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A Muslim Professor Was Attacked by an 'Old White Man' at the Toronto Symphony

He chopped her in the neck and called her a "child" and a "bitch."

He chopped her in the neck and called her a "child" and a "bitch."

A University of Toronto professor was at Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall Wednesday evening when she said an older white man chopped her in the neck and called her a "bitch" after she took a photograph.

Aisha Ahmad, a Muslim-Canadian professor who teaches international security at the U of T, told VICE she was at the symphony with a friend after being gifted tickets to Carmina Burana from a fellow professor. Having been to the symphony many times, she knew that flash photography is not permitted so she took a non-flash photograph before the performance began, as she had in the past.

At that point, "the man behind me chopped me on the neck and said 'put that away'" Ahmad said. "I was stunned. I turned around and said, 'You can't hit me, that's assault. If you hit me again, I will charge you.'"

She said the man, who looked to be in his 50s, replied, "You're like a child, you bitch."

Ahmad, who said she was the only non-white person in her section, told VICE others seated nearby turned around to find out what the commotion was about. Then they took the man's side.

"They began to pile on and chime in and say 'Stop it already, enough' and 'What's wrong with you?,'" Ahmad said. "In that moment I realized the entire section had decided I didn't belong there."

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