Teenagers in New York are accused of spitting on a 51-year-old Muslim woman, hitting her on the head and calling her a “terrorist,” reports the NY Daily News.
Souad Kirama, who is described as a Muslim community activist, says she was enjoying a cup of coffee inside a Panera Bread when she was assaulted.
“I was just viciously attacked by a bunch of teenagers,” said a tearful Kirama during her Facebook Live. “They attacked me, beat me up. And people were just standing there, watching me be beat up, called a ‘f—–g terrorist,’ and nobody did nothing. Nothing. Nobody stood up for me.”
The attack has drawn outrage in the Islamic community.
“It is intolerable to see so many New Yorkers do nothing in the face of this sort of hatred,” said Albert Fox Cahn of the New York chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. “At this moment, when Muslim New Yorkers are enduring a historic surge in hate crimes, we must all stand up when we see our neighbors being attacked,” he said to NBC NY .
Kirama has also been heartened by numerous expressions of sympathy.
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