The Interfaith Center of New York expresses our great shock and sadness at the murder of three Muslim students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State, Deah Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Each were found shot on Tuesday evening at Finley Forest condominiums on Summerwalk Circle in Durham County (read more here).
The slain students will be buried Friday, according to a Facebook page dedicated to their memory. A special prayer service will be held at 1:35 p.m. Thursday on the Method Road soccer fields across from the Islamic Association of Raleigh. The prayer service is open to the public.
We express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of this senseless violence and call for a thorough investigation into this horrific crime. We call elected officials to condemn this attack, and to reassure American Muslims of their safety and future in America.
