Woman’s encounter highlights concerns of Islamophobia in Winnipeg
Global News
On Friday around 10:20 a.m., in the Fort Richmond area, Winnipegger Sarwat Qureshi told Global News she had an unsettling experience while she was taking her son to school.
A recent encounter in Winnipeg has made one resident concerned about Islamophobia in the city.
On Friday at around 10:20 a.m. in the Fort Richmond area, Winnipegger Sarwat Qureshi told Global News she had an unsettling experience while she was taking her son to school.
She says she saw a man approaching her car on foot and waving his arm. She thought he needed help and rolled down her window.
“At that time I could hear him saying anti-Muslim slurs, things like, ‘go back to your country,’ and ‘leave my country,’ and ‘Muslim pigs and killers,” Qureshi said.
She said she kept driving, dropped her son off at school, and took a different route home.
However, she saw him again a few blocks away and tried to take a picture of him to file a police report. At this time, she said he approached her car again and this time, tried to open the door.
“They couldn’t open the door, then they started banging on the window and on the windshield, trying to break the side view mirror. And at that point, I tried to drive away, and that person started running after my car.”
Qureshi reported the incident to the police but was left feeling angry and upset. She said she has lived in the city for 23 years and has never experienced anything like this.
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