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School student threatens to kill Muslims during Ramadan when they are at their weakest
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Taxi driver verbally assaulted muslim wearing hijab during her taxi ride.
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Getting harrassed for praying publicly at a public beach
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Perpetrator verbally abused Muslim mother with pram in an elevator infront of her children
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Muslim individual verbally abused due to choice clothing
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Muslim female followed by a male asking her why she wears the hijab. He was quite aggressive
Anonymous
Muslim physically and verbally bulled at school. Police were notified, but the perpetrator released under the young offenders act.
Anonymous
CEO of Halal Certified Australia getting sent anonymous letters swearing at him, the prophet and the religion in general
Anonymous
Woman with son saw a Muslim woman in department store with her 5-month-old and told her son to be careful as there are 'terrorists' about
Anonymous
Uber driver made hate speech to Muslim passenger
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Verbally abused while leave a kebab store, called 'rag head' and 'sand n****er’
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Muslim individual was told to remove head scarf by teacher during parent/teacher interviews
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Muslim individual verbally abused while at train station
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Lady was yelled at called SIS was followed, No one helped but an older man stayed with her
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Muslim woman physically and verbally attacked by a man on Sydney train ride
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Authorities forced Muslim woman to remove hijab / head scarf
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Muslim individual verbally abused while sitting in a café
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Graffiti found on toilet door at a construction site - 'Burn all towelheads' " Kill all lebs" etc
Anonymous
Women yelling out f***g Muslims today at college while parents taking their kids for their annual presentation
Anonymous
Asian individual on the bus when other passengers boasted about targeting and punching Asians, that they deserved it and didn't deserve to be in Australia.
2020
Anonymous
Woman in supermarket abused by man who yelled: 'Where if your social distancing b*ch? This is why you Chinese are problematic'
2020
Nathan Reynolds
Nathan Reynolds, 36, died in a NSW prison after having an asthma attack.
2018
Unknown
The 20-year-old Aboriginal man fell 10m to his death while being escorted from Gosford hospital to Kariong Correctional Centre.
2019
David Dungay Jr
The 26-year-old Dunghutti man, was in Long Bay jail hospital in November 2015 when guards stormed his cell after he refused to stop eating a packet of biscuits.
2015
Anonymous
Grafitti on train, has written Support Shia against Isis etc, F …. Etc
Anonymous
Petrol Bomb placed in car outside school
Anonymous
School girl found graffiti about her in the toilets
Anonymous
Racially abused at store whilst wearing hijab.
Anonymous
Muslim female in a hijab physically and verbally abused at train station
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Muslim female spat on by male on bay run
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Verbally abused while walking down the street
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Written materials found on car windscreens, falsely representing Islam
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Muslim individual told to 'go back to Syria' by an elderly man
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Muslim inidivdual verbally abused for saying "excuse me" while trying to walk past a lady in supermarket.
Anonymous
Muslim woman asked if she believed in blowing people up while on a public train
Anonymous
Muslim woman attacked at the shops and then later had her car vandalised
Anonymous
Muslim woman verbally abused by truck driver starting at Petrol station
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Muslim man and his father were physically assaulted at their home
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Muslim man and daughter were verbally abused and spat at by 3 men while waiting for a green light
Anonymous
Muslim woman verbally and physically assaulted by a number of males in a public car park
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Accusing email sent to Muslim victim's manager
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Parent reporting their Muslim son being insulted and called a rapist by his peers whilst at school
Rebecca Maher
Rebecca Maher is the first Aboriginal person to die in New South Wales police custody since the introduction of the mandatory custody notification service (CNS) in 2000.
2016
Tafari Walton
Tafari Walton was shot multiple times by police, who were seeking to question him over the murder of his ex-partner.
2019
Anonymous
A man's car was spray painted with Islamophobic slurs, despite him being christian Greek and Lebanese.
Anonymous
Perpetrators blaming Muslims for attacks in France
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Muslim woman spat on
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Women called 'Muslim sl*ts' at restaurant by manager
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Muslim verbally abused while driving
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Man in a car began intimidating a muslim female with a child while walking on the street
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Man tells female Muslim that the niqab shouldn’t be worn and scares people
Anonymous
Muslim woman physically had scarf removed infront of 3 co workers at a hospital during her work hours
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Muslim individual verbally abused by female for wearing head scarf
Anonymous
Man entered an Islamic school with a knife, threatening students and teachers
Anonymous
Heavily pregnant Muslim woman verbally abused and intimidated in the presence of her child
Anonymous
17-year-old Muslim boy was called a terrorist by an older man
Anonymous
Muslim woman was verbally abused outside a medical centre. After her visit, she found that her car had been scratched
Anonymous
Muslim woman spat on as she walked through train station
Anonymous
Woman reports a man who physically and verbally attacked her and Islam on Sydney roads in a road rage incident
Anonymous
A stranger on the train addressed each Asian passenger as "dog-f*ers" and wishing to "eliminate" them for "spreading this Chinese virus".
