A Toronto man has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and uttering threats after a hotel employee in Markham was beaten last month in what police are calling a "violent, hate-motivated" attack.

The victim is a Muslim man, according to the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM).

In a post on social media on Monday, the NCCM said a hotel guest had asked the man about his ethnic and religious identity, and when he said he was Muslim, he was attacked and beaten.

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His injuries are "gruesome and life-altering," the NCCM said.

Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s special representative on combatting Islamophobia, said in a social media post on Monday that the assault was "absolutely horrifying and vicious" and the Muslim man was "

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