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{{Infobox person
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| name             = Altab Ali
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(contracted; show full)round of agitation by the racist National Front.}}</ref> from [[Sylhet District]], [[Sylhet Division]],<ref name="Muslims in British Local Government">{{cite book |last=Tatari|first=Eren|title=Muslims in British Local Government: Representing Minority Interests in Hackney, Newham, and Tower Hamlets |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_4QBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116|year=2015|publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill Academic Publishers]]|page=116|isbn=978-9004269699}}</ref> [[Bangladesh]]
, in 1969,<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last1=Nye|first1=Catrin|last2=Bright|first2=Sam|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36191020|title=Altab Ali: The racist murder that mobilised the East End|work= |location= |publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=4 May 2016|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref> and lived in the [[East End of London|East End]] of London.<ref name="UKIA">{{cite web |url=http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/381365.html|title=Indymedia: Altab Ali|publisher=Indymedia|date= |accessdate=19 September 2007}}</ref>

==Death==
(contracted; show full)rsyAIVQrIUCh1ZJgqI#v=onepage&q=Altab%20Ali&f=false|year=2005|publisher=[[Routledge]]|page=144|isbn=978-0-415-34169-1}}</ref> by St Mary's Churchyard, and the corner of Adler Street and [[Whitechapel Road]].<ref name="UKIA"/><ref name="20thcenturylondon">{{cite web |url=http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conInformationRecord.294 |title=Bangladeshi London|publisher=Exploring 20th century London|date= |accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref>
 Ali was stabbed in the neck, then staggered a few metres before collapsing.<ref name="bbc"/>

Out of the three attackers, two were white and one was black.<ref name="Being Bengali"/> Ali's killers were Roy Arnold (aged 17) of Limehouse, Carl Ludlow (aged 17) of Bow and an unnamed mixed race male from Poplar (aged 16). It was the 16-year-old who committed the stabbing and when police asked him why, his reply was "for no reason at all". He stated, "If we saw a Paki we used to have a go at them. We would ask for money and beat them up. I've beaten up [[Paki (slur)|Pakis]] on at least five occasions."<ref name="Education, Racism, and Reform" />

==Aftermath==
[[File:Altab Ali protest.jpg|220px|thumb|left|Protest march by Bangladeshis to [[Downing Street]] with murdered Ali's coffin, 14 May 1978]]
(contracted; show full)st1=Lindsey|last2=Rees|first2=John|title=A People's History of London|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7BN6m4LSkOQC&pg=PA248&dq=Altab+Ali&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCGoVChMI-b_J9frsyAIVQrIUCh1ZJgqI#v=onepage&q=Altab%20Ali&f=false|year=1988|publisher=[[Verso Books]]|page=248|isbn=978-1844678556}}</ref> This began a movement that eventually pushed the National Front out of Whitechapel, and helped affirm Bengali identity there.<ref name="standard"/>


[[File:Entrance, Altab Ali Park.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Entrance to [[Altab Ali Park]]]]⏎
The [[Anti-Nazi League]] and the [[Rock Against Racism]] movement were born out of the events of 1978.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Clarke|first=Hilary|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/life-on-the-lane-1157728.html|title=Altab Ali: The racist murder that mobilised the East End|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Independent]]''|date=23 May 1998|accessdate=1 August 2017}}</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:Entrance, Altab Ali Park.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Entrance to [[Altab Ali Park]]]]
The name Altab Ali became a widely known symbol of resistance against racism generally and is associated with the struggle for human rights specifically in defence of the Bangladeshis in the UK after Bengali the community mobilised in May 1978 to defend itself against racist attacks that were represented in the murder of Altab Ali.<ref name="UKIA"/> As a response to persistent racial tension, residents began to organise neighbourhood committees and youth groups.<ref name="Muslims in British Local Government"/> His murder was the trigger for the first significant political organisation against racism by Bangladeshis.<ref name="UKIA"/>

(contracted; show full)mory.<ref name="eastlondonadvertiser2"/><ref name="eastlondonadvertiser1">{{cite news |last=Barnett|first=Adam|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/anti_racists_and_bangladeshis_mark_altab_ali_day_in_whitechapel_1_3589309|title=Anti-racists and Bangladeshis mark Altab Ali Day in Whitechapel|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[Docklands and East London Advertiser|East London Advertiser]]''|date=7 May 2014|accessdate=1 November 2015}}</ref>
 In October 2015, [[John Biggs]], the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, announced that the borough would host an annual Altab Ali Commemoration Day.<ref name="bbc"/>

==See also==
* [[British Bangladeshi]]
* [[List of British Bangladeshis]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sublimephotography.co.uk/eastendphotos/whitechapel/photos/big/altabali.jpg Altab Ali Park entrance]

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[[Category:Deaths by stabbing in England]]
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