Two teenage sisters said a man threw racial slurs at them and slapped one of them outside the restaurant where they work part-time, in Saint John, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Asmahan at Malak Al Salloum explain that they are resting near the restaurant Mary’s Dinerway Torbayon May 6 around 9 p.m., when a man shouted at them.
According to Malakhe first launched that he didn’t know what they were doing there and he asked them.
Malak, A ninth-grade student, added that the man ordered her to keep quiet and pelted her with racist insults. He said he started shouting to himself.
In a video recording made by one of the women, the man was seen approaching Malak and give him a slap. Malak blow answer.
Then the man backed away and left, they said. They allegedly complained to the Royal Constabulary and an officer took their statement.
A request for information submitted to the police force’s CBC remained unanswered.
The sisters said the man attacked them because they were Muslims. They were accompanied by a friend. They are all wearing hijab.
More and more common incidents, according to a spokesman
Sobia Shaikh |a professor of social work and chairman of the Newfoundland and Labrador Anti-Racism Coalition, says she hears more about acts of violence and racism against women and girls.
He said he hears about it every six weeks or so. Their frequency has increased since the start of the pandemic, perhaps because people feel unsafe or because they see hateful posts online, he explains.
According to Ms. Shaikh, specifically targets Muslim women because they wear the hijab. They are often seen as sweet, calm and quiet by the sexist individuals who take them, he says.
Sobia Shaikh | praises women who openly condemn such incidents. These actions are not always reported to the authorities, he said.
Malak at Asmahan was of Syrian descent and came to Canada in 2015. They said the attack had not changed their favorable opinion of the province, and they were entertained by their friends, colleagues and others.
They hope this man will be found and charged. Asmahana student in twelfth grade, says he just wants to know why he did it.
According to the report of Peter Cowanng CBC
Source: Radio-Canada
