Incidents of religious discrimination around the world

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July 2026

• Jewish-owned Toronto bakery shot at in antisemitic attack

  The front glass of Kiva's Bagel Bakery on Steeles Avenue West in North York was shattered by gunfire, and about an hour later a second location of the Jewish-owned bakery was shot at.

  Jul 25 · Toronto, Canada1 source

• Mosque prayer-times sign in Penzberg sprayed with black paint

  A sign showing the mosque and Friday prayer times of the Islamic Community of Penzberg was defaced with black spray paint.

  Jul 24 · Penzberg, Germany2 sources

• Mural at Pasadena Jewish temple defaced with swastikas

  Vandals spray-painted swastikas and the words 'Zionism is not welcome' on a mural at the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center in Pasadena, California.

  Jul 24 · Pasadena, United States14 sources

• Shopkeeper killed after intervening in racist, Islamophobic tram attack

  A man shouted racist and Islamophobic insults at a female passenger on tram line 55 in Brussels.

  Jul 23 · Brussels, BelgiumRacism1 source

• Man stabs two, including Jewish man leaving synagogue, in New York

  A man stabbed a 57-year-old Asian man in the back and then stabbed a 50-year-old man wearing a yarmulke who was leaving synagogue services, on the Upper West Side near Central Park.

  Jul 23 · New York City, United States2 sources

• Candidate statement on Washington state website contains antisemitic slurs

  A congressional candidate's statement posted on the official Washington Secretary of State website uses the slur 'Jewarchy', claims Jews control both political parties and the global economy, refers to 'our Jewish problem', and includes the phrase 'globalize the intifada'.

  Jul 21 · Washington, United States1 source

• Antisemitic online form urged reporting of Jewish and Israeli tourists in Italy

  An online questionnaire circulated in Italy asked users to report the presence of Israeli tourists and Jewish community members in hotels, homes and tourist destinations, claiming to map 'Zionist tourism'.

  Jul 20 · Italy1 source

• Arson attack on Al-Taqwa mosque in West Bank village

  An arson attack damaged the door and windows of the Al-Taqwa mosque in the West Bank village of Al-Tuwani, and Hebrew graffiti was sprayed on its walls.

  Jul 20 · Al-Tuwani, West Bank1 source

• Muslim woman assaulted in front of her child in Moncton parking lot

  A Muslim woman was harassed with racist insults and then physically assaulted in a parking lot on Mountain Street in Moncton, New Brunswick, while her seven-year-old child tried to defend her.

  Jul 18 · Moncton, CanadaRacism1 source

• Jewish DJ's Grenoble concert halted by protesters throwing bottles

  A concert by Jewish DJ Barbara Butch at a Grenoble festival was interrupted by pro-Palestinian and insoumis activists who distributed a tract depicting her as a 'supporter of genocidaires' and threw glass bottles at the stage, prompting the city to suspend the event.

  Jul 18 · Grenoble, France3 sources

• Plaque honoring Righteous Among the Nations vandalized in Paris

  A commemorative plaque at 15 rue Louis Braille in Paris's 12th arrondissement, honoring Arsène and Angèle Richard and their daughter Marcelle for saving a Jewish child during the 1942 Vel' d'Hiv roundup, was found degraded.

  Jul 17 · Paris, France3 sources

• Holocaust memorial mural in Milan defaced with antisemitic graffiti

  A mural in Milan depicting Anne Frank and Primo Levi was vandalized with the words 'Coloni Sionisti Nazisti' (Zionist Settler Nazis).

  Jul 16 · Milan, Italy2 sources

• Israeli tourists attacked at Mongolia campsite by men shouting 'Heil Hitler'

  A group of six Israeli tourists camping in northern Mongolia were assaulted by a group of men wielding knives and hatchets who shouted 'Heil Hitler' and 'Get out of here.'

  Jul 13 · Mongolia2 sources

• Man stabs Muslim mall employee in Utah, citing victim's religion

  A man approached an employee at the Valley Fair Mall in Utah, asked his name and religion, then stabbed him repeatedly when he turned away.

  Jul 13 · West Valley City, United States1 source

• Theater marquee referencing 'the Jews' sparks outrage in Jewish community

  A theater in Lake Oswego displayed a marquee reading 'Before there were the Jews, there was… The Odyssey,' prompting dozens of complaints from local Jewish community members who called it antisemitic.

  Jul 13 · Lake Oswego, United States2 sources

• Jewish family's Adelaide home vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

  A Jewish family's home in Camden Park, in Adelaide's western suburbs, was spray-painted with messages and Nazi symbols.

  Jul 11 · Adelaide, Australia1 source

• Arson at Zionsville home displaying Israeli flag investigated as hate crime

  Someone set fire to an Israeli flag hanging from a home in Zionsville, Indiana, causing more than $150,000 in damage to the unoccupied building.

  Jul 10 · Zionsville, United States6 sources

• Mosque replica and anti-immigrant signs placed on loyalist bonfire in Moygashel

  A replica of a mosque labelled 'Islamic fascism' and signs reading 'Secure our borders' and 'End the threat of radical Islam' were placed on a loyalist Eleventh Night bonfire in Moygashel, County Tyrone.

  Jul 9 · Moygashel, United KingdomRacismXenophobia8 sources

• Pig's head hung at site of planned Islamic cultural centre

  Unknown persons hung a pig's head on the door handle of the entrance building in via Camozzi where an Islamic cultural centre is to be built.

  Jul 8 · Brescia, Italy1 source

• Texas governor's threat forces cancellation of Muslim Eid pool party

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to revoke state grants unless a city-owned water park in Grand Prairie opened a private Eid al-Adha event to all faiths, leading the city to cancel the Muslim community's pool party.

  Jul 7 · Grand Prairie, United States1 source

Other categories

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