(KERA) In May, a Houston man shot and killed his estranged wife, their 4-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law before killing himself.
In July, a man drove 11 hours from Georgia to Chicago where he shot and killed his 29-year-old ex-wife and himself.
And the next day, a 20-year-old woman was shot and killed by her husband in their Milwaukee home. He too killed himself afterward.
All of the victims and the perpetrators were Muslim.
The murders have ignited a conversation about domestic violence in the Muslim American community. Across the country, people have organized town hall meetings, written articles about the subject and discussed the issue on TV news programs and podcasts. It’s an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of domestic violence and eliminate the reluctance to talk about it.
