Incidents of religious discrimination around the world

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October 2026

• Montreal synagogue windows damaged by pellet-gun fire

  Windows at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Westmount, Montreal, were damaged by apparent pellet-gun fire.

  Oct 29 · Westmount, Canada1 source

• Car vandalized with swastika and hate symbols in St. Catharines

  A resident's car parked on Oakdale Avenue was extensively vandalized with hate symbols, including a swastika, and police are investigating it as a hate-motivated crime.

  Oct 29 · St. Catharines, Canada4 sources

• Mosque in Lodève targeted with racist, Islamophobic graffiti and threats

  A mosque in Lodève was defaced with an 'Islam dehors' tag and received an envelope containing a dead bird and the inscription 'La valise ou le cercueil', prompting a citizen rally in support of the local Muslim community.

  Oct 27 · Lodève, FranceRacism1 source

• Synagogue window shattered by thrown paving stone in Anderlecht

  A paving stone was thrown at the building of an Orthodox synagogue in Anderlecht, shattering a window on the third floor.

  Oct 27 · Anderlecht, Belgium1 source

• Swastika spray-painted on Jewish candidate's campaign sign

  A swastika was spray-painted on a campaign sign belonging to a Jewish candidate running for Newburgh town supervisor; police are investigating it as a hate crime.

  Oct 27 · Newburgh, United States1 source

• US health secretary at Michigan rally says Arabs produce no science or Nobel laureates

  At a Republican campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Said that the world's 500 million Arabs produce no science, literature, or Nobel laureates, drawing accusations of racism.

  Oct 26 · Grand Rapids, United StatesRacism16 sources

• Trump uses Islamophobic slurs against Muslim Senate candidate at Michigan rally

  At a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, President Donald Trump called Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a 'jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member' and claimed he would bring 'hordes of jihadis' to the United States.

  Oct 25 · Port Huron, United StatesRacism6 sources

• Woman performs Nazi salute at polling place, makes antisemitic remark

  A woman gave a Nazi salute outside a polling station in Rio de Janeiro and, after being told a bystander was Jewish, reportedly replied 'Worse still'.

  Oct 25 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2 sources

• Jewish man assaulted in Berlin park after being asked if he was Jewish

  A suspect asked a 60-year-old Jewish man in a Berlin park whether he was Jewish, then cursed him, threw and poured beer on him and punched him to the ground, causing minor facial injuries, before fleeing.

  Oct 24 · Berlin, Germany1 source

• Gunman kills one, wounds four in Trappes shooting targeting people of African origin

  A man opened fire from a vehicle in Trappes, west of Paris, killing a 26-year-old man and wounding four people, including a 12-year-old girl.

  Oct 23 · Trappes, FranceRacism53 sources

• Reform UK motion in Senedd calls burqa 'anti-British'

  Reform UK's deputy leader in Wales put forward a motion in the Welsh parliament in Cardiff calling the burqa 'anti-British' and an 'alien culture', targeting Muslim women who wear face coverings.

  Oct 21 · Cardiff, United Kingdom1 source

• Muslim female police officer abused online after award photo

  A hijab-wearing Muslim police officer was targeted with a tirade of racist and misogynistic abuse online after a photograph of her with a weapon was shared, following her receipt of an award for women in policing.

  Oct 21 · United KingdomRacism2 sources

• Nazi symbols and white-supremacist code spray-painted on Blackpool synagogue

  Unidentified individuals spray-painted Nazi symbols, SS-style lightning bolts and the neo-Nazi code 1488 on an outside wall of a synagogue on Raikes Parade in Blackpool.

  Oct 20 · Blackpool, United KingdomRacism1 source

• Hajduk fans chant antisemitic slogans in Split

  A group of Hajduk supporters marching through Split chanted antisemitic slogans including 'Gazi, gazi Židove' and 'Auschwitz, Auschwitz' before a match.

  Oct 16 · Split, Croatia1 source

• Dublin hotel cancels Jewish conference booking after learning its purpose

  The Herbert Park Hotel in Dublin revoked a confirmed booking of 70 guest rooms after the organizer explained the guests were attending a conference on combating antisemitism, according to the chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland.

  Oct 16 · Dublin, Ireland1 source

• Rape list naming girls and swastika found in Rome high school bathroom

  A list naming young women alongside possible sexual violence, together with a swastika, was found in the bathrooms of the Liceo Righi in Rome.

  Oct 16 · Rome, Italy1 source

• Trump mocks Muslim name Mohammad during Georgia campaign rally

  During a campaign rally at Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Georgia, President Donald Trump joked about the popularity of the name Mohammad among Muslims, saying 'if you're in doubt about somebody's name from the Middle East, just say Mohammad.'

  Oct 16 · Dalton, United States12 sources

• Neo-Nazi plot to attack Hindu temple in Aurora foiled when rifle jammed

  A 19-year-old neo-Nazi white supremacist went to the Shri Venkateshwara Swami temple in Aurora, Illinois, intending to shoot members of the Indian community, but his AR-style rifle jammed and he fled.

  Oct 11 · Aurora, United States1 source

• Swastikas painted on roads in Dutch village in distortion of Israeli flag

  Swastikas were painted on roads at multiple locations in Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands, in a distortion of the Israeli flag, including in front of homes whose residents fly the Israeli flag.

  Oct 7 · Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands1 source

• Protesters chant outside U. Oregon Hillel, demand Jewish group leave campus

  About 25 protesters gathered outside the Hillel House at the University of Oregon, chanted praise for the attackers and 'Hillel off campus,' and burned an American flag on the sidewalk.

  Oct 7 · Eugene, United States1 source

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