NBC Chicago: Damage to a Muslim-owned Martial Arts Studio
“The owner Eddie Redzovic, a Muslim-American, has hundreds of thousands of followers on his YouTube channel. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) is calling for an investigation to be handled as a ‘hate crime’”
In a statement, CAIR-Chicago's Operations Manager, Maggie Slavin, said: "It is deeply troubling that the attack on Redzovic’s studio occurred just 10 minutes from the Muslim Community Center. These two incidents may be linked, revealing a pattern of targeting Muslim institutions. We need authorities to thoroughly investigate these apparent Islamophobic attacks, which should not be treated as isolated incidents of 'property damage,' but as potential 'hate crimes’ that threaten the safety of our entire Muslim community".