Catholic attorney protects rights of people of Islamic faith
SUBMITTED ON JANUARY 05, 2017
By Joseph Kenny
The young family — dad, mom and three children — is happy with their two-story home in south St. Louis, in a normally quiet residential area.
But they fear they may have to move from their home of more than a year and a half after encountering what they see as a bullying neighbor motivated by his hatred of Muslims.
Eyad Alnusour, a native of Jordan, is married to an American who shares his faith and wears a hijab. He alleges harassment over parking by the neighbor that escalated to threats and, in one instance, physical violence. The ethnic-religious disparagement allegedly includes statements by the neighbor that "I don't like seeing your kind move onto my street." The situation was so bad, Alnusour said, that he installed security cameras. In media reports, the neighbor denied the accusations.
In August, a Bosnian Muslim woman bought a home across the street after it had been vacant for three years. The day after she visited to begin some work on her home and having a confrontation with the neighbor who allegedly harassed Alnusour, the home was destroyed in a fire.
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