'These kind of attacks are far from slowing us down. It's simply fuel to accelerate and work even harder.' Muslim-American Virginia state Senate candidate says he's not scared by 'lynching' threat:
A Muslim-American lawyer running for a state Senate seat in Virginia said Tuesday he will not be intimidated by a threat to have him"lynched" even though the suspect wanted for menacing him online remains at large.
Joseph Cecil Vandevere, 52, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, allegedly sent Rashid the threat via Twitter on March 13, 2018, prompting a federal indictment last month on a charge of issuing a threat via interstate commerce. Rashid responded to the threatening tweet by posting a message on Twitter on Monday, writing,"If extremists think threatening to kill me will slow me down -- they're both violent & ignorant. My faith teaches me to respond to injustice w/justice. We will march forward in service to all humanity."My faith teaches me to respond to injustice w/justice. We will march forward in service to all humanity.A spokeswoman for the U.S.
Rashid said that as far as he knows he's never encountered Vandevere in person and didn't know his name until the indictment was filed and he was contacted by a news reporter.Rashid said he has received numerous death threats in the past, including one last month by another individual.
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