A British Muslim Woman Verbally Harassed

Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain says passenger REFUSED to sit next to her on the train saying: 'I ain't sitting near a Muslim'.

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Date: 18 December 2016 - 16:11

RNA - The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has said she was racially abused by a fellow passenger while travelling on a train.

The baker, raised by Bangladeshi parents in Luton, said a man told her he would not sit beside her because she is a Muslim.

Hussain, 31, has previously said she has to live with racist abuse as 'part of my life'.

Last night, the mother-of-three tweeted: 'A man refused to sit next to me on the train today "I ain't sitting near a Muslim" he said. His ignorance is his own ruin.'

Hussain, 31, has previously said she has to live with racist abuse as 'part of my life'

Mrs Hussain, who won the 2015 series, said in August that she was 'astounded' to be credited with having a positive impact on race relations in the UK because she still suffers anti-Islamic abuse.

Since winning the Bake Off she amassed millions of fans and carved out a highly lucrative career,  but the mother of three has revealed she has suffered so much racist abuse during her life that she has come to expect it.

The 31-year-old star, one of six children born to Bangladeshi parents, made the shocking revelation on Desert Island Discs.

She says: 'I've had things thrown at me and been pushed and jabbed. It sounds really silly because I feel that it's just become a part of my life now.

'I expect it. I absolutely expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused because it happens. It's been happening for years.'

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