2020
JH
JH was mentally ill at the time of taking his life while alone in his cell. The NSW coroner found that "his death was intentionally self-inflicted in circumstances of being held in custody with inadequate mental healthcare in the preceding months".
2018
Tane Richard Chatfield
Tane Richard Chatfield was found unresponsive in his cell at Tamworth correctional centre about 9am on Wednesday 20 September.
2017
Patrick Fisher
Patrick Fisher fell from a 13th-floor balcony in the Waterloo public housing block in Sydney in February 2018 while allegedly trying to climb down to escape from the police.
2018
Anonymous
Woman harrassed on her way to work
Anonymous
This is graffiti on a train that states 'kill all sand n******’
Anonymous
Man attempted to make woman trip over his foot and racially abused Hijabed woman with her baby
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Islamic prayer room at a university vandalised
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Discriminated by colleague through intimidation
Anonymous
Female Muslim was attacked while in her car. No one intervened
Anonymous
Female muslim spat on by male on the street
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Victim works as a food safety auditor and was told she cannot enter while wearing the hijab due to the policy
Anonymous
Muslim female verbally abused upon entering shopping centre.
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Muslim individual verbally abused while waiting in line to catch a bus
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Muslim individual physically and verbally assaulted while in car park
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Letter sent to mosque insulting the Prophet and Muslims
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Mosque threatened
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Man threw cement at and around Mosque
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Female Hijabi followed and abused by male
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Muslim lawyer walking out of court called 'terrorist'
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Youths engaging in intimidating behaviour while man praying in public with his family nearby
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Man yelled at woman "go back to China you COVID c***”.
2020
AB
AB had a heart attack in his cell at Goulburn correctional centre after complaining of feeling unwell and vomiting the night before.
2015
EJW
EJW died while detained as an inmate on remand at Parklea Correctional Centre, after he suffered a ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm that went untreated for several hours in the morning of 2 July 2017.
2017
Mark Edward Mason
Mark Edward Mason was shot twice by a police officer during a struggle at a house in Collarenebri.
2010
VJR
VJR was found unresponsive in his bed at John Moroney correctional centre just before the morning muster at 8.10am. He had last been seen alive at 5.30am, making a cup of coffee.
2015
Anonymous
Islamophobic stickers on back of car including: 'the Prophet Muhammad is a 'C******l' and 'the Qur'an is 'P*****n', and 'IF YOU DON'T LOVE IT, LEAVE!'
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Graffiti stating 'F you tea towel wearing inbreds and F you Mutts'
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Local residents threaten to blow up Mosque after it was approved.
Anonymous
Woman abused for wearing hijab
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Hateful abuse at a woman and her daughter, telling them to go back to their own country.
Anonymous
A woman in the car yelling at a Muslim woman: ''What the f*** are you wearing that [hijab] for? Is it to stop your brain from falling out? You f***ing imbecile!'
Anonymous
Muslim woman verbally abused for choice of clothing
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Muslim woman had daughter in the pram playing white noise. The perpetrator claimed they were Islamic sounds that scared her and refused to serve the woman.
Anonymous
Sisters get physically and verbally abused by a couple while walking down the street
Anonymous
Numerous of verbal abuse was made towards me - this included "F.... Terrorist" "Go back to your country"
Anonymous
Verbally abused while driving
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Muslim female with her children was abused and told to remove her headscarf
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Australian teacher verbally abused for supporting his Muslim student
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Man told muslim male to go back to his country.
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Hate speech from woman in store who spoke about the London attacks and how it will be 'a better place without Muslims'
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Cashier begins to rant on Halal and the Lindt siege while Muslim individual purchased items
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A potential employer admitted to not employing the victim if she had come into the interview wearing the headscarf
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Man walked past hijab-wearing woman and commented 'DOG'
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Muslim individual called a 'terrorist' by a Cityrail (Sydney Trains) employee
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Foodstuffs thrown at Muslim victim
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Woman finds threatening message planning a 'Kill a Muslim Day' at her workplace bathroom
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Verbal insults directed at Muslim victim as she was walking past with her young daughter
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Man states that he was denied a full-time job because of his name and his beard at Sydney Airport, was asked to change his name to continue working
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Two female students verbally abused by a carload of men because they were wearing a hijab.
Anonymous
A lady pushed past an asian person in the supermarket and started coughing when near them. She remarked loudly that there was nothing from China, or from Wuhan on the shelves.
2020
Anonymous
Man abused Muslim woman and tried to rip off her hijab in shopping centre
Anonymous
Intimidating and threatening behaviour towards a woman in niqab and a man who tried to defend her at homewares store.
We encourage all serious incidents of racist attacks to be reported to local authorities. Incidents regarding attacks towards those in the Muslim community can be reported to the Islamophobia Register Australia. Incidents regarding attacks towards those in the Asian community can be reported to the Asian Australian Alliance.
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