Shafiq Rahman has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for a racially aggravated assault on an Orthodox Jewish man in Slough, Berkshire. The incident occurred on April 20, when Rahman cornered Moishe Posen, a building inspector and father of two, in a garden. Rahman verbally abused Posen, calling him a "dirty motherf***** Jew" and accusing him of "killing babies in Palestine."

During the attack, Rahman threatened Posen, stating "I'll break his jaw." A passerby in a car was also reportedly heard encouraging Rahman. Posen, who was wearing religious attire, later expressed feelings of self-blame for being visibly Jewish and a target.

Rahman pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault and using threatening words to provoke violence. He was also sentenced for a separate offense involving an XL Bully dog that attacked a man in June 2025, leaving him with a fractured wrist requiring multiple operations. Rahman was on license for another offense at the time of the dog attack. He also pleaded guilty to criminal damage for spitting in a police van.

In a statement read in court, Posen described his anger not at the attacker, but at himself for being a "visible Jew." He stated that he considered moving to Israel, noting his family's history of fleeing Nazi Germany and his grandmother's survival of Auschwitz. Posen said he no longer felt safe being a "visible Jew" in Britain. He added that while Britain has been kind to Jewish people, there is a concerning tolerance for extremism.

The attack on Posen occurred in the context of other recent incidents targeting the Jewish community. Weeks prior, four ambulances owned by a Jewish charity were targeted by arsonists in Golders Green, north London. Additionally, a Jewish-owned shop in Watford was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti and had its fire door set alight the day before the Slough assault.

Organizations such as Campaign Against Antisemitism and the Community Security Trust condemned the attack. The Holocaust Educational Trust noted a perceived normalization of antisemitism in the UK, leading to an environment where individuals feel emboldened to express hatred based on faith. Local MP Tan Desi described the incident as "heinous."