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Altab Ali, a [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]] factory worker in his mid 20s, from [[Sylhet]] in the [[East End]] of [[London]], was murdered on [[4 May]] [[1978]] in a racist attack against him as he walked home after work. His murder took place on a spot near the corner of Adler Street and [[Whitechapel Road]] by the St Mary's Churchyard. The churchyard has been called Altab Ali Park by ordinary people in memory of the victim of [[racism]].<ref name=UKIA>{{citeweb |url=http://http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/381365.html |title=Indymedia: Altab Ali |publisher=Indymedia |accessdate=2007-09-19}}</ref>  

==Resistance movement==
The name Altab Ali has become 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 the community mobilised in May [[1978]] to defend itself against racist attacks that were represented in the murder of Altab Ali.<ref name=UKIA/> 

It was the murder of Altab Ali that was the trigger for the first significant [[political organisation]] against racism. That organisation soon became a movement against racism around the [[East End]] of [[London]].<ref name=UKIA/> 

Today’s phenomenal [[identification]] and [[association]] of the collective [[social]] and [[community]] image of the UK [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshis]] with [[Tower Hamlets]] the East End of London Borough has everything to do with the campaign against racism that took place after Altab Ali’s murder.<ref name=UKIA/> 


==See also==
* [[British Bangladeshi]]

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://www.sublimephotography.co.uk/eastendphotos/whitechapel/photos/big/altabali.jpg Altab Ali Park entrance]
* [http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n19/sand01_.html Brick Lane by Monica Ali]

[[Category:British Muslims|Ali. Altab]]
[[Category:British people of Bengali descent|Altab Ali]]
[[Category:Sylhet District|Ali, Altab]]