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- Long Island storekeeper Mohammad Sohail faces man wielding baseball bat <\/li>\n
- Sohail grabs shotgun; stunned man begins to cry, says he has no food at home <\/li>\n
- Man’s story tugs at Sohail’s heartstrings, and he offers man money, bread, milk <\/li>\n
- After act of compassion, man says he wants to become a Muslim like Sohail
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\n— A potential victim became a compassionate counselor during a recent
\nrobbery attempt, changing the would-be criminal’s mind — and
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Storekeeper Mohammad Sohail was closing up his Long Island<\/a>
\nconvenience store just after midnight on May 21 when — as shown on the
\nstore’s surveillance video — a man came in wielding a baseball bat and
\ndemanding money.<\/p>\n“He said, ‘Hurry up and give me the money, give
\nme the money!’ and I said, ‘Hold on’,” Sohail recalled in a phone
\ninterview with CNN on Tuesday, after the store video and his story was
\ncarried on local TV. <\/p>\nSohail said he reached under the counter, grabbed his gun and told the robber to drop the bat and get down on his knees.<\/p>\n
\n“He’s crying like a baby,” Sohail said. “He says, ‘Don’t call police,
\ndon’t shoot me, I have no money, I have no food in my house.’ “<\/p>\nAmidst the man’s apologies and pleas, Sohail said he felt a surge of compassion.<\/p>\n
He made the man promise never to rob anyone again and when he agreed, Sohail gave him $40 and a loaf of bread.<\/p>\n
\n“When he gets $40, he’s very impressed, he says, ‘I want to be a Muslim
\njust like you,’ ” Sohail said, adding he had the would-be criminal
\nrecite an Islamic<\/a> oath.<\/p>\n“I said ‘Congratulations. You are now a Muslim and your name is Nawaz Sharif Zardari.'”<\/p>\n
\nWhen asked why he chose the hybrid of two Pakistani presidents’ names,
\nthe Pakistani immigrant laughed and said he had been watching a South
\nAsian news channel moments before the confrontation.<\/p>\nSohail said the man fled the store when he turned away to get the man some free milk.<\/p>\n
He said police might still be looking for the suspect but he doesn’t intend to press charges.<\/p>\n
\n“The guy, you know, everybody has a hard time right now, it’s too bad
\nfor everybody right now in this economy,” said the storekeeper.
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