November 02, 2023 at 12:54 pm PDT
Washington doctor’s stabbing death sparks fear in Muslim community
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — The brutal stabbing death of a Muslim pediatrician from our region is sparking concern and fear in the Muslim community in and around Seattle.
Dr. Talat Khan hailed from our region but was killed in Texas.
It was Oct. 28 when Dr. Khan was at a picnic table in the Houston area when she was stabbed to death by a stranger.
Even though the crime happened very far from Mountlake Terrace, the death and the potential that it was a hate crime were on the minds of devotees of the Umar Al-Farooq mosque.
It came just days before two top Biden administration officials sounded the alarm on growing threats to Jewish, Muslim and Arab-American communities.
People were up bright and early at the mosque on Thursday morning for the first prayers of the day.
