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☆ Gaza hospital strike upends Biden's high-stakes trip to Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] U.S. President Joe Biden walks as he departs Joint Base Andrews for a high-stakes visit to Israel, in Maryland, U.S., October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's already fraught trip to the Middle East was completely upended after hundreds of Palestinians were killed in a strike on a Gaza hospital on Tuesday. After the strike, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas quickly canceled a planned meeting with Biden, then Jordan's King Abdullah canceled a summit that was supposed to bring Biden together with Egyptian and Palestinian leaders. It was unclear what he could accomplish in the wake of the hospital strike, conflicting reports about responsibility, and the cancellation of the summit in Jordan. "Biden's visit was meant to underline that the U.S. has a grip on the situation.

Persons: Joe Biden, Base Andrews, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden's, Mahmoud Abbas, Biden, King Abdullah, Richard Gowan, U.N, ” Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Jordan's King Abdullah, Abdel Fattah al, Abbas, Rashida Tlaib, Steve Holland, Michelle Nichols, Matt Spetalnick, Heather Timmons, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Base, REUTERS, Rights, White, Washington, Crisis, Israeli, U.S, American, Democrat, Palestinian, Council, Islamic Relations, Thomson Locations: Israel, Maryland, U.S, East, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Jordan, Jordanian, Amman, Egypt

☆ Chicago-area stabbing: 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who authorities say was fatally stabbed by his landlord will be buried today
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Chris Boyette Keith Allen Lauren Mascarenhas | Chris Boyette | Keith Allen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A funeral and burial will be held Monday for the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed when his Chicago-area landlord allegedly attacked him and his mother because the family is Muslim. The attack, which also left Wadea’s mother seriously injured, is being investigated by the Department of Justice as a hate crime. Czuba was taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility and is awaiting his initial court appearance, according to the sheriff’s office. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described his son. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,750 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Persons: Al Fayoume, Joseph M, Carole Cheney, Czuba, “, General Merrick Garland, ” Garland, Will, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Shahin, ‘, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker, –, Wadea Al, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Rehab, Wadea’s, ’ Organizations: CNN, Islamic Relations, Department of Justice, The, Department, Justice, ”, ” CAIR, Chicago, Czuba, Chicago Mayor, CAIR, West Bank, Twitter, CAIR National, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Palestinian Locations: Chicago, Will, Joliet , Illinois, Plainfield Township, Illinois, America, United States, Gaza, Israel, York City

On Saturday, the 32-year-old mother called 911 to report that her landlord had attacked her with a knife. She ran into a bathroom and kept fighting him off, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. Attempts to reach Czuba or a family member were unsuccessful Sunday, and the sheriff’s office and county public defender's office did not immediately return messages about Czuba's legal representation. The Justice Department opened a hate crime investigation into the events leading up to the attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. ___Associated Press reporters Jesse Bedayn in Denver and Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

Persons: Joseph Czuba, Wadea, Fayoume, Yousef Hannon, ”, Hannon, “, J.B, Pritzker, General Merrick Garland, Joe Biden, Chris Wray, Jesse Bedayn, Eric Tucker Organizations: CHICAGO, Hamas, Palestinian, Islamic, Democratic, The Justice Department, Sunday, FBI, Bureau, Associated Press, Washington , D.C Locations: Israel, Chicago, Will, Plainfield, Joliet, America, Denver, Washington ,

☆ Funeral for slain Palestinian boy to be held outside Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The funeral will be held in a community known as "Little Palestine" for its heavy concentration of Palestinian Americans. The conflict has put Jewish and Palestinian Muslim communities in the United States on edge and fearful of a potential backlash against them. Iman Negrete, a Palestinian American who lives in Plainfield, is from the same town in the occupied Palestinian territories as the mother. The boy celebrated his sixth birthday just weeks ago, CAIR's Rehab told a press conference on Sunday. The boy's mother came from the West Bank to the United States 12 years ago and his father immigrated nine years ago, Rehab said.

