The family of a Muslim hotel worker seriously injured in an alleged hate-motivated assault said the attack in Markham, Ont., has left them fearful, as the National Council of Canadian Muslims warns of a sharp increase in hate crimes against the community.

The man’s wife said she is speaking out because she doesn’t want another family to go through the same nightmare and no other wife should have to pray for her husband to “survive an act of hate.”

“We have watched him struggle to breathe, to speak, to move and to even consume a liquid diet,” she said at a press conference in Toronto on Thursday morning.

“The man we know, strong, patient and full of life, now carries pain that no one should ever have to endure.”

His wife did not provide her name, with organizers of the press conference

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