Prominent Muslim shot dead

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Source : Globe and Mail

POSTED AT 7:13 PM EST Monday, January 6

Prominent B.C. Muslim shot dead

By ALLISON LAWLOR
Globe and Mail Update
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A B.C. man described as a pillar of the Pakistani community has been shot dead outside his Vancouver-area home.

Riasat Ali Khan, 69, was shot Sunday evening as he got out of his car and walked toward his home, RCMP said. He staggered to the door of his house in Surrey, B.C., where he was found by his son.

Someone called his name before they shot him, Salim Karim, a family friend and president of the Vancouver-based Pakistan-Canada Association, told globeandmail.com.

Mr. Khan, a businessman who worked in insurance and real estate, was rushed to hospital where he underwent surgery. He died early this morning in the operating room, Mr. Karim said.

A founder of the Pakistan-Canada Association and the first mosque in the Vancouver area, Mr. Khan remained active in the association which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in March. He was also an active supporter of the federal Liberal party.

“He was a tireless and fearless person,” Mr. Karim said. "He had no enemy at all. He would help any nationality, any person.

“As long it was a human being he would help them.”

Mr. Karim said his friend never expressed fear about his own safety.

“I don’t know why someone would hurt him.”

When asked if he thought the shooting was racially motivated, Mr. Karim said he didn’t think so.

“He was a person that was loved by every nationality,” he said.

RCMP said Monday they have no motive and no suspects in the killing. An older-model pickup truck, possibly a Toyota, was seen leaving the area.

Mr. Khan’s nephew called the murder a cowardly, cold-blood attack and said his uncle had no enemies that he knew of.

The family is offering a $50,000 reward for information on the shooting.

The killing has shocked the Pakistani community in the Lower Mainland, Mr. Karim said.

“We will miss him very dearly.”

Mr. Khan leaves his wife Tyaba, six children and many grandchildren.

With reports from Canadian Press

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Thats disgusting. :(

Allah janut naseeb karas,

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He had done some great things in Vancouver area for the Muslims, Pakistanis, and other ethnic groups. One cannot be perfect and please everyone, when he's involved with a lot of different organizations. He fell prey to the internal dirty politics of Muslim and Pakistani community.

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DO you think he was "Malcolm X'd"

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oh my God! he a very close relative of mine and I livesd at his place .

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*Originally posted by Chaltahai: *
DO you think he was "Malcolm X'd"
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I am not sure if there's any category. Now, he's deceased and I reserve my comments. I don't know him very well, although one of his sons is a good acquaintance, and every experience of meeting the Late Mr Khan had been a pleasent one. But, I tell you this much that I am not completely baffled by his murder, as opposed to what you may have read in the mainstream newspapers.

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May Allah(SWT) Bless Him Jannah. Ameen

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Are you reffering to the internal dirty politics of Pakistani and Muslim organizations? I have seen this first hand in the US. I had hoped we had left this behind in Pakistan, but I guess old habits die hard.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Pakistani Tiger: *
May Allah(SWT) Bless Him Jannah. Ameen
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Ameen. Ina-Ilayhi-WaIna Ilayhi-Rajioon.

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anybody suspects RAW behind this?

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Gesto dear,
its no time for jokes.

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No motive as of yet. Police are searching for clues.

Ill give you a Canadian perspective...BC is becoming a South Asian Gangster's paradise. Sikhs are notorios in BC and have killed 50 of each other in the last decade. Most of these killings are either business related, or family related.

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RAW is in Canada now? They cannot manage their own house in India but are great enough to operate in Canada? :hehe: These conspiracy theories get funnier by the day.