Incidents of religious discrimination around the world

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July 2026

• Trump shares post mocking hijab-wearing Somali kindergarteners

  President Trump shared a post on Truth Social that included a video of Somali American kindergarteners in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a caption mocking girls wearing hijabs.

  Jul 6 · Saint Paul, United StatesRacismXenophobia3 sources

• Jewish marchers abused with antisemitic slurs at London Pride parade

  Jewish participants at the Pride in London parade were confronted by individuals shouting antisemitic abuse, including 'F*** you, Jew' and 'Go back to your Zionist homeland,' while carrying rainbow flags incorporating the Star of David.

  Jul 4 · London, United Kingdom2 sources

• Church in Wichita vandalized with antisemitic graffiti

  Someone spray-painted antisemitic hate speech, including swastikas and the words 'Nazi killer', on the outside walls of Glen Park Christian Church in southwest Wichita.

  Jul 4 · Wichita, United States1 source

• Jewish residents assaulted, robbed walking home from Shabbat in Montreal

  A group of assailants confronted multiple Jewish residents walking home from Friday-night Shabbat services in Montreal's Outremont neighborhood, striking and robbing them, hurling antisemitic slurs, and snatching the fur hats worn by several Hasidic men.

  Jul 3 · Montreal, Canada4 sources

• Muslim farmer in Bowmanville targeted by online halal slaughterhouse campaign

  An online campaign falsely accused a Muslim farmer in Bowmanville, Ontario and other area farmers of operating an illegal halal slaughterhouse, leading to harassment, threats and calls to boycott halal meat.

  Jul 2 · Bowmanville, CanadaRacismXenophobia1 source

June 2026

• School bars student's Bible verse from graduation slideshow

  An associate principal at Arrowhead High School told a graduating student she could not include a Bible verse in the graduation ceremony slideshow because religious messages were prohibited by district policy.

  Jun 30 · Wisconsin, United States1 source

• Anti-Zionist patrols harass Jews and Israelis in Thessaloniki

  A left-wing anarchist group organized 'anti-Zionist patrols' through Thessaloniki, Greece, wearing black T-shirts with Palestinian flags, which harassed and intimidated Jews and Israelis on the streets.

  Jun 28 · Thessaloniki, Greece1 source

• Swastika carved into car on Upper East Side

  A vandal carved a swastika into the hood of a parked car on the Upper East Side; the car's owner, a 56-year-old woman, had an Israeli flag inside.

  Jun 26 · New York City, United States1 source

• Hitler image appears in New Jersey middle school yearbook

  An image of Adolf Hitler was included in the baby photos section of a yearbook at East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, prompting condemnation from school officials and local Jewish leaders.

  Jun 25 · Paramus, United States2 sources

• Muslim father assaulted outside Melbourne mosque carpark

  Two men ambushed and beat a 43-year-old Muslim father of three in the carpark outside his local mosque in Hampton Park, Melbourne, after asking if he was Muslim.

  Jun 24 · Melbourne, Australia2 sources

• Jewish woman verbally abused by store employee in Melbourne

  An elderly Jewish woman was subjected to an antisemitic tirade by a Vodafone store employee in Elsternwick, Melbourne, who shouted "Free Palestine," called her a "dirty Zionist," and filmed her without consent.

  Jun 23 · Melbourne, Australia1 source

• Gunman kills police officer and Jewish resident near Montreal Chabad House

  A gunman opened fire in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood near a Chabad House and kosher supermarket, killing a police officer and a Jewish civilian resident before being shot dead by police.

  Jun 22 · Montreal, CanadaSexism / Gender-Based Violence4 sources

• Brooklyn coffee shop says it would have refused service to Jewish congressman

  A coffee shop in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood posted on social media that it would have turned away Rep. Dan Goldman had staff recognized him, calling him a 'genocide enabler' and tying him to AIPAC.

  Jun 21 · New York City, United States3 sources

• White-nationalist, antisemitic flyers mailed to 2,000 homes in Tennessee county

  Flyers promoting the 'Great Replacement' theory, calling for a ban on Islam and Hinduism, and stating 'No wars for Jews' were mailed to around 2,000 households in Maury County, Tennessee.

  Jun 21 · Tennessee, United States1 source

• Masked woman tears down Israeli flag at embassy in Tirana

  A masked woman climbed over the wall of the Israeli Embassy in Tirana, removed the Israeli flag and ripped it apart while onlookers cheered.

  Jun 20 · Tirana, Albania2 sources

• Five men injured in series of attacks in Edinburgh

  A man attacked several men in Edinburgh, injuring five, three of whom required hospital treatment.

  Jun 19 · Edinburgh, United KingdomRacism4 sources

• Imam assaulted outside Victoria mosque while attacker shouted slurs

  An imam was sitting in his vehicle after leading prayers at a mosque in Victoria when an individual forced open his car door, assaulted him, and shouted Islamophobic slurs telling him to 'go back to your country.'

  Jun 18 · Victoria, CanadaXenophobia4 sources

• Rabbi assaulted in Hesse by attackers blaming Israeli government

  A rabbi in the German state of Hesse was struck in front of his children and had his mobile phone stolen by attackers who held him responsible for the actions of the Israeli government.

  Jun 17 · Hesse, Germany1 source

• Court fines woman for selling Jehovah's Witness Bible, orders confiscation

  A district court in Nizhny Novgorod fined a woman 1,000 rubles for distributing a Jehovah's Witness Bible translation deemed extremist material and ordered the book confiscated.

  Jun 16 · Nizhny Novgorod, Russia1 source

• Islamophobic graffiti scrawled near Muslim daycare in Edmonton

  Islamophobic graffiti was scrawled near a daycare for Muslim children on the north side of Edmonton, prompting condemnation from the mayor and a Muslim advocacy group.

  Jun 15 · Edmonton, Canada2 sources

Other categories

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