Source: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/muslim-kiwis-attacked-in-huntly-get-out-of-my-patch.html?ref=RLrotator
Muslim Kiwis attacked in Huntly – ‘Get out of my patch!’
12/02/2017 | By Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Simon Wong
A group of Muslim women subjected to a tirade of abuse from a stranger say they will not be made to feel scared and intimidated in their own country.
The women were returning to Auckland after a road trip when they were forced to dodge punches, told they “don’t belong here”, and had beer thrown at them by a woman in Huntly.
“We all grew up here, with New Zealand as our home, so when people say, ‘You don’t belong here,’ there is nowhere else we belong,” Mehpara Khan told Newshub. She believes the group were targeted because of their hijabs.
Ms Khan says Islam, and the Ahmadiyya community she belongs to, teaches “love for all, hatred for none”.
“That’s the way we approached it. We have to raise awareness of this, as opposed to getting scared or feeling intimidated by this.”
If anyone recognised the woman involved, Ms Khan encourages them to tell the police so that the woman “can get the help that she needs” and “we can ensure this doesn’t happen to anyone else”.
“Islamophobia exists in New Zealand. Now what are we gonna do about it?”… read more at source.