In London, Jews Hide Their Faith While Islamophobic Graffiti Targets Muslims
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At the New London Synagogue in North London, Rabbi Jeremy Gordon says some regular congregants have stopped attending services, while some Jewish schools have told pupils not to wear outward identifiers of their religion.
Across the Thames in south London, “Islam is evil” was daubed on at least 10 bus stops along a route passing primary schools. Mariam, a school governor who, like others, requested not to be identified in full, fearing online reprisals — said she worried children would see it. “It’s just a normalization of hate in their area,” she said.