In the Canadian province of Ontario, a man was detained who attacked a Muslim woman in the library and tried to set fire to her headdress (hijab).
The regional statement of the region Damrem says that the incident took place in the city of Aijax.
According to the police, while the woman was engaged in the library, a stranger approached her, began to throw various objects into her and insult.
“The attacker tried to disrupt the hijab from the victim, pouring an unknown liquid on her, and then tried to set fire to him with a lighter,” the message said.
It is noted that the protection of the library intervened in the situation. The attacker, who tried to hide, was detained by the police after a few hours.
The investigation considers the possibility that the attack was committed on the basis of hatred.
According to CBC News, Director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) – the largest Muslim human rights organization of the country – Stephen Brown said that such acts shameful violence became commonplace in the community.
According to him, in recent years, cases of Islamophobia in Canada have become more frequent.
Brown called on the country’s politicians to pay attention to the problem and said that he demands that the police qualify the attack as a crime on the basis of hatred.
In turn, the mayor of Aijax Sean Koller and the chairman of the libraries management council leaned Correa in a joint statement noted that the attack could probably have been motivated by anti -Muslim moods.
They expressed support to everyone who suffered from this incident, which took place in the Holy Muslims of Ramadan, and also emphasized that they would decisively resist any manifestations of hatred and intolerance. “