A Los Angeles program that connects Muslims and Jews has been strained by the war in Israel. But the group’s leaders found that it has strengthened their bond.
The family of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was set to mourn him at a funeral in suburban Chicago. The man accused in the boy’s death was scheduled to appear in court.
The boy, who was stabbed more than two dozen times, and his mother were both wounded by their landlord on Saturday outside Chicago in an attack fueled by the war in the Middle East, officials said.
“Temple Folk,” Aaliyah Bilal’s collection of stories featuring Black American Muslims, was inspired by her family’s experiences with the Nation of Islam.