Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Chicago condemns murder of 6-year-old boy by anti-Muslim landlord

Murder of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume at the hands of his anti-Muslim landlord in Chicago condemned
Wadea Al-Fayoume, aged six, was killed after being stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife by Joseph Czuba, aged 71, who also attacked the boy's mother with an anti-Muslim slogan. Photo: CAIR Chicago

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the country's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned the stabbing to death of a six-year-old boy by his landlord, who also attacked his mother, under an anti-Muslim rhetoric.

The attacker, named Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged with first-degree murder of little Wadea Al-Fayoume, whom he stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife and later died in hospital. The little boy had just turned 71 two weeks ago.