Persons: Wadea Al, Wadea, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Hanaan, Iman Negrete, Joseph Czuba, Oday, Czuba, Fayoume, Rehab, Merrick Garland, Brendan O'Brien, Bernadette Baum, Deepa Babington Organizations: Reuters, CAIR, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Services, Council, Islamic Relations, Chicago, Police, West Bank, Daily, Sunday, U.S . Justice, Czuba, Thomson Locations: Israel, Chicago, Bridgeview , Illinois, Gaza, United States, Hanaan Shahin, Plainfield Township, Palestinian American, Plainfield, Will, Czuba

Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023. Will County Sheriff/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOct 15 (Reuters) - An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, officials and Muslim rights activists said on Sunday. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, the Will County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The suspect, Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crime and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the sheriff's office said. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the boy as Wadea Al-Fayoume and said the woman, Hanaan Shahin, was his mother.

Persons: Joseph M, Joseph Czuba, Czuba, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, Christopher Wray, we've, Wray, Daniel Trotta, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Reuters, Will County Sheriff, REUTERS Acquire, Czuba, Islamic Relations, FBI, International Association of Chiefs, Police, Thomson Locations: Will, Illinois, U.S, Will County, An Illinois, Israel, Plainfield Township, Chicago, San Diego, Carlsbad , California

CNN —A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim. Authorities were called to the residence in unincorporated Plainfield Township, roughly 40 miles southwest of Chicago, shortly before noon Saturday after a woman called 911 saying her landlord had attacked her, according to the sheriff’s office. The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,600 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described him.

Persons: Joseph M, General Merrick Garland, Czuba, ”, “, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Joseph Czuba, Hanaan Shahin, Wadea Al, Bidens, Shahin, ‘, Justice Department “, ” Garland, ’, JB Pritzker, –, Wadea, Ahmed Rehab, Rehab, Wadea’s, ” Czuba Organizations: CNN, Sheriff’s, US Justice Department, House, White, Sunday, Authorities, Islamic Relations, Czuba, CAIR, Justice Department, Department, Justice, Illinois State Police, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Illinois Gov, “, West Bank, Twitter, CAIR National, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Palestinian Locations: Chicago, Will County , Illinois, America, Plainfield Township, Will, Illinois, Gaza, Israel, United States

As the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war, they have become seats of anguish. On many campuses, these students agree on one thing: Their colleges, which are increasingly staking out positions of neutrality, have not done enough to support them. College officials, already under pressure to allow conservative opinions on campus, have been trying to preserve free speech and open debate. Some students were angry that a statement from the university president did not go far enough to acknowledge Palestinian deaths. “It shouldn’t be hard to support Palestinian rights and dignity ... while still condemning what Hamas did to Israeli civilians,” Spitalnick said.

Persons: ”, Alex Morey, ” Morey, —, Stanford, Richard Saller, Jenny Martinez, Martinez, we’re, Nadia Ali, Ashkenazie, Zareena Grewal, Grewal, “, ” Eytan, they’ve, Israel, Hussam Ayloush, Ayloush, Israel “, “ Harvard’s, Lawrence Summers, ” Summers, Claudine Gay, ” Harvard Hillel, Amy Spitalnick, ” Spitalnick, Chris Megerian, Collin Binkley Organizations: Jewish, College, Foundation, Rights, Stanford University, ”, Columbia University, Israel, Palestinian, Hamas, Yale University, “, Yale, Islamic, Harvard University, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Media, Harvard, Twitter, university’s Hillel, Jewish Council, Public Affairs, Hillel, Tufts University, Associated Press, Carnegie Corporation of New, AP Locations: Israel, Gaza, California, Manhattan, ” Eytan Israel, Palestine, U.S, Washington, Carnegie Corporation of New York

☆ Grieving and on edge, US Jews, Muslims seek solace as Hamas-Israel war rages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Friday services, highlighted by the main weekly prayers for Muslims and the start of the Jewish Sabbath at sundown, were the first since the massacre. Larry Mead, vice president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, said, "We are seeing the Jewish community is very apprehensive. "We're not going to cancel Shabbat," said Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president of the New York Board of Rabbis. "And meanwhile, hundreds of innocent Palestinians are also losing their lives, trapped in Gaza as the war is just beginning." Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago CAIR chapter, said on Facebook he had also been talking with Jewish counterparts in the region, and took hope in the connections made.

