An Arizona woman put the name of her 5-year-old daughter on a sticker as part of a fundraiser to raise awareness about Rett Syndrome, a condition similar to Autisim.
The girl’s name? Isis.
She was named after the Egyptian goddess–not the terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS.
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Her mother, Ciara Martinez, said she created Pretty Halos that seeks to raise awareness about Rett Syndrome. She sold car stickers with #TeamIsis on it, but that proved to be problematic.
“There were people trying to run me off the road, people flipping me off, cursing at me,” said Martinez, according to KGUN-9.
A friend of Martinez was investigated by the FBI over the sticker.
“The hardest part is people saying ‘you really should change her name, its not an appropriate name, it’s a disgrace to America,'” added Martinez.
“With the whole ISIS situation it is even worse because I have to fight for her name and her disability and it’s really hard for me as a mom to have to see her go through that,” she added, according to NewsNet5.
