On June 18, 2017, 17-year old Nabra Hassanen was sexually assaulted, and brutally murdered while on her way back from the masjid during Ramadan. This horrific crime was classified as road rage. It was not classified as a hate crime because Islamophobia goes largely overlooked and ignored by the media, while they define, in the…
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How Can We Honor Nabra’s Legacy If We Don’t Call Islamophobia Out by Name?
TW: Mentions of kidnapping, rape, murder, and hate crimes. June 18 marks two years since the tragic death of Nabra Hassanen. Two years ago, when Nabra was walking home from her local mosque after night prayers during Ramadan, she was kidnapped, raped, and then beaten to death with a baseball bat. Her body was later found…
Nabra’s Murderer Sentenced to Life in Prison
Few can ever forget the brutal murder of Nabra Hassanen in the final 10 days of Ramadan 2017. Friends confirmed that Nabra was walking with a group of girls after leaving the ADAMS Center, a mosque in Sterling, VA, after late-night Ramadan prayers when they got into an altercation with a man who got out of his car and…