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American Muslims Raise Over $500,000 For Portland Attack Heroes

A small portion of the memorial for two men fatally stabbed on a light rail train in Portland, Ore., last week is shown in Portland, Ore., Wednesday 31, 2017. (AP/Don Ryan)
Muslim groups have raised more than $500,000 for the heroes killed while defending two women who were being harassed by an Islamophobic passenger on a train in Portland last week.
Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche were fatally stabbed, and Micah Fletcher was critically wounded by a man who was shouting bigoted slurs at teenagers who appeared to be Muslim.

Trump Denounces Islamophobic Attack, Critics Say Too Little, Too Late

Coco Douglas, 8, leaves a sign she painted at a memorial two bystanders who were stabbed to death Friday while trying to stop a man yelling anti-Muslim slurs and acting aggressively toward two young women. (AP/Gillian Flaccus)
President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the fatal stabbings of two Good Samaritans, who tried to stop a man from harassing a pair of women who appeared to be Muslim.
A third man who also came to the aid of the women suffered serious wounds in the attack on a Portland commuter train on Friday, hours before the start of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month.

Portland Killer Portrayed by Media as Trump Supporter But Actually Voted for Bernie

Jeremy Christian harassed two young Muslim women and went on an anti-Islamic rant before stabbing two men to death who stepped in to defend the women. As expected, the media is portraying him as a Trump-supporting white supremacist, but he wrote on social media that he voted for Bernie Sanders. [...]