Anti-Muslim housing threats can deter home purchases and end in fatal arson

Evidence

In 2018, a Muslim family in Dundalk, Maryland reported seven months of harassment including objects thrown through windows and racial slurs. Also in 2018, in Tampa, Florida, a man threatened a Muslim family, calling them derogatory names based on their faith and threatened that he would “break all of your f—ing windows and … burn your f—ing house down!” The man pled guilty to threatening the family with a weapon and discriminating on the basis of race or religion. The family canceled their purchase of a neighboring house based on his remarks. In 2020, a Senegalese Muslim family of five, including children, were murdered in an arson attack in Denver. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 483

Categorization

• SHARE: The Tampa case where a family abandoned a home purchase over threats, and the 2020 Denver murder of a Senegalese family, are stark instances worth flagging for someone working on housing discrimination.
• XREF: connects to: Anti-Muslim hate crime drives victims to conceal Muslim identity and flee localities. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 367; Anti-Muslim hate crime functions as repeat victimization, not isolated incidents — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 358; Anti-Muslim hate crime harms target victims’ intrinsic identity and reach the whole Muslim community — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 366 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Muslim hate crime drives victims to conceal Muslim identity and flee localities. #expands (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 367
• Murfreesboro mosque builders endured arson, vandalism, and industry blacklisting #exemplifies (0.85) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 506
• Anti-Muslim hate crime functions as repeat victimization, not isolated incidents #expands (0.80) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 358
• Anti-Muslim hate crime harms target victims’ intrinsic identity and reach the whole Muslim community #expands (0.78) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 366