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Chicago: Muslim Mother & Daughter Assaulted, Blame Trump for Attack

HeadlineAug 15, 2016

Meanwhile, in Chicago, a Muslim mother and daughter report being spit on and yelled at as they were walking to their car on Thursday wearing hijabs. They say their harasser yelled repeatedly, “You’re ISIS!” Siham Zahdan blamed the attack on Donald Trump, saying her message to Trump was “to leave the Muslim people in America alone, leave us alone.”

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