TWITTER Asad Shah was a much-loved and well-respected member of his Glasgow community

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Popular shopkeeper Asad Shah was stabbed and then had his head stamped on outside his shop in Minard Road, Glasgow around 9pm last night. It came just hours after the 40-year-old posted a message on Facebook wishing "a very happy Easter to my beloved Christian nation". Paramedics fought to save Mr Shah's life and the Pakistani-born man was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where he later died. A 32-year-old man has today been arrested and charged with murder after the death of shopkeeper Mr Shah. Police Scotland said the death is being treated as "religiously prejudiced" and confirmed the accused is also Muslim. They said: "A full investigation is under way to establish the full circumstances surrounding the death which is being treated as religiously prejudiced." The news of the well-loved's shopkeeper's death has shocked local residents who described him as a "pillar of the community".

TWITTER He was brutally attacked and murdered outside his shop

Just hours before his death, the Muslim man had posted heartfelt messages to Christians online - along with wishing them a happy Easter.



He planned to host a Google hangout today with church-going friends about the significance of Good Friday.



In previous Facebook posts, Mr Shah urged people to reject violence and hatred in favour of "unconditional real love for all mankind". In the last post before his death, he wrote: "Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation."

FACEBOOK He planned to spend Good Friday having an Easter Google hangout with Christian friends

Friends and neighbours continued to arrive at the police cordon surrounding his shop, Shah's Newsagent and Convenience Store, in Shawlands in the south of the city, today to speak to police or lay tributes.



Resident Isabella Graham, 64, said Mr Shah employed her daughter at the shop when she was younger and she broke down in tears when she called her to tell her the news.



She said: "He was an amazing, wonderful man, he couldn't do enough for you.



"He wouldn't hurt anybody. Nobody in Shawlands would have a bad word to say about him.



"I can't believe he's gone."

Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation Asad Shah's last Facebook post

Mrs Graham, who placed flowers at the scene with her young granddaughter, said Mr Shah's family had run the shop for as long as she had lived there, for more than 16 years.



Floral tributes have continued to arrive at the cordon with cards, letters and messages of people's shock.



One card read: "Thank you for being the nicest guy on the planet."



Another read: "To Asad, thank you for the joy you brought to our lives. We are so sorry for the pain you were put through.



"You showed us that love can span to all of us, regardless of religion."

TWITTER Flowers and messages of shock are being left outside his shop

Messages have also flooded in on social media, with neighbours and regulars in his shop paying tribute to Mr Shah.



One user said: "Astounded by news of murder of Asad Shah in Shawlands. Went into that shop practically every day after school. Dreadful."



Another added: "The killers who took Asad Shah's life in Glasgow also took a community's much loved brother."

Members of the community including friends Nisreen Sharif and Eildon Dyer have now set up a crowd-funding page to support his family - raising more than £4,100 in just hours.



It reads: "This fundraiser has been set up Asad Shah who was tragically murdered outside his shop on Minard Road on Thursday March 24.



"Mr Shah was a popular, well respected and much loved member of our commuity and his death has devastated many. He was a warm and friendy man and he always went out of his way to make time to talk to you when you - he was more than just our local shopkeeper.



"We are raising funds for his family to use as they see best. We know money will never make up for his loss but this is our way of showing our support for him, and showing his family how much be was cared for." (sic)

GOOGLE MAPS A silent vigil will be held outside the shop tonight