WORLD MUSLIMS MOURN CHAPEL HILL VICTIMS
North Carolina, AS, 21 Rabi’ul Akhir 1436/11 February 2015 (MINA) – With heavy hearts and unbelieving minds, world Muslims mourned the brutal murder of three young American Muslims in North Carolina on Tuesday, February 11, pouring into social media to send messages of solidarity to the victims’ families.
“Rest in Peace #ChapelHillShooting,” Imam Suhaib Webb tweeted, On Islam quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.
“Three Muslims were gunned down today in Chapel Hill, NC: Prayers going out to the victims and family of those mudered in #ChapelHillShooting. [Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un] May God have mercy,” Imam Webb added.
Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23 his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21 and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were found dead at a condominium complex off campus.
The gunman, identified by the Independent as 46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks, reportedly turned himself into police.
“The #ChapelHillShooting in #NorthCarolina is totally unacceptable. Such incidents should be condemned and given appropriate media coverage,” Mufti Ismail Menk tweeted.
“A crime against humanity. The victims of the Chapel Hill shootings were all killed execution style,” Abdullah al Mamun, who identifies himself on Facebook as a senior member of the Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA) posted on Facebook.
“Syrian American medical student Deah Barakat and his Palestinian American wife Yusor Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Abu-Salha.
“Please keep them in your prayers. This just happened few hours ago. I am shaken to the core.”
Prayers
A lengthy support message was posted by Hamza & Husain Abdullah, Official Facebook Fan Page of Muslim athletes Hamza & Husain Abdullah.
“It is with great sadness and a heavy heart, that we must relay the news of our Dear Brother Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, were found shot and killed execution style, in their home earlier today,” the two Muslim brothers said in a post.
“Young Muslim College kids. They were gracious host to us on our trip to North Carolina and made us feel at home. It was the only speaking engagement on our trip, we didn’t wear a suit and tie,” they added.
Barakat is an American football and basketball fan.
He is believed to be a dental student at the University of North Carolina and volunteered with a charity providing emergency dental care to children in Palestine.
The football players prayed to the victims who used to collect donations to the needy people. “They were beautiful people not just in appearance but in deeds. Our Brother Deah’s last FaceBook Post was of him feeding the homeless. Alhamdulillah,” the post added.
“In Shaa Allah justice will be served. Please make duaa for them and their families. May Allah grant them Jannahtul Firdaus and may they be among the 70,000 who enter Jannah without reckoning. Ameen.”
Since 9/11, American Muslims, estimated between six to seven million, have become sensitized to an erosion of their civil rights, with a prevailing belief that America was targeting their faith. (T/P011/P3)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
