Local Muslim Woman Sent Hate Messages On Facebook
First a pig’s head is thrown at a mosque and now– an uptick in complaints from area Muslims where women are the latest targets.
“When you’re walking down the street you have to look like– don’t mess with me”
A lifelong Muslim, Aliya Khabir literally wears her religion.
She dons a khimar that covers the head and the breasts and the neck.
But in recent weeks, Khabir believes it is this modest dress- required by Islam- that has attracted hate messages online.
“Messages about how horrible I am to follow such a horrible religion,” Khabir explained.
Khabir says she and other women in her community are concerned they are becoming targets after a female gunman- Tashfeen Malik- was shown to take part in the San Bernardino Shootings.
“There’s a female face so now, people feel justified in saying it’s not just the men, it’s all of them,” Khabir told Eyewitness News.
“The rhetoric in the country right now is so bad. That it is showing targeted acts of discrimination and injustice,” Rue Landau said.
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