Persons: Vered Levi, Josef Trommer, Evelyn Hockstein, Richard Priem, Motti Seligson, Larry Mead, We're, Joseph Potasnik, B'nai Avraham, Chabad, Rabbi Aaron Raskin, Beth Elohim, Diane Weber, Beth, Weber, Basim Elkarra, Elkarra, It’s, Ahmed Rehab, Sharon Bernstein, Donna Bryson, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Freedom, REUTERS, Rights, Jewish Federation of, New York, Tarbiya Institute, Islamic Relations, Chicago CAIR, Facebook, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.S, Washington , U.S, Rights SACRAMENTO, Calif, United States, Gaza, Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, California, Sacramento, Chicago

A lawsuit filed Monday by an Islamic civil rights group on behalf of Khairullah and other plaintiffs says his exclusion from the White House event demonstrates that Muslims face negative repercussions even after they are able to clear their name from the list. The Secret Service declined to comment on the lawsuit. The FBI's Terrorist Screening Center plays a primary role in the watchlist, though many government agencies are involved in the secretive process. CAIR contends that its lawsuits have uncovered the breadth of government agencies that use the list, from local law enforcement to the State Department to the Secret Service. That's because in most cases, the government refuses to tell people if they've been placed on the list or if they've been removed.

Persons: — Mohamed Khairullah, Khairullah, Bashar Assad, Assad, ”, Hannah Mullen, Justin Sadowsky, ” Mullen, Mullen, they've, ” Khairullah Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Islamic Relations, CAIR, State Department, Secret Locations: U.S, Prospect Park , New Jersey, Newark , New Jersey, Syria, Boston, ”, Canada

☆ Muslim-led city bans Pride flags on public property, sparking a debate on discrimination and religious expression
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The city of Hamtramck, Michigan, banned LGBTQ+ flags from all publicly owned flagpoles. Detroit City FC described the council's move as "inexcusable" in a Twitter statement. In a letter posted to Twitter, Detroit City FC, a professional soccer team based in Hamtramck, described the council's decision as "inexcusable." —Detroit City FC (@DetroitCityFC) June 14, 2023The club said that "Pride flags send a powerful message that all are welcome and that the community values diversity." Local businesses and residents are reportedly not banned from flying Pride flags on their private property.

Persons: —, Nayeem Choudhury, Choudhury, Karen Majewski, Dawud Walid, Walid Organizations: Detroit City FC, Service, Associated Press, Guardian, Islamic, Twitter Locations: Hamtramck , Michigan, Hamtramck, Michigan

☆ ‘Living in Fear’: Arson Is the Latest in a String of Attacks on Minnesota Mosques
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A suspect was arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire last week at a mosque in St. Paul, Minn., at least the fifth such act of vandalism in the state so far this year that has left members of the Muslim community “living in fear,” a state senator said. Jaylani Hussein, the executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said at a news conference that the mosque, the Oromo American Tawhid Islamic Center, was left “completely burned” after being set on fire on Wednesday. The building was unoccupied at the time and no injuries were reported, the St. Paul Fire Department said. The suspect, Said Murekezi, 42, was arrested on Thursday and booked on suspicion of arson, the St. Paul Police Department said.

☆ Mohamed Khairullah: Secret Service says it turned away Muslim NJ mayor from WH Eid reception
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Donald Judd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The United States Secret Service on Monday said it turned away the Muslim mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, ahead of the Eid reception at the White House. Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah was not permitted to attend Monday’s Eid reception despite an invitation to the East Room ceremony after his clearance for entry was not approved by Secret Service, the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ New Jersey chapter told CNN in a statement. “Unfortunately we are not able to comment further on the specific protective means and methods used to conduct our security operations at the White House.”The White House referred all questions on the incident to USSS. Normal procedure for guests invited to the White House is that once a guest receives an invitation, they must submit information to the Secret Service via WAVES after which the Secret Service makes the final decision on whether the guest is cleared for entry into the White House. A staffer from the White House social office called Khairullah, but did not offer an explanation on the decision, the mayor told CNN.

