[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MURDERED FOR THEIR FAITH

  (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, today marks 1 year since three young 
Americans were killed, I believe, for their faith. I think the evidence 
supports that.
  On February 10, 2015, Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-
Salha were murdered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They were shot and 
killed because of their faith. They were Muslim.
  Yusor was a graduate of North Carolina State University, and planned 
on enrolling at UNC Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, where her husband, 
Deah, was studying to become a dentist. Razan, Yusor's sister, was a 
student at NCSU as well. She was only 19.
  These murders are heartbreaking. They should be heartbreaking to 
every American. They show us the stark reality that bigotry is alive 
and well and that good people have to stand against it. Hate speech and 
scapegoating have real life consequences.
  Children are bullied in school, houses of worship are vandalized, and 
people are killed for the way they dress or how they pray. This should 
end now.

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