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A popular Muslim shopkeeper was murdered in Glasgow, Scotland by another Muslim last Thursday, mere hours after posting a warm Easter message on Facebook to "my beloved Christian nation." The shopkeeper, 40-year-old Asad Shah, was a devout Muslim who originally hailed from Rabwah in Pakistan, reports The Telegraph on Saturday. According to an eyewitness, in addition to stabbing him his assailants stomped on his head. Roughly four hours before his brutal murder, Shah wrote on Facebook: "Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation. Let's follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and...

•The 'peace-loving' victim was popular in his neighbourhood of Glasgow •Hours before his death, he posted message advertising inter-faith meeting •Police confirmed all those currently involved in investigation were Muslim 'A man has been arrested after a popular Muslim shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a religiously motivated attack just hours after he had posted a message wishing 'a very happy Easter to my beloved Christian nation'. Asad Shah, 40, was set upon with a knife and had his head stamped on in a shocking attack outside his Glasgow newsagents shop just after 9pm last night. A...