Issues

Why Isn’t the Senate Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act?

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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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…