☆ End of All-Girls Swim Class Causes Controversy at Stuyvesant High School
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Troy Closson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“At the end of the day, Stuyvesant has the responsibility to accommodate its students,” said Sophia Dasser, 17, a junior at the school who is Muslim and who wrote the article about the change for the student newspaper. And that needs to be addressed.”Several Muslim students said they felt their academic goals had been pitted against their religion. “It shouldn’t matter whether I’m Muslim, Jewish, Christian, if I personally do not feel comfortable,” Ms. Dasser said. After the outcry, Education Department officials said this week that students who need accommodations would soon be able to receive full honors through classes on other life skills. Just a handful of high schools statewide require swim tests.

☆ 6 ways to support Muslim coworkers who are fasting during Ramadan
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Allana Akhtar | Marguerite Ward | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For many Muslims, Ramadan means abstaining from food and drink while at work. So, how can non-Muslim colleagues be supportive, while also not accidentally making a micro-aggression toward someone who is observing Ramadan? At one office where Nasr worked, a boss privately asked her if she needed any special accommodations while observing Ramadan. Most Muslims use the Arabic phrase "Ramadan Mubarak," which translates to "have a blessed Ramadan" or "happy Ramadan, to greet each other. Plus, there are many other reasons why Muslims don't fast, like during illness or travel.

☆ Walmart removes 'KKK' men's hiking boots from website after pressure from civil rights organization
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Walmart removed a pair of boots from its website that had "KKK" written on the tongue. "We thank Walmart for dropping an online listing for oddly/poorly named 'KKK' boots," CAIR said. The retailer dropped the shoes from its website after it was flagged by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a grassroots civil rights and advocacy group. "We thank Walmart for dropping an online listing for oddly/poorly named 'KKK' boots after we brought this to their attention earlier today," CAIR said in a press release. In 2020, Walmart pledged to improve diversity within its workforce, and donated $100 million to create a center for racial equity.

☆ Florida teacher fired after allegedly disrupting Muslim students as they prayed, accusing them of doing 'magic'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A teacher in Florida was fired after allegedly disrupting Muslim students as they prayed and accusing them of doing "magic," according to a TikTok video that has gone viral. The video -- which was posted on Thursday and liked over 880,000 times -- shows three Franklin Academy Muslim students performing a prayer as one of them recites "Surah At-Tin" from the Quran. "One-fifth of Muslim families report that the bullying occurred nearly every day," the non-profit said in the report. The bullying was online too, with 31% of the families reporting their child was bullied by other students online and 19% claiming a teacher or school official was the source of the cyber bullying. "In sum, many Muslim children and parents have to worry about religious-based bullying at school and online from other students and even trusted adults in the school," the ISPU said.

☆ U.S. is probing Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, Israel's defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Abu Akleh’s supporters accuse Israel of intentionally killing the 51-year-old and have urged Washington to open a full investigation. Gantz, who is set to leave his post following elections earlier this month that vaulted Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to power, was defense minister when Abu Akleh was killed. In September, Israel acknowledged for the first time that Israeli fire probably killed Abu Akleh. Human rights groups have long accused the Israeli military of failing to properly investigate wrongdoing by its own troops and seldom holding forces accountable. Abu Akleh was shot while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, long a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

☆ The Columbus, Ohio, Warehouse Boom: How warehouses brought stifling dust and diesel fumes — and a chance for refugees to grab the American dream
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

What binds them, despite different nationalities, immigration stories, and languages, are warehouse jobs. As Columbus' warehouse development begins encroaching into residential areas, a consensus is gathering here — as it has elsewhere — that warehouses make for poor neighbors. Tariq Tarey for InsiderIn Canal Winchester, Halstead's efforts to put the question of warehouse development before voters were stymied. The town council bypassed her group's referendum by declaring a state of emergency to approve the warehouse development. There aren't clear lines between the winners and losers of Columbus' warehouse boom.

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