Family Calls for Hate Crime Probe After Muslim Woman Shot in Maryland
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\nThe family of a Muslim woman who was shot in Capitol Heights, Maryland, is urging police to investigate the incident as a hate crime, IQNA reported. The victim, who was visibly Muslim and wearing a niqab, was shot in her car while running errands. She was struck in the left arm, and her family believes the shooter may have been aiming for her head.<\/p>\n
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has also called for a hate crime investigation, noting that the unprovoked nature of the attack on a visibly Muslim woman is “particularly concerning.” Zainab Chaudry, CAIR’s Maryland director, stated that the incident has unsettled the wider Muslim community.<\/p>\n
While Prince George’s County police have not yet classified the case as a hate crime, CAIR has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The victim is recovering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Family Calls for Hate Crime Probe After Muslim Woman Shot in Maryland ————————— The family of a Muslim woman who was shot in Capitol Heights, Maryland, is urging police to investigate the incident as a hate crime, IQNA reported. The victim, who was visibly Muslim and wearing a niqab, was shot in her car while …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"yoast_head":"\n