A devout Muslim pensioner attacked by a race-hate gang of schoolboys died yesterday. Ekram Haque, 67, lost his fight for life a week after he was battered to the ground in front of his three-year-old granddaughter, Marian. As revealed in yesterday's Daily Mail, he suffered horrific head injuries in the assault outside a mosque in Tooting, South-West London, where he had just prayed. As he and Marian waited for a lift, the gang ran up behind him and clubbed him around the head. Two other worshippers chased the thugs away but Mr Haque - described by friends as a 'gentle giant' - had suffered horrific head injuries. His granddaughter has been left 'very shaken and disturbed', said her father, Mr Haque's son Arfan. Graphic images of the attack were caught on CCTV. Scotland Yard formally launched a murder inquiry after Mr Haque passed away at St George's Hospital, Tooting, where he had been on a life-support machine since the attack. Police are linking the assault on the retired care worker to a series of other attacks on elderly Asian people near the mosque. Three of the earlier victims were also pensioners. As local community tensions grew, police stepped up patrols near the Idara E Jaaferiya mosque where Mr Haque was attacked last Monday. Police say they are treating the attack on Mr Haque as racially motivated. Arfan, 35, a consumer law adviser, described the incident as 'mindless violence' but urged people in the Muslim community to remain calm. He said: 'I would urge people in our community to remember that Islam is a peaceful religion and does not condone revenge attacks. If you want to do anything, just pray. 'I have been very impressed how the police have dealt with the attack, and have full confidence in what they are doing. 'Obviously I am concerned for my daughter, who has given a very vivid account of what happened.' Ekram Haque was born in Calcutta and moved to Belfast in search of work in 1972. He met his wife there and they moved to London in the early 1980s. Mr Haque originally worked in textiles but later became a warden in a home for the disabled. He retired last year and was looking after Marian on weekdays. At the time of the attack, he was making final preparations to take her to Pakistan and Australia on holiday. His son said: 'My father loved living in Britain. He considered himself a Londoner. He was enjoying his retirement and seeing a lot of his granddaughter. 'He was a kind, loving person, who always went out of his way to support anyone who needed support. I just want justice.' Detective Chief Inspector John McFarlane, from Scotland Yard's homicide and serious crime command, said: 'We urge people who may have been attacked, or who may know who these youths are, to come forward.' Anyone with information is urged to call the police on 020 8721 4205 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Two youths aged 14 and 15 have appeared before Wimbledon Youth Court accused of committing grievous bodily harm with intent on Mr Haque. They and another boy, aged 12, are also accused of conspiracy to commit GBH and two counts of assault on victims in their 40s and 70s. Another 14-year-old has been charged over the attacks, but has yet to appear in court. Source Allah Yarxum

^^He asked u if you and urs are fine Fu-fu ma adiga aya ee diidey!

JB: so which one did you mean? Soddog or Seedi?? Sayid can you stop discussing me like I am not hear. Horta why is it everytime I am on SOL there is a silly discussion about me and some poor farah. My hindi husband will find this very rude of you and offence, if he was Somali, you guys would not dare :mad:

^^I thought Soddog<< spelling looks so wrong!! was the girls brother?

Yeah, they like her because she is beauty without brains, it is a perverted show. How come there are no women callers? I want a civilian to call and I want Dr. Fadumo Abdi to call.

^^^ seeddi as in married to his daughter?? but she is only 11 or something u sick man :eek:

No I always laugh a hearty laugh, ila iyo kowsaha ii muuqda. Now take your brother and Arab mentality back while I have a laugh. Qax qax qax. P.s. Can't she do anything else, the guy has all the lengthy script and she just giggles and repeats the end of his damn sentence.

Faheema: Are you being stubborn again dear They guy was in the right lane, and yes he driving a bit slow, waa ruunta, he is wrong, now breath JB I don't need a defender, I already have too many of them, I need waax iyaga iga ceeliya before I am suffocated.

