GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- After a Muslim student was attacked at her Glendale Heights middle school last week, the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago wants punishment for what it sees as a hate crime.
In a video posted to social media, a boy grabs a seventh-grade girl wearing a hajib in the hallway of Glenside Middle School around the neck and throws her to the floor. Maggie Slavin with CAIR Chicago told CBS 2 the girl was targeted for wearing a headscarf.
"And what's also very disturbing is that you see these other students that are filming the whole thing - and they're not intervening," she said.
CAIR-Chicago leaders said since the war in Gaza began, they have received at least 200 complaints of attacks involving children.
The superintendent of the Queen Bee 16 School District told CBS 2 an investigation found no evidence the attack last week was motivated by religious intolerance, but the district is working to hold the students accountable.
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