Incidents of religious discrimination around the world

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May 2026

• Provost grabs Palestinian flag from Muslim graduate at commencement

  At Seattle University's commencement, the provost grabbed a Palestinian flag from a graduating Muslim student as she was about to unfold it and held her arm while ushering her off the stage.

  May 23 · Seattle, United States1 source

• Synagogue in Lisbon vandalized with 'Free Palestine' slogan

  An inscription reading 'Free Palestine from the river to the sea' was written on the wall of the building next to the Lisbon Synagogue.

  May 21 · Lisbon, Portugal1 source

• Town Republican committee posts AI image reading 'We Jew People'

  The Trumbull Republican Town Committee posted an AI-generated image on its Facebook page showing a classroom elephant with a Constitution reading 'We Jew People.'

  May 21 · Trumbull, United States1 source

• Three killed in shooting at San Diego mosque

  Three people, including a security guard, were fatally shot at the Islamic Centre of San Diego in California.

  May 18 · San Diego, United StatesRacismXenophobia64 sources

• Israeli man beaten in London after speaking Hebrew

  A 22-year-old Israeli man was chased, dragged across the street, and beaten by five masked men in Golders Green, London, after they heard him speaking Hebrew.

  May 18 · London, United Kingdom2 sources

• Agen newsroom receives death threats and bullets in anti-Muslim letter

  An anonymous handwritten letter signed 'Le Ragondin de Garonne', containing death threats and three large-caliber bullets, was sent to the newsroom of Le Petit Bleu in Agen.

  May 18 · Agen, France2 sources

• Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Sterling Heights playground

  Vulgar antisemitic graffiti was sprayed on a playground in Sterling Heights, Michigan, the latest in a series of hateful vandalism targeting the area's Jewish community.

  May 16 · Sterling Heights, United States1 source

• Texas candidate posts antisemitic proposal targeting Zionists

  A Texas congressional candidate posted on Instagram proposing to turn an ICE detention center into a prison and 'castration processing center' for 'American Zionists,' among other antisemitic remarks.

  May 16 · Texas, United States1 source

• Man filmed threatening to 'behead Jews' on east London street

  A man was filmed in an online video making threats to behead Jews and using slurs on Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets, east London.

  May 15 · London, United Kingdom1 source

• Muslim man pelted with egg while praying outside Brooklyn mosque

  A 30-year-old Muslim man was struck with an egg by an assailant as he prayed outside the Baitul Mamur Mosque and Community Center in East New York, Brooklyn.

  May 15 · New York City, United States1 source

• Posters of missing Jewish girl ripped down in Toronto

  Posters seeking a missing 14-year-old Jewish girl in North York, Toronto, were being physically removed from poles around the city.

  May 15 · Toronto, Canada1 source

• Israeli ministers and MPs lead raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque

  Israeli ministers and lawmakers led mass incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, where worshippers were searched, barred from entry, and assaulted at the mosque gates, and participants raised Israeli flags inside the compound.

  May 14 · Jerusalem, Israel1 source

• Sen. Rand Paul's son in antisemitic, homophobic tirade at DC bar

  The adult son of Sen. Rand Paul launched an antisemitic and homophobic tirade at Rep. Mike Lawler at a bar on Capitol Hill, saying the Iran war was 'about the gays and the Jews, and I hate them both.'

  May 13 · Washington, United StatesQueer Discrimination3 sources

• Swastika-emblazoned flag hoisted at NYU in Manhattan

  A flag bearing a Star of David and two swastikas was raised on a flagpole at New York University in Manhattan during graduation-week events, and campus security removed it after about 15 minutes.

  May 13 · New York City, United States4 sources

• Incendiary devices thrown into Muslim prayer room in Blackburn

  Masked men allegedly threw incendiary devices into a Muslim prayer room in Blackburn, an attack on a recognisably Islamic space.

  May 13 · Blackburn, United Kingdom1 source

• Four removed from Eurovision venue over antisemitic disruption of Israeli act

  At the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, four people were expelled by police for disruptive behavior against the Israeli delegation during Eurovision, including antisemitic chants and antisemitic graffiti on their bodies while Israeli contestant Noam Bettan performed.

  May 12 · Vienna, Austria1 source

• Man threatens to shoot worshippers at Queensland mosque

  A man threatened to shoot worshippers at the Bald Hills Mosque in Queensland, Australia, prompting condemnation from a local lawmaker.

  May 10 · Bald Hills, Australia1 source

• Muslim teacher told to remove hijab or leave school on first day

  A Muslim teacher at Buddha Public School in Latho, Varanasi, was allegedly asked on her first day of work to remove her hijab or leave the job.

  May 9 · Varanasi, India1 source

• Anonymous letters at Halle art university target Jewish community group

  Anonymous open letters posted on the campus of an art university in Halle called for ending cooperation with the local Jewish community organization and for it to be disinvited, accusing it of being a 'racist and Zionist organization.'

  May 7 · Halle, Germany1 source

• Pellet gun fired at worshippers outside Toronto synagogue

  A pellet gun was fired at worshippers outside the Chasidei Bobov synagogue in North York, Toronto, an attack described by B'nai Brith Canada as part of a pattern of anti-Jewish violence.

  May 7 · Toronto, Canada1 source

Other categories

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