#illridewithyou: Australian social media users show solidarity with Sydney’s Muslims

Australians have come together on social media to show support for the nation’s Muslim community in the wake of the Sydney hostage crisis.

There have been calls for tolerance as fears grow that there may be a backlash against those wearing religious dress.

And a social movement using the hashtag #illridewithyou offering to accompany Muslims on public transport has blossomed out of a Facebook post from Rachel Jacobs who offered to walk with a woman wearing hijab.