickening attack on two Muslim women pushing their babies in strollers — punching them in the face and trying to pull off their hijabs, prosecutors said Friday.

Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, hurled Islamophobic insults as she pounced on the two victims near her Bath Beach home about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

“Get the f--k out of here,” Xhelili, 32, allegedly yelled at the pair, according to prosecutors. “Get the f--k out of America, b-----s.”

As she punched the 23-year-old women in the face and kicked them in their legs, she tried to rip the traditional Muslim veils off their heads at Bay 20th St. and Cropsey Aves., police sources said.

“This is America — you shouldn’t be different from us,” she yelled, prosecutors said.

The victims and babies were not badly hurt, police sources said.

Less than an hour before the attacks, Xhelili posted hate-filled Facebook messages on an account named Mary Magdalene ripping Muslims and blacks.

“What is your Allah doing to me? It’s kissing my ass,” one of the messages reads.

Brooklyn prosecutors said her attack included an attempt to knock over a stroller carrying a 15-month-old baby.

“She didn’t even care for the well-being of a baby — that’s how serious this hate crime is,” Assistant District Attorney Kelli Muse said at the arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court.

Police collared Xhelili a half hour after the assault when the victims pointed her out a few blocks away, officials said.

“She continued to taunt them in front of police while in custody, saying ‘You guys don’t belong here,’ ” said Muse, who requested $50,000 bail.

Xhelili was ordered held on $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash bail.

Judge Lorna McAllister issued an order of protection barring her from any contact with the victims or their babies.

In response to the heinous crime, the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic relations urged local mosques and Islamic institutions to increase security, saying the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks may be used as “an excuse to attack American Muslims.”

Bigot tried ripping off two Muslim women’s hijabs as they strolled with their babies in Brooklyn attack

Perp

 

[Caelus]

“This is America — you shouldn’t be different from us,” she yelled, prosecutors said.

Such fucking eloquence.

 

[Ryzaki009]

Disgusting.

And they had their babies with them? Absolutely sickening I don't understand how anyone could be so heartless.

 

[BronsonLee]

Good lord, her name looks like the leftover pieces from a Scrabble game

And as fucked up as it is, I'm laughing at how they just grabbed her a half hour later at the same damn spot. Like you just fucking attacked someone, shouldn't you leave

 

[TheRealTalker]

The facebook posts as well


ALL MATTERS OF CRINGE

 

[Ogodei]

What ethnicity is the attacker?

(i'm not trying to make a point, genuinely curious. That's a weird name).

 

[EatinOlives]

Fucking insane psycho.

Glad she's behind bars at least.

 

[chaobreaker]

Xhelili has no previous arrests and works at Noi Due, a kosher Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, her lawyer said. Her vile social media musings include several bizarre tweets cheering the candidacy of Donald Trump.

“America is the ark of Noah,” one reads. “Trump’s gonna win.”

Don't be mean to Trump supporters though.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

50 shades of bigotry

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Why let her out on a low bail?

 

[Joeku]

Such fucking eloquence.

That kind of encapsulates the fucking problem.

 

[commedieu]

This is a literal hate crime.

 

[jon bones]

Yep.

#ClintonWasRight

 

[Aaronology]

Ok, Emirjeta Xhelili.

 

[Technosteve]

that girl got the face of someone from the mid west.

 

[strafer]

i hope she didnt hit the babies.

 

[massoluk]

With a family name like that I'm willing to bet her ancestor would be attacked by her

 

[Kurtofan]

What ethnicity is the attacker?

(i'm not trying to make a point, genuinely curious. That's a weird name).

Albanian.

 

[Htown]

I'm sure she was just trying to save them from their oppressive culture.

 

[thesaucetastic]

Hope the mothers and children are okay.

What ethnicity is the attacker?

(i'm not trying to make a point, genuinely curious. That's a weird name).

I think it's Albanian, possibly.

 

[harSon]

What ethnicity is the attacker?

(i'm not trying to make a point, genuinely curious. That's a weird name).

Albanian or Serbian?

 

[Abstrusity]

Good lord, her name looks like the leftover pieces from a Scrabble game

And as fucked up as it is, I'm laughing at how they just grabbed her a half hour later at the same damn spot. Like you just fucking attacked someone, shouldn't you leave

Gotta get that triple word score, I guess.

This twisted game needs to be reset.

 

[potatohead]

Probably can be explained by either being a low-information individual or some component of mental illness.

Who in their right mind would attack 2 mothers rolling their babies in strollers? It's frightening really.

Why let her out on a low bail?

Seems like a normal bail to me, I think. Not sure.

But anyway she is going to be locked up for at least a few years. I can imagine at least 2 or more counts of aggravated assault in this case.

The people who have been attacked need support. But even this attacker clearly needs some help as well. She clearly has some very misplaced and displaced anger.

 

[EMT0]

Emirjeta Xhelili

Okay. American. Lol

 

[chaobreaker]

Albanian or Serbian?

Hope the mothers and children are okay.


I think it's Albanian, possibly.

Albanian.

Her Facebook says she's born in Albania, so probably.

 

[daviyoung]

nvm

 

[ghostofsparta]

I was just listening to some local news that over 50 percent of Americans think there will be a terrorist attack on or around 9/11 this year.

Welp, they were right.

