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Muslim Woman Hailed for Defending Jewish Family on London Tube

A Muslim woman has been hailed as โ€œincredibly braveโ€ as she stepped in to confront a man over his anti-Semitic rant at a Jewish father and son on the London underground, The Independent reported.

โ€œBehold I will make them come and worship before your feet,โ€ a man who appeared to be reading the Bible said in the video, quoting from a passage in the Book of Revelation that refers to people falsely claiming to be Jewish. 

The Muslim woman could be heard telling the man โ€œcome on there are children hereโ€ after interrupting him while he was reading an offensive Bible passage.

But the Bible-carrying man, in black gloves, gestures to the family, telling her: โ€œThese people are impostors, trying to claim my heritage and theyโ€™re trying to tell me thatโ€™s cool,โ€ and also mentions the slave trade. 

When she tries to reason with him, he says: โ€œItโ€™s not my opinion, itโ€™s Godโ€™s word.โ€ He also mentions 9/11 to her.

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Social media users heaped praise on the woman, one saying โ€œgive her a medalโ€, another saying she was a star, others lauding her courage.

โ€œThat lady is incredibly brave standing up to him like that. He acted very threatening and she kept her cool brilliantly,โ€ one wrote on Twitter.

โ€œA Muslim lady going to the defense of a Jewish father and son gives me renewed hope for the future of this wonderful country of ours. Letโ€™s try and find out who she is so we can thank her for her wonderful courage and support,โ€ another added.

โ€œFair play to the Muslim lady for sticking up for that Jewish family,โ€ a third added.

Chris Atkins, who filmed the rant, asked anyone who recognized the man to report him to police, adding: โ€œThe woman who intervened was Muslim, and she was incredibly brave.โ€

The vast majority of Muslims in the United Kingdom live in England: 2,660,116 (5.02% of the population). 76,737 Muslims live in Scotland (1.45%), 45,950 in Wales (1.50%). London has the greatest population of Muslims in the country.

According to the 2011 census, 263,346 people answered โ€œJewishโ€ to the voluntary question on religion, compared with 259,927 in the previous count of 2001.

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