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Usman Khawaja’s Family Faces Islamophobic Abuse After Bondi Hanukkah Attack

Rachel Khawaja says the harassment escalated after her husband condemned the killings at the Bondi Beach Jewish event.

Overview

  • Rachel Khawaja posted screenshots showing abusive messages directed at the couple’s young daughters following the Bondi Beach attack.
  • She said the family has long received such messages but that the volume and intensity have worsened in the past week.
  • Several comments invoked anti-Muslim slurs and told the family to “go back to Pakistan,” targeting Khawaja’s background despite his lack of any connection to the incident.
  • Usman Khawaja publicly expressed heartbreak over the attack and voiced support for the Jewish community in a social media statement.
  • Reports identify the alleged attackers as Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, with authorities treating the Bondi Beach violence as a deadly terror-linked incident.