On Nov. 17, 2023, Mustafa Ramos, a Muslim man wearing a turban and a robe, was shot in the buttocks while selling Islamic paraphernalia adjacent to the Islamic Center of Rhode Island mosque in Providence.
The 52-year-old man was treated and released from the hospital in two hours. The incident, however, which happened just six weeks after Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attack targeting Israeli citizen non-combatants of all ages, quickly became national and international news as the latest example of an “Islamophobic hate crime.”
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