Chicago: “Police probe attack on Muslim woman”

WLS-TV Chicago: “Police probe attack on Muslim woman”

– WLS-TV reports:
– “Police in a southwest suburb are investigating a case involving a Muslim woman as a possible hate crime.”
– “The woman says someone in a grocery store tried to pull off her headscarf and made a derogatory comment about Islam.”
– “The comment referred to the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings. The alleged incident happened in Tinley Park two days after the massacre. The woman involved says it was a personal and physical attack on her religion because her headscarf is a symbol of her dignity and her faith.”
– ” ‘I was very confused and very upset that something like this would happen,’ said Amal Abusumayah. ‘This is my first experience so I was very devastated at having something like this happening to me.’ ”

– Chicago: Woman charged with hate crime against Muslim after Fort Hood shootings
— “A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly yanking the head scarf of a Muslim woman two days after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas”

Chicago's Amal Abusumayah