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the latest on the killing of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume—the Palestinian American child killed this wknd in an Islamophobic attack in Illinois—now live @teenvogue.bsky.social Al-Fayoume's mother remains in hospital, while hate crime investigations proceed federally and locally

Killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American Boy Investigated as Federal Hate Crime
Killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American Boy Investigated as Federal Hate Crime

"This incident cannot help but further raise the fears of Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian communities in our country."

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Wadea Al-Fayoume's killing is especially concerning to those watching for Islamophobic and antisemitic harassment as rhetoric around Israel-Palestine has quickly involved dehumanizing language. @teenvogue.bsky.socialwww.teenvogue.com/story/wadea-...

Al-Fayoume and Shahin’s family members told the media they had already been fearful over the attacks on Gaza, but they hadn’t realized it might impact them closer to home. But law enforcement in cities across the country — and now, the Illinois State Police — have been on alert for days, anticipating Islamophobic and antisemitic attacks in the wake of the situation in Gaza; advocacy groups told the AP they’ve noticed an uptick in “hateful and threatening rhetoric on social media.”
“This atmosphere has created a monster out of a normal man who once built a treehouse,” said Ahmed Rehab, part of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Illinois, during a news conference on October 15. "What we have is a murdered Palestinian child by someone who is radicalized by the environment in which we live right now, that casts Palestinians as human animals." The phrase “human animals” refers to its use by Israel Prime Minister Yoav Gallant, who claimed Israelis were fighting “human animals” in response to the October 7 Hamas attacks. Many have drawn comparisons to the Islamophobia that boomed under the Bush administration after 9/11, and highlighted how current dehumanizing rhetoric, if not stopped, may lead to further attacks. As reported by NPR in 2018, “History shows when dehumanizing language is repeated, people start seeing their fellow human beings as subhuman.”
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There's a "LaunchGood" for his family going around - do you have any idea if that's legit or not? www.launchgood.com/campaign/sup...

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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
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