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Press Release Obama condemns Chapel Hill killings: We are all one American Family THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2015 Statement by President Barack Obama ont he Chapel Hill Shootings Yesterday (Thursday), the FBI opened an inquiry into the brutal and outrageous murders of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah…
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By Ray Hanania When I was a child, my mother took my younger sister and I to see the Reverend Billy Graham in downtown Chicago. It had to be around 1959. My mom was a very religious Christian. She was born in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus and of Christianity. And she was proud of…
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Was Craig Stephen Hicks an anti-Muslim fanatic or just a typical White American who shared some popular views found in American culture, who apparently thought nothing of murdering a young male neighbor and his wife and wife’s sister who had strong religious views over an alleged dispute over a parking space in their shared condominium…
By Ray Hanania Chapel Hill police have identified the alleged killer of three Muslim Arab students as Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, of 270 Summerwalk Circle. According to police, Hicks was involved in a “dispute” over a parking place at the condominium parking lot with the victims. Hicks is currently being held without bond, and many…
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Three Arab Muslim students living in a region of growing anti-Arab and anti-Muslim anger were found slaughtered Tuesday night in Chapel Hill by a White man whose motives have not yet been determined by police. But the community is wondering whether or not this is another example of a racist hate crime by mainstream White America. By…
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