“ With the war on terror, hate crimes are increasing. The laws that are currently being put in are even more marginalising the Muslim communities. (We) feel been attacked instead of trying to work together to stop terrorism. But then, if we don’t say anything, the government seems to perceive us as terrorists and wanting to protect terrorists.
Then there is the growing fear when you wear hi jab, the fear that you might be attacked. My sister she was on a train and she had a lot of hate. She had headphones on and did not realise what was happening at first. When a commuter tried to stop a man talking to her, she took the headphone off. The man was not saying nice things, he was accusing her of being a terrorist. Thankfully, there were people defending her on the train.
Another friend of mine, she was told to go back to her home and then once I was at a bus stop and there was a lady wearing a hi jab with a push chair and someone asked her if there was a bomb in the push chair. It was really shocking.” H., March 2016
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