Love Is More Divine Than Hate

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Deah Barakat's family arrives at #ChapelHillShooting vigil. Mother says she will not meet hate with hate. http://t.co/iSLt0Y87Dx

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Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) February 11, 2015

Love is, indeed, more divine than hate. http://t.co/8nHWKjPD0i

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UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 12, 2015

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A look at the thousands who have gathered in the Pit to honor Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha & Razan Abu-Salha. http://t.co/1waMMnzs2R

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UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 11, 2015

Deah Barakat's sister Suzanne speaking at #ChapeHillShooting vigil http://t.co/75bZ9O8c8k

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Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) February 11, 2015

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"I reached for my phone so many times to text him today," Deah's brother said on stage. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/Vc9in6iI58

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Colin Daileda (@ColinDaileda) February 12, 2015

“I plead that you live in their legacy, that you share in the good you know of them. Do not fight fire w/ fire,” Deah Barakat’s brother says

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UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 12, 2015

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“Love is more divine than hatred,” Omid Safi says. Almost on cue, the Bell Tower chimes the hour.

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UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 12, 2015

"Even if you didn't know Deah, he'd always walk up to you like he knew you for 10 years," Muneeb Mustafa, on right. http://t.co/pvzjPqWDvu

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Colin Daileda (@ColinDaileda) February 12, 2015

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Lives of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha & Razan Abu-Salha are honored by thousands. Photos: on.fb.me/1KNRuIZ http://t.co/kAWxs8jLpO

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UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) February 12, 2015

Candles burning where the vigil crowd was minutes ago. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/PFqjtdzNzJ

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Colin Daileda (@ColinDaileda) February 12, 2015

The President’s Day

President Barack Obama speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building about the progress made to date and further action to take on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

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President Barack Obama applauds medical professionals and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Scott Giberson, Assistant U.S. Surgeon General who serves as the overall Public Health Service (PHS) Commander of Commissioned Corps Ebola Response in West Africa

U.S. medical professionals who survived the Ebola virus including Dr. Kent Brantly (L) and nurse Nina Pham (3rd L) attend remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama about the progress made to date in the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

President Barack Obama announces he has sent Congress an authorization for the use of military force against ISIL, with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. President Obama wants Congress to authorize a three-year military campaign against ISIL, that would continue the use of air power and could include limited ground operations by American forces to hunt down enemy leaders or rescue American personnel

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A Tweet Or Two

The world over, this is what the victims of terrorism look like #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/EEdW4nWRVT

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Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) February 11, 2015

My cousin, his wife and sister in law were murdered for being muslim. Someone tell me racism/hate crimes don't exist. #MuslimLivesMatter

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Haya Barakat (@HayaBarakat) February 11, 2015

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Yusor Abu-Salha, murdered in #ChapelHillShooting, recently provided dental aid to Syrian refugees. http://t.co/UUCsHf5EFj

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Raquel E Saraswati (@RaquelEvita) February 11, 2015

Deah Barakat, murdered in #ChapelHillShooting, also gave back, providing dental and food supplies to the homeless. http://t.co/r2LPhuZyss

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Raquel E Saraswati (@RaquelEvita) February 11, 2015

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People calling this a dispute over parking are full of BS. Whenever a white person does this to a minority community, we always look for loopholes to justify it. This is a hate crime

Victims’ father on #ChapelHillShooting: “This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime." newsobserver.com/2015/02/11/454…

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Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) February 11, 2015

Twitter today: "why don't the media cover killings of minorities like they do killings by minorities?" Um, hello. That's what racism is.

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umair (@umairh) February 11, 2015

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The father of two of three students shot to death in Chapel Hill on Tuesday says the shooting was a “hate crime” based on the Muslim faith of the victims. Chapel Hill police said Wednesday morning that a dispute about parking in the neighborhood of rented condominiums near Meadowmont may have led Craig Stephen Hicks to shoot his neighbors, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, and his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. But the women’s father, Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, who has a psychiatry practice in Clayton, said regardless of the precise trigger Tuesday night, Hicks’ underlying animosity toward Barakat and Abu-Salha was based on their religion and culture.

Sorry your dream was so brutally snatched from you. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/2zFa1oNCVc

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_ (@random_ukht) February 11, 2015

Deah Barakat tweeted this in October. Ended up getting shot & killed by a man from his community. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/M7fUagPvsB

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Saba (@smalfuhaid) February 11, 2015

A couple months ago Deah texted me, always trying to change the world for the better. #ChapelHillShooting #deah #rip http://t.co/NeIZ7wv9Dd

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danabarakat (@danabarakat3) February 11, 2015

Abu-Salha said police told him Hicks shot the three inside their apartment. “It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” Abu-Salha said Wednesday morning. “This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far.” Abu-Salha said his daughter who lived next door to Hicks wore a Muslim head scarf and told her family a week ago that she had “a hateful neighbor.” “Honest to God, she said, ‘He hates us for what we are and how we look,’” he said.

