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Ilhan Omar prompt warnings of ‘normalized hate speech’ on threats targeting US Muslim lawmaker

The Biz Update6 years ago05 mins

United Nations, April 8, 2019: American advocacy group and politicians have accused President Donald Trump of stoking Islamophobia after a supporter was arrested for ‘threatening to kill’ one of the first Muslim women to be elected to the US Congress. Patrick Carlineo, from Addison, New York, was arrested on Friday and charged with making a…

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Man arrested for death threats against Muslim US lawmaker: media reports

The Biz Update6 years ago03 mins

New York, April 6, 2019: A New York man is in custody after U.S, federal authorities allege he made death threats against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democrat who is among the first of two Muslim women to serve in Congress. Patrick Carlineo, 55, of Addison, was arrested Friday and charged by criminal complaint with threatening…