The Senate passed a resolution this week honoring Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy from Plainfield murdered last October in what…
The resolution states that “no one should be a target of hate because of their ethnicity or religion, whether such ethnicity or religion is expressed verbally or through how one dresses, such as through the wearing of a hijab, keffiyeh, turban, mitpahat, tichel, shpitzel, sheitel, kippah, or yarmulke,” and that the U.S. “has zero tolerance for hate crimes, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination.”Hate crimes have spiked since the Oct.
U.S. Reps. Lauren Underwood, who represents Plainfield and Delia Ramirez, both Illinois Democrats, are the chief sponsors of the companion House measure, which is stalled in the Republican-controlled chamber. House Speaker Mike Johnson has not signaled if he will ever call the resolution. The Chicago-based Muslim Civic Coalition, which has been pressing for passage of the resolution in the House and Senate, said the language was “inclusive and highlighted the divisive times we live in today as well as an opportunity to collectively change the narrative.”Dilara Sayeed, the coalition president, said in a statement, “The dehumanization of Palestinian, African, Latino, Native, Asian, Muslim, Jewish, and other American communities is all connected.
Last week, Durbin, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, presided over a hearing on the rising number of hate crimes in the U.S. targeting Jews, Muslims and Palestinians. The hearing became contentious, with U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., pressing a witness, a Muslim, if she supported Hamas. Even as she said she did not, Kennedy said, “You should hide your head in a bag.”
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