Tag: Muslims

‘A beautiful light’: Illinois congressional lawmakers honor memory of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy killed in hate crime

WASHINGTON – Several congressional lawmakers from Illinois are celebrating a resolution that was passed by the Senate to honor the memory of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Plainfield boy who was stabbed to death in a hate crime last year. Al-Fayoume and his mother Hanan Shaheen were targeted by their landlord, Joseph Czuba for their Palestinian

How 23-year-old Nabeela Syed wants to make space for more people in Illinois state politics

PALATINE — Nabeela Syed was a senior in high school when she decided to go into politics. It was 2016 and former President Donald Trump was campaigning on banning immigration from Mexico, African nations and Muslim-majority countries. “Just seeing how Trump was growing in popularity, and the kind of support he was getting,” Syed said.