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Farid Farid

Scapegoating Muslims fuels spike in attacks on women

Nora Amath says It's exhausting being a visibly Muslim woman in Australia, trying to avoid attacks. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

Often the targets of violent assaults, women wearing hijabs have become the most frequent and easily identifiable targets for Islamophobic attacks.

Physical and verbal abuse of Muslims more than doubled in the past two years including a 150 per cent spike in in-person incidents, the Islamophobia Register Australia has found in a study.

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