(Jewish Group) Muslim women stand with Jews, wear kippahs in protest of recent antisemitic incidents

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Germans of all faiths took to the streets of Berlin for the “kippah march,” on Wednesday to protest a recent rise in antisemitic sentiment in Germany. The gathering of 2,000, all wearing Jewish kippahs, or yarmulkes, was joined by groups of Muslim women who donned the Jewish skull caps over their hijabs, standing in solidarity with the community.

The Independent reports the protest was sparked by a recent attack of two young men wearing skullcaps in broad daylight. The suspected attacker is a 19-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker.

Reinhard Borgmann, a 65-year-old Jewish man who’s family was persecuted during World War II expressed his unease of late and praised the efforts of the Berliner protesters:

“As Jews, we want to be able to move freely, whether with kippah or without,” Mr Borgmann said. “We want to be able to practice religion in peace and not be discriminated against and not live in fear. And this event tonight is a sign and an important one.”

Many people of Berlin share in Mr. Borgmann’s concerns of Jewish safety. Elard Zuehlke, a 26-year-old non-Jewish Berliner attended the function, exclaiming, “It cannot be that in Germany there is any kind of antisemitism — not in schools, not in public, not at work, not in politics, nowhere.” He added, “This cannot be happening. Germany has to live up to its special responsibility,”

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