(BOSTON, MA, 10/4/2023) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of the suspected perpetrator of racist threats and harassment targeting an Asian-American woman in Boston.
A 16-year-old has been arrested after allegedly hurling racial slurs and threatening to rob an Asian-American woman on the Boston MBTA subway last month. The woman was allegedly “asked if she made eggrolls.” There were reportedly several other perpetrators.
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https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/teenager-arrested-after-racist-attack-on-mbta-red-line/3151516/
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“We thank law enforcement authorities for arresting one of the suspected perpetrators of this disturbing attack and urge them to be swift in apprehending the others,” said CAIR-MA Executive Director Tahirah Amatul-Wadud. “No one deserves to be subjected to racist attacks and harassment while going about their daily lives.”
Amatul-Wadud also thanked the victim for her courage in speaking up.
She said CAIR and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
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CONTACT: CAIR-Massachusetts Executive Director Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, 413-206-9839, [email protected]