UWashington Muslim's hate crime claim fails – again

ANALYSIS: A student claims she was attacked after an argument about the war in Israel – but there is no documentation to support her claim

There appears to be a lack of concrete evidence to support another hate crime allegation by a black Muslim student at the University of Washington College fix Investigation.

Isha Hussein claimed that one of her roommates attacked her in November last year. She began making the allegations public around the same time she ran for student government.

However, due to a new public records request, the University of Washington has no record of an attack The college fix.

Hussein claimed the attack occurred after another roommate, who was Jewish, threatened to stab her following a heated argument about the conflict in the Middle East.

The solution It had previously been determined that there was a lack of evidence to support these claims and police concluded there was “no probable cause”.

The Jewish roommate eventually left the university housing for good because of Hussein's claims. She had to leave temporarily after the threatening allegations emerged. Nevertheless, Hussein continued to claim that the university did nothing about the first incident.

In a letter posted on Instagram, Hussein references, in addition to the October 2023 attack, an attack in November and a threat in December from her other roommates. The post received over 43,000 likes and generated widespread traction online, including viral TikTok videos that boosted her story.

“Because of [Housing and Food Services] Without worrying about my safety, I was attacked by another roommate on November 3 because they were angry because I reported the roommate who threatened me,” Hussein wrote in the post.

The public university announced The solution There is no record of an alleged attack in November 2023.

“I contacted the department and they confirmed that the report had been submitted previously [the October incident] “was the only record that responded to this request,” said compliance analyst Mike Fleming The solution by email.

Housing and Food Services reached out to the media team for information regarding the December 2023 claims.

Spokesman Vic Balta reiterated that Hussein was not calling for criminal prosecution, but simply wanted the October incident to be “documented.”

“The claims and counterclaims are serious, deeply personal and difficult for all parties to verify or resolve,” Balta said The solution via email, originally regarding the October incident. After clarifying questions that were supposed to relate to the November lawsuit, he said the same comments applied.

This reporter attempted to follow Hussein on Instagram to request comment, but the UW student did not accept her request to follow her. This means that no message transmission is possible. The college fixHussein's Instagram account had previously reached out to Hussein for comment on the October 2023 allegations, but she did not respond The solution cannot send another request.

The solution requested an email address and phone number for Hussein, but Balta, the spokesman, said he had “no information about this person.”

The People's Ticket, under which Hussein ran for student government, did not respond to two Instagram messages from The solution Account sent last month requesting comment and assistance in contacting Hussein.

A prominent pro-Palestinian social media user and former University of Washington student did not respond to requests for comment on the story Hussein shared.

Ahmad Hamdan created a video discussing the alleged incidents involving Hussein and her roommates. His video has almost 150,000 likes and is still online as of October 22nd.

Although Hamdan said “more people need to talk about” what happened to Hussein, he did not respond fix Questions.

Hamdan didn't answer The solutionIn an email or a TikTok message, he asked if he had spoken to Hussein or had any additional information about the alleged Nov. 3 attack.

The student newspaper has not yet updated its initial article about the “viral post,” even though the police reports have been publicly available for three months now. The solution has flagged the reports of the incident in October 2023 The daily The first article about Hussein's claims appeared in July of this year. The student newspaper initially raised concerns about Hussein's story after attempting to retract an interview and refusing to provide documentation to support its claims.

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IMAGE: The People's Ticket/Instagram

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