Why does the silly women keep giggling, this is sexist post Ngonge. You think women have no role in that area but giggling :mad:

^^^LOOL @ JB see maaxan sheegaey, even when he was ignoring me duusha aye iga elalinaey

^^^Even worse Ngonge is going to start shouting about his brother again, waaxba haa weydiin kaas lol Sayid belo iyo Qardho naag daaf, those are angry bunch

^^^Qaar baadan oo adiga kaa ficiaan without lugage baa la eriyadey, bite the dust, no reason why adiga lugo even consider gareyo, shy or no shyness Ka boodsii this sheeko, you won't get anywhere

^^^Haha you wish, my dad would've slap you silly from Burco to Yurowey if you even dared to look at any of his 8daughters let alone his fav one.

^^JB is Burco hating because reer burco want to kick out his employer, conflict of interest. In all honest, JB gabad from Burco baa loo diidey because he wanted her as a second wife and the family said to him, if you want our daughter, leave your first wife and kids and move to Burco, otherwise get lost.

^^^What about the daily hungaco we read on here and other somali forums from Somali men, and you are forgetting the boasting matches and the stories that come out of the jaad place. Beeri hoorey ayeh privacy in the Somali household dimatey. The new Somali men wa a joke

^^^What about the guys afka lag faaley, there are more of them around, waxkasta iska sheege like qasabad jab tahey.

The married men, women hating troll corner. You are grown people, calcal ka daaf. I wish your wives will leave all of your for a week just for jokes, you all be at her mums house on your knees begging after 1day.

^^^^ Not if you are still crying. Marx apologies in advance if next time I see you I can't help but LOL!! lool I am sick of crying myself to sleep every night. This is causing me sleepness nights and I am beginging to think that maybe just maybe that its over for me. yet I am so eligible I'm dying to say so many things but I am fasting!! So what I will say is, you have the last ten days in Ramadan to ask Allah for what you want, and if it is good for you allah will grant it inshallah. 2.5yrs time is too far for you to hang with some Xalimo, you need to start looking 4months before your deadline. Good luck

^^baal foget the other JB for now and aniga ii ducey

Morning peeps.

^^^What is your beef with women, in the last year or so, meel walba complaint baad la taagatahey. shiid, they way you go on, you hate women with passion and have nothing good to say about them. :rolleyes: ^Ukhti,it's the thought and the gesture of gift-giving.And not the actual gift.We easily forget and take for granted our loved ones.Simple gestures like gifts ,little notes and telling your loved ones 'how you feel' can act as reminders to why they are so important. Buuxo only white people in romance books do that till one of them dies, I read the PDF THE SIREN sent me, it would be creepy in real life and unrealistic. I'm laughing trying to imagine a farah leaving little heart shaped notes. Ardo: every marriage has its problems, she does not seem to have huge ones. Anigu I start shouting divorce once they start beating her, stalk her or take away her own money or gets married behind her back. Anything less than that they should kiss and make up. P.s. You should not be the tool for shitan and tell her to divorce. Just listen and let her make her own way, you don't want her to listen to you and then five years down the line, one day you have a fight and she says "you made me leave my husband who was a good man, and now I am a single mum stuck in a dead end job"

Che it so is, read the comments, someone found in on myspace loool The title was not mine Che, so don't be rolling your eyes at me

LOOOOL Check it out here, so funny!!!! LOOOOOOOOOOl Loool someone forwarded to me on facebook. LOL

^^We won't go into details about what ought to come with the book, but I wil work on finding a pair of floating hands (just the hands right) Sayid it was not a proposal, I just refuse to sit cross legged in front him, while he eye balls me from his chair. It would make me nervous and I would get all my quran wrong and then he will tell me off.

JB about why she is smoking shisha or why she is not fasting or soemthing else like if she will tell on u if u break ur fast Sheh U missed ur date feast at suhuur?? How are u going to survive today? did u make it to work? Ur most welcome, I slept nicely with help from the book I was showing u after y'll left