04/02/2026
APD is investigating a hate crime in Old Town after a Muslim mom with kids was spit on by man asking, “Are you Christian?”
❗️An Albuquerque mother taking photos of her children in Old Town says she was spit on and harassed all because she was wearing a hijab, and she caught it on video.
The mother, who is Muslim, was on the south side of the plaza in Old Town Monday afternoon with her two children, aged 11 months and 2 years, when she said a heavyset Hispanic man came up to her and asked, “Are you Christian?”
“I told him, ‘No, you already know I’m not.’ He said, ‘No, right, you’re Muslim. I hope you burn in hell.’” That’s when she pulled out her phone and began to video the encounter...
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