The Latest Breaking News from Wadea AlFayoume

D.C. Police Worried That Fear of Terrorism Could Inspire More Terrorism

A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.

Reason · Jul 25, 2025

Antisemitic and Islamophobic violence is rising in the United States. Both must stop

We have a duty to call out antisemitism when we see it. We also have an equal duty to remember that Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims are also being targeted

The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025

Kennedy's "vitriolic attack” exposes GOP

At a hearing to combat hate, a GOP senator peddled hate against Muslims and Arab Americans

Salon · Sep 19, 2024

Father of Palestinian boy stabbed 26 times files wrongful death lawsuit against alleged killer

Oday Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, filed the lawsuit last month against Joseph Czuba, 71, over the October attack

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

Father of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy fatally stabbed in Plainfield Township files wrongful-death lawsuit

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was killed, and his mother, 32, was critically injured Oct. 14. Their landlord, Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the attack.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 30, 2023

Suburban Chicago Islamic school copes with fear, sadness after threat

Principal Tammie Ismail, like many, feels that dehumanizing rhetoric spread by U.S. politicians and media about Palestinians, Muslims and Arabs in the wake of the war in Gaza has inspired hate that’s endangering her students.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 8, 2023

Biden’s outreach to US Arabs, Muslims ‘falling flat’ amid Israel-Gaza war

Anger is growing, even as US administration holds meetings with advocates and announces anti-Islamophobia strategy.

Al Jazeera · Nov 7, 2023

President Biden’s concern about ‘Islamophobia’ comes way too late

It is deceptive to discuss the uptick in Islamophobia divorced from the circumstances that have fueled this most recent wave: the demonization of Palestinians, and by association, Muslims, writes an educator from Oak Lawn.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 7, 2023

Biden unveils new strategy to combat Islamophobia as Israel-Hamas war continues

The Biden White House is grappling with soaring criticism within the Muslim American community for its support of Israel’s ongoing military attack on Hamas in Gaza, as the Palestinian death toll, in the thousands, is rising.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2023

Cornell student who allegedly made antisemitic threats to appear in court

Student has been charged with threatening to kill or injure using interstate communications, and faces up to five years in prison

The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2023