When O’Shae Sibley was killed, initial reports said that his attacker was Muslim, and officials feared that relations between gay people and Muslims in New York could be affected. From New York Times:In the days after O’Shae Sibley, a Black gay man, was killed during an altercation outside a gas station in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn, the picture that emerged suggested an explosive combination of homophobia, religious intolerance and racism. A witness said a group of men that included the teenager charged in the killing used homophobic slurs and told Mr. Sibley that they were Muslim, and he should stop dancing. Some initial media reports picked up that account. Now, it appears the man charged with Mr. Sibley’s murder is not Muslim at all.

Source: New York Times August 09, 2023 13:21 UTC