Nina Burleigh tried to balance her previous coverage of the incident by publishing an article on the Time website titled, "Shaima Alawadi's Murder: A Hate Crime against Women?," in which she argued that "Domestic violence against women is a plague on all nations and cultures. It is certainly not limited to Islamic-refugee communities. But American authorities need to pay closer attention to the plight of women in these communities."

QUESTION: The incident raises the question of whether Shaima Alawadi's murder was actually a hate crime or domestic violence, and how the media reframed the narrative.

Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ Th…, loc. 575