The uncle of a 6-year-old boy fatally stabbed in Illinois, called on politicians to condemn anti-muslim rhetoric connected to the Israel-Hamas war. https://bit.ly/3M157O8

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department has opened a federal hate crimes investigation into what led to the stabbing death of Wadea Al Fayoume and the serious injuries to his mother, Hanaan Shahin, in Illinois.

Garland warned that the incident would raise fears among Muslim, Arab and Palestinian communities about hate-fueled violence. But he said the department would “use every legal authority at our disposal to bring justice to those who perpetrate illegal acts of hate.”

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