Inflammatory statements by US elected officials against Palestinians in Gaza and unconditional support for Israel worry Muslims of a possible rise in Islamophobia.
Supporters of both Palestine and Israel face protests at Washington Square Park on October 17, 2023 in New York City. / Photo: AFP
The man shouted,"You Muslims must die" at the child's mother, who was seriously injured in the attack, according to text messages the mother sent to the murdered boy's father while in the hospital and cited by the Council on American-Islamic Relations . The little boy"paid the price for the atmosphere of hate and otherisation and dehumanisation," said Ahmed Rehab, head of the CAIR office in Chicago."We're returning to the Islamophobic levels of 9/11 -- and it's only going to get worse," she said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"I texted my dad: 'Please be careful when you go to the masjid . I love you. Make sure you tell my aunt and uncle.'" Florida's governor Ron DeSantis, who is running in the Republican party's presidential primary election, declared the United States could not accept any refugees from Gaza because"not all of them are Hamas, but they are all anti-Semitic."
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