Australians say to Muslims "I'll ride with you"

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-30479306

Australians say to Muslims "I'll ride with you"

As a gunman holds people hostage in a cafe in Sydney, thousands of messages of support have been posted online for Muslims in Australia who are afraid of an Islamophobic backlash.

The spark was this post on Facebook by Rachael Jacobs, who said she'd seen a woman she presumed was Muslim silently removing her hijab while sitting next to her on the train: "I ran after her at the train station. I said 'put it back on. I'll walk with u'. She started to cry and hugged me for about a minute - then walked off alone'.

(continued, probably a shoplifter finishing her shift...)

[pErvinalia]

This is a pretty uplifting thing from a country full of racists and xenophobes.

[pErvinalia]

Jeeze, the bigots are coming out of the woodwork on social media. I'm going to head to the shops soon to see if I can find any to harangue.

[laklak]

I'd ride her.

[cronus]

Won't go down well in Madrid.

[JimC]

Fine, as long as the Lakemba nutters who advocate violent jihad are locked up...

[tattuchu]

That's very sweet. I wouldn't mind hugging some Muslim women myself. I hear they don't resist too much

[pErvinalia]

don't let her man find out. He'll shout at you! And kill her.

[mistermack]

I'd be quite happy to see people riding with women in hijabbys. With luck, they might take most of the blast.

[laklak]

Kevlar burkas, that's the ticket, Absorbs a lot of shrapnel.

[jaydot]

i understand the offer extends to men as well.