The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the victims as 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, pictured here, and his mother, Hanaan Shahin, who is in the hospital.
Mandatory Credit:	Family Handout/CAIR-Chicago

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the victims as 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, pictured here, and his mother, Hanaan Shahin, who is in the hospital.
Mandatory Credit: Family Handout/CAIR-Chicago

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A 6-year-old Palestinian-American was stabbed 26 times for being Muslim, police say. His mom couldn’t go to his funeral because she was stabbed, too

Loved ones and strangers united in grief Monday at the funeral of a 6-year-old Chicago-area boy who was killed because he was Muslim, officials say.