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The victims have names and faces: - Deah Barakat - Yusor Abu-Salha - Razan Abu-Salha RIP. #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/f1Bp8gNfPA

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Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) February 11, 2015

#Breaking: statement from @ChapelHillPD Chief @ChrisBlue840 regarding motive in #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/vaQaqbWQrO

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Lauren Horsch (@LaurenHorsch) February 11, 2015

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#WeAreBlackHistory on @ELLEmagazine!! Check out me & other amazing Black women elle.com/culture/art-de… http://t.co/q5WaSyBVuP

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MyFeminismRealAF (@FeministaJones) February 11, 2015

1 million+ African Americans worked on the home front during WWII & 60% were women #AAHM #BlackHistory @RosieTrust http://t.co/ykJ4SlJHm7

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NationalParkService (@NatlParkService) February 09, 2015

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Horrible news. Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslim students killed near University of North Carolina ibt.uk/A006ExC

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Brooklyn Middleton (@BklynMiddleton) February 11, 2015

87% of U.S. mass shooting are committed by caucasians 13-56. Why don't we spy on this community? #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/zu7MHD2Gl4”

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Aamir | KASHMIR (@aamiryatoo) February 11, 2015

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President Obama Makes a Statement

3:30 EST: The President delivers remarks on the draft ‘Authorization for the Use of Military Forces’ to degrade and defeat ISIL that he has sent Congress

President Obama Speaks on the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

1:20 EST: President Obama Speaks on the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Rise and Shine

On This Day: A child reaches out to First Lady Michelle Obama prior to a Faith and Community Groups Leading the Way event at Northland, A Church Distributed, in Longwood, Fla., Feb. 11, 2012. The event was held in celebration of the second anniversary of the “Let’s Move!” initiative. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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Today (all times Eastern)

11:35: The President meets with Ebola response supporters, Roosevelt Room

12:0: White House Press Briefing

1:20: The President delivers remarks on the progress made to date and the next steps in our response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, South Court Auditorium

3:30 The President delivers remarks on the draft ‘Authorization for the Use of Military Forces’ to degrade and defeat ISIL that he has sent Congress

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RIP Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha. Murdered in North Carolina earlier today #ChapelHillShooting http://t.co/VqHoiSMpTq

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M barak Cherguia (@CherguiaMbark) February 11, 2015

The #ChapelHillShooting would be #BreakingNews if the killer identified himself with Islam. Media forgets that the 3 killed were Americans.

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Boutaïna Azzabi (@Boutaina) February 11, 2015

I just saw this photo of the couple killed in the #ChapelHillShooting...heartbreaking http://t.co/2cE4Dh9opV

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Ιman | ايمان (@ImaniAmrani) February 11, 2015

Deah Barakat, murdered in #ChapelHillShooting, also gave back, providing dental and food supplies to the homeless. http://t.co/r2LPhuZyss

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Raquel E Saraswati (@RaquelEvita) February 11, 2015

If it weren't for Twitter, I wouldn't have known about the #ChapelHillShooting

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Yukio Strachan (@boldandworthy) February 11, 2015

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On This Day

President Obama leans backward as Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks during a National Economic Council and Domestic Policy Council planning meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Feb. 11, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer and Cecilia Rouse, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, watch as President Obama signs the Economic Report of the President in the Oval Office, Feb. 11, 2010 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama reviews his prepared remarks on Egypt at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Feb. 11, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

Vice President Biden welcomes home members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division who returned from Afghanistan, at Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 11, 2011 (Photo by David Lienemann)

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First Lady Michelle Obama at Northland in Longwood, Florida, Feb 11, 2012

First lady Michelle Obama reaches for a hand as she arrives for physical activity with kids at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida, Feb. 11, 2012

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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit with former Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha and his family in the Oval Office prior to a ceremony to award Romesha the Medal of Honor, Feb. 11, 2013. Remesha’s family members, from left, are: son Colin Romesha, 2; daughter Gwen Romesha, 4; wife Tammy Romesha, daughter Dessi Romesha, 11; and mother Tish Rogers (Photo by Pete Souza)

White House military aides corral Colin Romesha, the son of Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, after he took the stage behind President Obama’s lectern before a presentation ceremony at the White House

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MoooOOOooorning!

Early Bird Chat

On This Day: President Barack Obama helps First Lady Michelle Obama off the stage after thanking the White House chefs during the State Dinner for President François Hollande of France on the South Lawn of the White House, Feb. 11, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!