Muslim foils synagogue attack

by Feòrag

A Muslim employee at a New York petrol station is being hailed as a hero after he stopped an arson attack on the synagogue opposite his workplace.

Syed Ali, 35, was working at the Amoco station on Ocean Ave. in Sheepshead Bay at about 4 a.m. when he sold $2 worth of fuel to the alleged would-be arsonist.

The Pakistani immigrant said he watched in disbelief as Sead Jakup, 22, took the canister across the street and began dousing the Young Israel of Kings Bay synagogue.

Ali quickly called 911, and cops arrived before Jakup, a Bosnian Muslim, could set the temple ablaze.

The incident is being investiagated as a hate crime, though relatives of the would-be arsonist say that he is mentally disturbed: It's not about religion , he just flipped.