Muslim woman defends Jewish family from anti-Semitic attack in London
A Jewish family riding on the London
Underground was accosted by a man yelling anti-Semitic language - but was
defended by a Muslim woman also riding on the train, video posted to social
media Friday showed.
The footage, posted by British author and
filmmaker Chris Atkins, showed a Jewish man wearing a kippah comforting two
young kippah-wearing children as another man preached loudly at them about how
they were part of the “Synagogue of Satan.”
The
preacher, using obscenities, also threatened to “smack” another person on the
train who got too close to him. A woman wearing a hijab then told him off about
his language, ignoring the preacher’s criticisms of her for wearing trousers.
The video of the incident has over one million
views.
British police said on Saturday they arrested
the suspect in the incident. He was detained in Birmingham on suspicion of a
racially aggravated public order offense.
