A statue of Jesus is not an “unbeliever,” but it is an expression of unbelief from an Islamic standpoint: an affirmation of belief in the divinity of Christ and the Incarnation, both anathema to Islam.

“NYC taxi driver charged with hate crime after allegedly decapitating Jesus statue in wild caught-on-camera tantrum,” by Dean Balsamini, New York Post, July 13, 2024:

A NYC taxi driver was hit with a hate crime for allegedly beheading a statue depicting a young Jesus outside a Queens Catholic church, prosecutors said.

Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of Hollis, was arrested Thursday night and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for allegedly decapitating the statue outside of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Fresh Meadows on June 30.

The twisted, caught-on-camera tantrum began casually.

A sacrilegious scoundrel driving an SUV taxi pulled up to the front of the church around 5:30 a.m. and calmly crossed the street, before removing a shoe and charging toward white marble statues of Mary, Joseph and Jesus, according to police and footage released by the Diocese of Brooklyn.

The taxi driver swatted the heads of Mary and Joseph with his shoe, then turned his attention to Jesus and hacked at its head until it went spinning to the ground, the footage shows. He also allegedly spit on the religious statue, prosecutors said.

The suspect is then seen calmly walking off, shoe still in hand".