Sinkie girl alleges anti-Islam hate at Tanah Merah MRT Station

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by Rohini Samtani

A SINGAPOREAN woman has alleged that she was shouted at with anti-Islam comments at Tanah Merah MRT station last night on Twitter. The tweet has since gone viral, prompting a wave of support online from other Singaporeans for her.

Ms Syazwani Jaffari posted the following tweet at 8.50pm last night. Since then, the tweet has been retweeted 880 times and got 171 likes.


A follow-up tweet on her Twitter page said that no one came forward to defend the 21-year-old, who could not be reached for comment today.:rolleyes:;)


This apparent act of aggression comes at a time where hostility against Muslims has increased following the Islamic State-led attacks in Paris last week. CBS News reported that Muslims in the US are facing backlash in the form of vandalism to mosques and Islamic centres, hate-filled phone and online messages, and threats of violence. In Canada, a Muslim woman was attacked on Monday and a mosque in Toronto was torched on Saturday night. The two separate anti-Muslim events were labeled as hate crimes by authorities.

This is the first reported act of anti-Muslim comments in Singapore. The tweet has since received an outpouring of support from Singaporeans, virtually all in support for Ms Jaffari.


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