Duke University Chapel’s call to prayer controversy, the highly publicized shooting deaths of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill and the Syrian refugee crisis — all have raised questions about the rhetoric surrounding Islam in politics and the media.
\In times of tragedy, UNC makes its Counseling and Psychological Services available to students — but some prefer to turn to each other for help, rather than to these official resources.
The horrific acts on Feb. 10 that occurred at the Finley Forest Condominiums in the Summerwalk Circle area led to the deaths of three students: Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, of Chapel Hill; Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, of Chapel Hill; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. Deah Barakat was a second-year student in the UNC School of Dentistry; Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha was his wife and planned to start studying dentistry at UNC in the fall.
Despite his son being taken from him, Namee Barakat — the father of Deah Barakat, one of the three students killed in Chapel Hill during the February shooting — has found a way to give back.
Seven months after the Chapel Hill shooting, UNC School of Dentistry students honored two of the victims, Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha, by holding a day of service Thursday.
Seven months after the Chapel Hill shooting, Yousef Abu-Salha, brother of the victims, is busy studying for his first exams at the UNC School of Medicine, keeping up with philanthropic activities inspired by the deceased and awaiting the verdict of the murderer.
Deah Barakat once wrote a letter to his professor detailing his interest in orthodontics, but he was afraid of participating in class. But Barakat wasn’t afraid of failing — he was afraid his classwork would take away the time he wanted to dedicate to his community.
By Yoon Ju Chung Staff Writer While the debate over whether the February shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill was a hate crime or a parking dispute continues, the students' legacy will carry on in the form of a community center. Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha were academically successful and engaged in community service both locally and abroad, prompting members of N.C.
Craig Hicks and Dylann Roof are both charged with multiple counts of murder in the shooting deaths of several people. Both could face capital punishment. Both received national attention.
UNC and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina will establish the Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award to honor the lives of the two shooting victims and continue their legacy of humanitarianism
A Durham County superior court judge ruled Monday that Craig Hicks, charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 10 shooting at Chapel Hill’s Finley Forest apartment complex, is eligible to be tried for capital punishment.
The faces of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha will now greet members of the UNC community as they enter the Student Union’s art gallery.
Muslims across America and abroad have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of pounds of food to aid those in need since the shooting deaths of three young Muslims in Chapel Hill rocked the Muslim community worldwide.
The Durham County District Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty for Craig Hicks, the man indicted on three counts of first-degree murder for the recent killing of three Muslims in Chapel Hill.
The Durham County District Attorney’s will seek the death penalty for Craig Hicks, 46, who was indicted on three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19.
In the weeks since the deaths of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, many who knew them have turned to art to make sense of death and remember life.
Duke University senior Safa al-Saeedi remembers the morning after three Muslim students lost their lives Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill.
Deah Shaddy Barakat’s gift for leadership, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha’s talent for creativity and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha’s skills in community service will have a chance to live on in new generations of students following N.C. State’s announcement of a scholarship in their honor.
DURHAM — It’s been nearly two weeks since the shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill rocked universities and Muslim communities, and on Saturday, Duke University’s Muslim Students Association came together to push the conversation forward.
Donations are beginning to pour in for a special memorial fund set up to honor the three victims of the Chapel Hill shooting.
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