The victim, Mohammad Ikhlaq, was beaten to death after residents stormed his house after a public announcement that he had killed and eaten parts of a cow, villagers said.
Amid an atmosphere of mistrust about Islam, Mona Haydar and her husband had an idea: Why not open a dialogue? So, they set up a stand — "Ask a Muslim" — and brought some doughnuts.
Anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise, and Muslim women wearing hijabs can be particularly vulnerable. That has prompted two women in New York to organize an all-female class for observant Muslims.
Larycia Hawkins, an associate professor at the Christian college who also donned a head scarf, wrote on social media that “Christians and Muslims worship the same God.”
Transgender women have few opportunities to worship, as their defiance of strict gender categorization challenges conventional Muslim views about gender.