Family of Lebanese Man Killed in U.S. Says Suspect Hurled Anti-Muslim Slurs
An Oklahoma man suspected of fatally shooting a male neighbor was accused of harassing and shouting anti-Muslim slurs at the man's family, who are actually Christians from Lebanon, and of trying to run over the man's mother with his vehicle.
Police say Khalid Jabara was killed at his Tulsa home Friday and 61-year-old Stanley Majors is being held without bail on a first-degree murder complaint and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, but online court records do not show that he has been formally charged.
Jabara's family issued a statement saying Majors had called the family "dirty Arabs," ''filthy Lebanese," ''Aye-rabs," and "Mooslems."
Prosecutors had charged Majors with injuring Jabara's mother, Haifa, in September by driving his vehicle into her. According to court records, Majors was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of a collision involving injury, violating a protective order and public intoxication. Prosecutors tried to keep Majors in jail on the assault charge, but he was released after posting bond on May 25.
Haifa Jabara was previously granted a protective order against Majors in 2013 after alleging that he had harassed her and that he "is very racist towards foreigners and blacks." He was prohibited from possessing firearms for the following five years and barred from going near Jabara or her home.
Majors was charged with violating the protective order in March 2014 after Haifa Jabra told police he had yelled racial slurs at her while she was in her driveway and threatened to kill her.
The Tulsa World reports that Tulsa police Sgt. Dave Walker and Assistant District Attorney John David Luton said Monday that it's too early in the investigation to say if Majors will be charged with a hate crime.
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Do we use names such as Haifa and Khaled, I thought they were strictly Muslim names
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Khaled was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. His parents are obviously not narrow minded. His mother owns and runs the best catering company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His brother is a lawyer and his sister owns and runs a very successful marketing company.
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Muslim or Christian who cares! He is a Lebanese.
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Of course it matters. Khaled and his family were a positive influence on their community and a good example for others. This hate crime only shows the ignorance of this criminal and the senselessness of his crime.
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Another insane guy. He must spend the rest of his life in jail....and then after he will be enthusiastically welcomed in Hell.
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Notice since he was Christian the Iranians aren't saying anything? Anyhow this unfortunate example has been seen before; Christians mistaken for Muslims and in many cases paying with their life. This lowlife is no better than the Ignorant ISIS and HA goons, in fact the same page as them if you think about it. And because of their label, Christians are not only facing death IN Lebanon, they are now facing this on a broader international scale. Let's not forget that before Islam came about, those Arabic names were used by Christians, so many forget that.
The Tulsa World reports that Tulsa police Sgt. Dave Walker and Assistant District Attorney John David Luton said Monday that it's too early in the investigation to say if Majors will be charged with a hate crime.
lol, so he killed this Lebanese man because he owed him money?