Calling Muslims terrorists then going and terrorizing Muslims. The fucking irony

 

[Ogodei]

If she's Albanian, then wouldn't this be a case of self-hating Muslim or something? Or does Albania have a christian minority?

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

This lady:

Attacked 2 Muslim women in Brooklyn, a city in America. With this name:

Emirjeta Xhelili

And this Facebook post:

“What is your Allah doing to me? It’s kissing my ass,” one of the messages reads.

With this name for a Facebook page:

Mary Magdalene ripping Muslims and blacks

Did she get lost moving to Brooklyn? Did she meet a stripper named Brooklyn and decided it must be a nice place to move? Did she get to Brooklyn and wonder where all these Muslims and Blacks came from?

I'm sorry to the Muslim people. This is too much.

 

[kmfdmpig]

Treating people decently should not be such a hard concept for people to grasp. I guess in this woman's warped mind the US is only a melting pot with those groups she personally approves of.

 

[Kurtofan]

cool mocking her name for being foreign I guess.

If she's Albanian, then wouldn't this be a case of self-hating Muslim or something? Or does Albania have a christian minority?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Albania#Religious_demography

 

[Jpop]

Emirjeta Xhelili

Okay. American. Lol

While she might not be born in America, believe it or not natural born Americans do have foreign names.

I myself do, and find you laughing at that as a bit disrespectful. I guess I should change my name to John, bill ect...

Edit:

Can the posters attacking her for her name not. Americans can have foreign names, I do and so do plenty others. It is short-sighted and just and disrespectful of you guys.

 

[NuclearRisotto]

I hope she went off about Religious Extremism while practicing Religious Extremism.

Because that would be great.

 

[BronsonLee]

cool mocking her name for being foreign I guess.

Her name is super derpy, whadaya want

While she might not be born in America, believe it or not natural born Americans do have foreign names.

I myself do, and find you laughing at that as a bit disrespectful. I guess I should change my name to John, bill ect...

My name is John Bill Abernathy and I demand you change your name to Bill John Abernathy

 

[jon bones]

cool mocking her name for being foreign I guess.

seriously - how did some of you miss the point so bad

 

[Mivey]

If she's Albanian, then wouldn't this be a case of self-hating Muslim or something? Or does Albania have a christian minority?

Yes, about 16% of the population, according to (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Albania)

 

[TheRealTalker]

If she's Albanian, then wouldn't this be a case of self-hating Muslim or something? Or does Albania have a christian minority?

Albania also has Catholics

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Good to see the women and children are not badly injured.

 

[GameAddict411]

The ironic thing is that she lives in brooklyn and she was born outside the United States. She also has a weird foreign name. I thought a psycho like her would have done something about that first before attacking someone based on her argument about being different from the rest of Americans.

 

[Jpop]

Her name is super derpy, whadaya want



My name is John Bill Abernathy and I demand you change your name to Bill John Abernathy

I don't care.

People have foreign names, and are American citizens, it is a part of their identity and heritage. Attacking someone and belittling them over that is mean-spirited, narrow-minded, and disrespectful.

It also just shows that you aren't above discriminating against someone based on a superfluous detail. Just like she wasn't above discriminating against people for being different.


But okay, haha it's funny her name is different.

 

[RustyNails]

If she's Albanian, then wouldn't this be a case of self-hating Muslim or something? Or does Albania have a christian minority?

She could be a Christian or someone who was a Muslim but left her religion.

 

[chuckddd]

Another biscuit for the basket of deplorables.

 

[Lamel]

What pisses me off most is that babies could have been seriously hurt. What a terrible person, lacking all decency.

 

[User1608]

Fucking deplorable.

 

[LucidMomentum]

An Albanian woman, working at a Jewish store, assaults two Muslim women saying they should be more American.

When's that unreleased George Carlin special come out again?

Also y'all judging her for her name are fucking up right now. Someone's name shouldn't be the focus of things.

 

[EMT0]

While she might not be born in America, believe it or not natural born Americans do have foreign names.

I myself do, and find you laughing at that as a bit disrespectful. I guess I should change my name to John, bill ect...

Edit:

Can the posters attacking her for her name not. Americans can have foreign names, I do and so do plenty others. It is short-sighted and just and disrespectful of you guys.

Considering my name is foreign af too....I know what I'm saying. I'm making fun of her for having a name like that and taking up a crusade against foreign-born Americans....and Black Americans too for because you can't only be partially awful and hypocritical.

 

[Rumblebones]

She deserves nothing short of serious jail time.

 

[jusufin]

If she's Albanian, then wouldn't this be a case of self-hating Muslim or something? Or does Albania have a christian minority?

Yes, their are a lot of catholic Muslims. Still weird that she has so much hate for a religion that makes up a large part of her culture though. The physical assault part makes me think that she's probably not right in the head anyway, so god only knows what her logic was.

 

[LucidMomentum]

Yes, their are a lot of catholic Muslims. Still weird that she has so much hate for a religion that makes up a large part of her culture though. The physical assault part makes me think that she's probably not right in the head anyway, so god only knows what her logic was.

Trump encouraging this sort of behavior, perhaps?

 

[Jpop]

Considering my name is foreign af too....I know what I'm saying. I'm making fun of her for having a name like that and taking up a crusade against foreign-born Americans....and black americans too for because you can't only be partially awful.

Sorry, doesn't excuse or justify it.

Also it isn't about making fun of her name, it is about making fun of someone for having g a foreign name. As if that even means anything.