NEW YORK – Cops arrested a man who attacked a Muslim store owner in Queens.

The store owner, Sarker Haque, claims that suspect Piro Kolvani, 55, screamed that he would “kill Muslims” as he threw haymakers at the shop owner, but police and prosecutors have yet to charge him with committing a hate crime.

Kolvani was charged with assault for the Saturday afternoon attack inside the Fatima Food Mart on 21st Ave., officials said.

Police said Kolvani stepped into the store and got into an argument with Haque.

Kolvani then attacked Haque, leaving him with minor injuries.

Kolvani, who lives in Florida, received a desk appearance ticket and is expected to return to court on Jan. 12, a spokeswoman for the Queens District Attorney’s officials said.

Haque told reporters that Piro started cursing the storekeeper after asking if anything was free.

“He punched me. Then, I’m falling down over there, then he said, ‘I Kill Muslims.”

An NYPD source said Piro wasn’t charged with a hate crime because Haque hadn’t told them about the anti-Muslim rant.

The charges against him could be upgraded when he comes back to court in January, the spokesman said.