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*'''NYC anti-Muslim subway hoax'''. In December 2016, Yasmin Seweid, a student at Baruch College, claimed she was attacked on a [[New York City]] subway by three white men who tore the hijab from her head while yelling "Donald Trump" and anti-Islamic slurs. Shortly afterwards she was charged by the New York City police department for filing a false report and eventually admitted to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/nyregion/manhattan-yasmin-seweid-false-hate-crime.html|title=Muslim Woman Made Up Hate Crime on Subway, Police Say|first=Christopher|last=Mele|date=December 14, 2016|publisher=|access-date=February 22, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

*'''NYC anti-Muslim subway hoax'''. In December 2016, Yasmin Seweid, a student at Baruch College, claimed she was attacked on a [[New York City]] subway by three white men who tore the hijab from her head while yelling "Donald Trump" and anti-Islamic slurs. Shortly afterwards she was charged by the New York City police department for filing a false report and eventually admitted to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/nyregion/manhattan-yasmin-seweid-false-hate-crime.html|title=Muslim Woman Made Up Hate Crime on Subway, Police Say|first=Christopher|last=Mele|date=December 14, 2016|publisher=|access-date=February 22, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

*In [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] an 11-year-old girl reported that a man twice tried to cut off her [[hijab]] with scissors as she walked to school with her younger brother. Her story captured international attention and public condemnation from Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory. Trudeau said, {{quotebox|"My heart goes out to the young girl who was attacked, seemingly for her [[religion]]. I can’t imagine how afraid she must have been, I want her and her family and her friends and community to know that that is not what Canada is, that is not who Canadians are… We are better than this."<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/until-it-was-found-to-be-a-hoax-toronto-girls-hijab-made-news-not-the-attack-on-her Until it was found to be a hoax, Toronto girl's hijab made news, not the attack on her], ''National Post'', 15 January 2018.</ref>}} Even after the [[police]] reported the incident never occurred, Trudeau doubled down on fearmongering: {{quotebox|"We have seen an unfortunate pattern of increased hate crimes in past months directed towards religious minorities, particularly towards women, a warning sign of increased intolerance."}}

*'''Toronto hijab hoax.''' In [[Canada]], an 11-year-old girl reported that a man twice tried to cut off her [[hijab]] with scissors as she walked to school with her younger brother. Her story captured international attention and public condemnation from Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory. Trudeau said, {{quotebox|"My heart goes out to the young girl who was attacked, seemingly for her [[religion]]. I can’t imagine how afraid she must have been, I want her and her family and her friends and community to know that that is not what Canada is, that is not who Canadians are… We are better than this."<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/until-it-was-found-to-be-a-hoax-toronto-girls-hijab-made-news-not-the-attack-on-her Until it was found to be a hoax, Toronto girl's hijab made news, not the attack on her], ''National Post'', 15 January 2018.</ref>}} Even after the [[police]] reported the incident never occurred, Trudeau doubled down on fearmongering: {{quotebox|"We have seen an unfortunate pattern of increased hate crimes in past months directed towards religious minorities, particularly towards women, a warning sign of increased intolerance."}}

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