Sophia Tareen
Sophia Tareen is an author at Religion News Service.
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New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down just months on the job
By Sophia Tareen — April 18, 2024
CHICAGO (AP) —Haynes, 63, said he felt it was “necessary” to move on in light of “challenges that continue to exist,” but declined to elaborate further.
Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
By Sophia Tareen — October 31, 2023
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of Hanaan Shahin on Oct. 14.
No evidence of hate crime, police say as slain Detroit synagogue president mourned as devoted leader
By Sophia Tareen — October 23, 2023
(AP) — Police Chief James E. White said Sunday that investigators were working with the FBI to analyze forensic evidence to piece together a timeline leading to Woll’s death.
Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court
By Melissa Perez Winder, Claire Savage, and Sophia Tareen — October 18, 2023
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — The child, who recently celebrated a birthday, was also seen as another innocent casualty in the escalating war.
Mourners in heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind, energetic
By Claire Savage, Sophia Tareen, and Melissa Perez Winder — October 16, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) — Wadea Al-Fayoume had just turned 6, his paternal uncle said.
Cleared Chicago priest holds first Mass since reinstatement
By Sophia Tareen — June 7, 2021
CHICAGO (AP) — “It’s good to be home,” the Rev. Michael Pfleger repeatedly told congregants of the Faith Community of St. Sabina. Pfleger was cleared by an Archdiocese of Chicago investigation into claims that he sexually abused several boys decades ago. A police investigation remains open.
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