Muslim Women Wearing Hijabs Assaulted Just Hours After Trump Win

Rasa - A Muslim student at San Jose University told cops she was attacked from behind in a parking garage at San Jose State University. A man ran up and pulled at her hijab, choking her, university police said.

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Date: 11 November 2016 - 16:30

RNA - A Muslim student at San Jose University told cops she was attacked from behind in a parking garage at San Jose State University. A man ran up and pulled at her hijab, choking her, university police said.

And also in California, at San Diego State University, another Muslim student reported being followed by two men who made comments about Trump and the Muslims before robbing her, according to the police report.

University police say the suspects confronted the woman, stole her purse and car keys before fleeing the scene. They came back for her car while she was off searching for help.

A third report turned out to be false. A Muslim student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette claimed two men attacked her Wednesday morning, including one who wore a white "TRUMP" hat while they hit her with a metal object and shouted obscenities as she fell to the ground.

"She made the entire story up," Lafayette Police spokesman Officer Karl Ratcliff told NBC News. "More than likely she will be charged with filing a false police report."

It was the first full day of America under a President-elect Trump. And it reinforced fears that the Republican's upset victory would inspire a new wave of Islamophobia nationwide.

One of Trump's most popular proposals within his base has been to ban all Muslims from entering the United States. He has expressed an openness to secretly surveying mosques and Muslim leaders. He's even suggested that American Muslims are actively harboring foreign terrorists.

Trump's sweeping proposals have raised concerns of widespread discrimination that targets an entire religious group.

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