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February 2026

• Spanish town bans face-covering veils in municipal buildings

  The Níjar town council approved a measure, proposed by Vox and backed by the PP, barring access to municipal buildings for people whose faces are fully or partially covered, citing the niqab and burka.

  Feb 19 · Níjar, Spain1 source

• Swastika drawn on bathroom wall at Coast Guard training center

  A hand-drawn swastika was found on a men's restroom wall at the Coast Guard recruit training center in Cape May, New Jersey, and was removed after an instructor reported it.

  Feb 19 · Cape May, United States7 sources

• Antisemitic graffiti painted on snow at Yale campus

  Political messages including 'Intifada' and 'IDF Die' were painted in red on the snow at Yale's Cross Campus and Old Campus, which Jewish campus leaders called a direct threat to the university's Jewish community.

  Feb 18 · New Haven, United States1 source

• Australian senator says there are no 'good' Muslims, singles out Muslim suburb

  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said in a Sky News interview that there are no 'good' Muslims and that Muslims hate Westerners, and later named the Muslim-majority Sydney suburb of Lakemba as a place people don't want to go.

  Feb 16 · Sydney, Australia2 sources

• Two men trespass at Dallas Jewish center, shout 'Free Palestine' and 'fake Jews'

  Two men trespassed the grounds of the Olami Dallas Center in Texas, demanded entry to the rabbi's home by claiming to be window cleaners, spat on the property, and shouted 'Free Palestine' and 'fake Jews'.

  Feb 16 · Dallas, United States1 source

• Star of David effigy hanged, shot and burned at Andorra carnival

  During Carnival festivities in Encamp, Andorra, an effigy bearing a Star of David and Jewish symbols was hanged, symbolically put on trial, shot and set ablaze, drawing condemnation from Jewish groups as antisemitic.

  Feb 16 · Encamp, Andorra2 sources

• Rep. Randy Fine makes Islamophobic post suggesting dogs over Muslims

  Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican congressman, posted an Islamophobic statement suggesting he prefers dogs to Muslims, prompting calls for his resignation from Democrats.

  Feb 15 · Washington, United States12 sources

• Synagogue signs and banners vandalized with swastika and anti-Zionist graffiti

  Vandals spray-painted a swastika, the acronym 'AZAB', and the word 'genocide' on the entrance sign and banners of Shaare Tefila Congregation.

  Feb 10 · Olney, United States3 sources

• Sydney police break up Muslim prayer group at protest

  Police in Sydney's city centre pulled Muslim men and women from their knees and took them away while they were praying during a protest, and a man was repeatedly punched by officers.

  Feb 9 · Sydney, Australia2 sources

• Three Jewish men threatened with knife near Trocadero in Paris

  Three men wearing kippahs were walking near the Trocadero in Paris after leaving a synagogue when a man asked if they were Jews or Israelis and then drew a knife.

  Feb 6 · Paris, France1 source

• Suicide bombing at Shia mosque in Islamabad kills 36

  A suicide bomber attacked a Shia mosque in Islamabad, killing 36 people.

  Feb 6 · Islamabad, Pakistan1 source

• Death threat letter sent to Lakemba Mosque imam

  A letter threatening to kill Muslims and urging violence on Australia Day was delivered by post to the Imam of Lakemba Mosque in Sydney's southwest.

  Feb 4 · Lakemba, AustraliaRacism4 sources

• Commentator airs antisemitic claims in online program

  A public commentator opened her program with 'Good evening, non-Jews' and repeated the antisemitic claim that Jews kill Christian children before Jewish holidays, calling Jews a racist people who view others as cattle.

  Feb 3 · United States1 source

• South Carolina Senate candidate posts antisemitic conspiracy claims on X

  A Republican candidate for US Senate in South Carolina posted on X claiming that high-ranking Jews imported drugs and are carrying out an extermination campaign against white people.

  Feb 2 · South Carolina, United States1 source

January 2026

• Car rammed into Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn

  A man intentionally and repeatedly crashed his car into the Chabad World Headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

  Jan 28 · New York City, United States2 sources

• Congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with substance during Minneapolis speech

  A man sprayed an unknown substance from a syringe at Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar while she spoke at Minneapolis City Hall criticizing immigration raids.

  Jan 27 · Minneapolis, United StatesRacismXenophobia9 sources

• Antisemitic vandalism found along Sleeping Giant Trail on Kauai

  Fourteen examples of antisemitic vandalism were discovered at various points along the Nounou Mountain Trail, known as the Sleeping Giant Trail, in Wailua, Kauai.

  Jan 25 · Wailua, United States4 sources

• Jewish cemetery gravestones desecrated in Barcelona

  Several gravestones were smashed and vandalized by unknown individuals at the Jewish cemetery in Barcelona's Les Corts neighborhood, as reported by the city's Jewish community.

  Jan 24 · Barcelona, Spain5 sources

• NYU receives hoax bomb threats with racist, antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ language

  Two hoax swatting emails threatening bomb attacks targeted NYU's Palladium Hall and Silver Center, containing anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Black, anti-Asian, Islamophobic, antisemitic and anti-Jesuit language.

  Jan 23 · New York, United States1 source

• Mob attacks Protestant pastor in Odisha, forces him to eat cow dung

  A mob of 20 men attacked a Protestant pastor in Odisha, India, forcing him to eat cow dung and bow before a Hindu temple.

  Jan 23 · Odisha, India1 source

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• Racism 479
• Queer Discrimination 89
• Sexism / Gender-Based Violence 827
• Xenophobia 141