Usman Khawaja helps launch Islamophobia awareness campaign as anti-Muslim rhetoric ramps up across Australia
- The growing problem of Islamophobia hit home to Usman Khawaja a couple of years ago when his mother was verbally abused while she was watching her son play in a Test match in Melbourne.
- Wearing a traditional hijab, Fauzia copped abuse from two Australian fans at the 2024 Boxing Day Test match against India at the MCG.
- "She had a couple of guys come up to her and start yelling into her ear and she was pretty shocked by the experience," Khawaja said.
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- The growing problem of Islamophobia hit home to Usman Khawaja a couple of years ago when his mother was verbally abused while she was watching her son play in a Test match in Melbourne.
- Wearing a traditional hijab, Fauzia copped abuse from two Australian fans at the 2024 Boxing Day Test match against India at the MCG.
- "She had a couple of guys come up to her and start yelling into her ear and she was pretty shocked by the experience," Khawaja said.
Sources: ABC Australia