Photographs from this morning’s rally at Bankstown police Station, in south west Sydney, Darug Land.
Last week, Mariam, a Palestinian woman, and her young daughter were verbally attacked and threatened with physical harm in an Islamophobic attack at KMart in Bankstown shopping centre. The attack was recorded on social media. Mariam has claimed that she called police, who failed to respond, and instead started harassing her family and acquaintances.
This morning’s rally was held to support Mariam and demand that police take immediate and appropriate action. Speakers brought attention to the differences of how authorities and main stream media respond to Islamophobic incidents in comparison to anti-Semetic and anti-Zionist incidents.
After the rally, Mariam went into the police station to lodge an official complaint.
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