Incidents of religious discrimination around the world

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October 2026

• Nazi symbols and threatening messages found at Brazilian university

  Nazi symbols and intimidating messages were found scrawled on bathroom doors and walls of two buildings at the Federal University of Santa Maria.

  Oct 6 · Santa Maria, BrazilRacism1 source

• Jewish marchers excluded from Cable Street anniversary march in London

  Jewish community members who sought to join the official Battle of Cable Street 90th-anniversary march in London were dismissed as provocateurs and told they were unwelcome and that their safety could not be guaranteed, leading them to form a separate 'Cable Street Jews' contingent.

  Oct 4 · London, United Kingdom1 source

• Students suspended after swastika drawn on schoolwork at French school

  At the Lycée Molière, a French school in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone, a student drew a swastika on a science assignment made by other students.

  Oct 1 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1 source

September 2026

• Seattle park sign vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

  A park sign at Be'er Sheva Park in South Seattle was spray-painted with messages including 'Long live Oct.

  Sep 30 · Seattle, United States1 source

• Antisemitic graffiti defaces Deerfield village hall

  Deerfield's village hall in suburban Chicago was defaced overnight with antisemitic graffiti, which was discovered the next morning and removed.

  Sep 30 · Deerfield, United States1 source

• Jewish family denied restaurant service in Austrian town

  A restaurant owner in Bad Hofgastein, Austria refused to serve an Israeli family after learning they were Jewish, telling them they could not buy anything from him.

  Sep 27 · Bad Hofgastein, Austria1 source

• Swastika found on classroom desk at Maryland high school

  A swastika was found on a classroom desk at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, one of several antisemitic incidents reported in Montgomery County schools.

  Sep 25 · Bethesda, United States1 source

• German town bans new Holocaust memorial stones

  The council of Heidenau, Germany voted to ban the installation of new Stolpersteine memorial stones commemorating Holocaust victims, offering instead to honor victims at a cemetery.

  Sep 24 · Heidenau, Germany1 source

• Jewish man wearing kippa beaten in Düsseldorf antisemitic attack

  A Jewish man was insulted with anti-Israel slurs and then punched and kicked by two men and two women while walking with his girlfriend on the Rheinuferpromenade in Düsseldorf.

  Sep 22 · Düsseldorf, Germany1 source

• Man racially abused and threatened by driver in Norwood

  A driver called a man the K-word, threatened his family, and directed racist abuse at him in Norwood, Johannesburg.

  Sep 21 · Norwood, South AfricaRacism1 source

• Emailed threat to kill or deport Muslims sent to Islamic schools in Ontario

  An email using dehumanizing language threatened that Muslims would be 'deported or slaughtered' and was sent to eight Islamic schools run by the Muslim Association of Canada in Ontario.

  Sep 20 · Vancouver, Canada2 sources

• Shooting outside Belleville synagogue on Yom Kippur wounds police officer

  A shooting occurred outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on the evening of Yom Kippur while members of the Jewish community were gathered for religious services.

  Sep 20 · Belleville, Canada16 sources

• Rabbi beaten and spat on at Milan bus stop

  A 60-year-old rabbi was insulted, kicked, punched, had his hat taken and trampled, and was spat on by three men while waiting for a bus in the Bande Nere area of Milan.

  Sep 16 · Milan, Italy4 sources

• Coffee shop vandalized with 'white power' graffiti and swastikas

  Vandals spray-painted 'white power' and swastikas on the Moka Pot coffee shop and smashed its windows.

  Sep 16 · Manchester, United States2 sources

• Antisemitic graffiti with swastika found at East Nashville park

  Antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika and vulgar messages targeting the Jewish faith, was found at Cornelia Fort Airpark in East Nashville.

  Sep 14 · Nashville, United States1 source

• Racist and antisemitic graffiti found on Concord greenway trail

  Racist and antisemitic graffiti, including references to Nazism, Hitler, white power and the n-word, was found on notice boards and a paved path along the Merrimack River Greenway Trail in Concord.

  Sep 14 · Concord, United StatesRacism1 source

• Swastika scrawled on mosque wall in Laeken, Brussels

  A swastika and another scrawl were found on the exterior wall of a mosque in Laeken, Brussels, discovered overnight between Saturday and Sunday around 1 a.m. Officials condemned the act and police opened an investigation.

  Sep 13 · Laeken, BelgiumRacism1 source

• Protesters chant 'Jews out' outside Mexico City synagogue

  A march outside one of Mexico City's most important synagogues featured chants of 'Jews out!

  Sep 11 · Mexico City, Mexico1 source

• Jewish woman wearing Star of David stabbed in Berlin

  Two men accosted a 43-year-old woman wearing a Star of David on Torstrasse in Berlin's Mitte district, hurling antisemitic insults before one attacked her with a broken bottle, cutting her hand.

  Sep 11 · Berlin, Germany1 source

• Three Jewish teens assaulted on north London bus

  A man allegedly assaulted three 14-year-old Jewish boys on a bus near Sanders Lane in Mill Hill, north London, and directed hate speech at them.

  Sep 10 · Mill Hill, United Kingdom3 sources

Other categories

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