Deah Barakat
Documentary about the murders of 3 Muslims explores religious hatred
By Yonat Shimron — February 19, 2024
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — '36 Seconds' examines the agonizing overnight pivot of the bereaved families as they move from shock over their loved ones' murders to advocacy for a hate crime conviction that never materialized.
Two years after slayings, these Muslims show hate cannot overpower love
By Yonat Shimron — February 9, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Across the Research Triangle region, the shootings, which killed three Muslim students two years ago today, Friday (Feb. 10), have spurred a wave of good deeds by Muslim youth.
Muslim Americans reassure their children and prepare for a new day
By Yonat Shimron — November 11, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Muslims here expressed shock and disappointment at Trump’s election, but they were neither panic-stricken nor despondent. Mostly they spoke of the need to build stronger coalitions with fellow minorities.
Atheists, humanists take up slain Muslim’s cause
By Kimberly Winston — February 17, 2015
(RNS) Atheists and humanists unite to raise $20,000 to support the pet charity of slain Muslim student Deah Barakat, who authorities say was killed by a North Carolina neighbor with anti-theistic feelings.
What the Chapel Hill murders reveal about the place of Muslims in American society (COMMENTARY)
By Anna Bigelow — February 16, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) Though Deah, Yusor, and Razan were achievers in every imaginable sense, it was not this that killed them. It was the ability to erase their achievements, their individuality, their humanity that made them easy targets for a person whose rage and frustration was well documented.
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