A Twitter campaign called #IllRideWithYou spread across Australia today following news that a gunman, reportedly Muslim, had taken hostages in a Sydney cafe. Amid the chaos, Australians banned together in hopes of combating “anti-Muslim sentiments” and started a Twitter campaign using #IllRideWithYou. The hashtag began after an Australian woman named Rachael Jacobs saw a Muslim woman on the train removing her hijab, a veil worn by Muslim women that covers the head and chest. Jacobs told the woman to keep the veil on, and she told the woman she would walk with her. Jacobs took to Facebook to post...
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