Murder of the Faruqis

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Timeline

Date Event Details
May 26, 1986 Ismail al-Faruqi attends iftar with Muslim Students Association Returned home around 11:00 PM.[1]
May 27, 1986 Attack on the Faruqi home Ismail and Lois killed; daughter Anmar el-Zein survives multiple stab wounds.[2]
May 28, 1986 FBI joins investigation News of the murder reported in major U.S. outlets.[3]
May 30, 1986 Funeral prayers at Masjid Muhammad Over 4,000 mourners, including dignitaries, attend.[4]
July 30, 1986 UPI reports vendetta speculation Motive theories begin to circulate in the media.[5]
August 20–21, 1986 Political assassination theories Regional papers report on possible Zionist threats.[6]
January 17, 1987 Joseph Louis Young arrested Identified through fingerprint match on glove at crime scene.[7]
July 10, 1987 Young found guilty Convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges.[8]
July 11, 1987 Young sentenced to death Jury imposes death penalty.[9]
1990 Pennsylvania Supreme Court remands case Original sentencing overturned; resentencing ordered.[10]
1993 Death sentence reaffirmed Jury again returns death sentence following resentencing.[11]
March 1996 Young dies in prison Dies of natural causes before execution.[12]
2008 IIUM conference revelation Al-Faruqi’s father’s supplication for his son to become a martyr is disclosed.[13]
2011 Faruqi home listed for sale Media revisits murder due to house's violent history.[14]
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  1. ↑ Charles D. Fletcher, Muslim-Christian Engagement in the Twentieth Century, I.B. Tauris, 2015, p. 213.
  2. ↑ "AROUND THE NATION; Islamic Scholar and Wife Slain in Pennsylvania", The New York Times, May 28, 1986.
  3. ↑ "FBI Joins Probe Into Murder of Islamic Scholar, Wife", Los Angeles Times, May 28, 1986.
  4. ↑ "4,000 Mourners Pray For The Soul Of Slain Islamic Scholar And Wife", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 1986.
  5. ↑ "Faruqi murders may have been vendetta", UPI Archives, July 30, 1986.
  6. ↑ "Assassination motive behind al-Faruqi killings", New Straits Times, August 20, 1986.
  7. ↑ "Fingerprint led to arrest of al-Faruqi murder suspect", UPI Archives, January 17, 1987.
  8. ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Louis Young (aka Yusuf Ali), 536 Pa. 57 (1993).
  9. ↑ "A jury Friday sentenced Joseph Young to death in...", UPI Archives, July 11, 1987.
  10. ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Louis Young, a/k/a Yusuf Ali, 524 Pa. 373 (1990).
  11. ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Louis Young (aka Yusuf Ali), 536 Pa. 57 (1993).
  12. ↑ "Inside the Capitol: Joseph Louis Young dies of natural causes on death row", The Patriot News, March 11, 1996.
  13. ↑ M. Badri, "Psychological reflections on Ismail al-Faruqi's life and contributions", The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, vol. 31, no. 2 (2014): 145–152.
  14. ↑ "Creepy! Philly Family Tries to Sell House Where Couple Was Slashed to Death", ABC News, October 27, 2011.
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