The Council on American-Islamic Relations and community partners organized the vigil honoring “all victims of Islamophobia and war.”
Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , speaks at a Tuesday, Oct. 17 vigil for Palestinian American boy Wadea Al-Fayoume, held at the Islamic Center of Orange County in Garden Grove. Organizers say the vigil honored six-year-old Al-Fayoume, who was stabbed in Illinois on Oct. 14, and all victims of Islamophobia and war.
Hussam Ayloush, the executive director of the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , speaks at a Tuesday, Oct. 17 vigil for Palestinian American boy Wadea Al-Fayoume, held at the Islamic Center of Orange County in Garden Grove. Organizers say the vigil honored six-year-old Al-Fayoume, who was stabbed in Illinois on Oct. 14, and all victims of Islamophobia and war.
“Every child is precious. Every child deserves protection,” Ayloush said. “Whether they are Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Palestinian, Israeli, American, White or Black — every child deserves that protection.”
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