An elderly woman has been charged with making harassing calls to a Sydney mosque

An 82-year-old woman will face court next month after she allegedly made harassing phone calls to a Sydney mosque.

Hizb ut-Tahrir hosted a rally outside Lakemba Mosque in Sydney today with hundreds of people gathered in protest to stand for Paestine and Lebanon on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

An elderly woman has been charged with allegedly making harassing phone calls to a Sydney mosque in the week before the October 7 anniversary.

Police attended the Masjid Arrahman mosque in Kingsgrove in Sydney’s south on Friday night after receiving reports of two allegedly offensive calls made on October 1 and October 4.

Following investigations, police went to a home in Five Dock and spoke with the 82-year-old woman.

She’s been issued with a court notice for the alleged offence of using carriage service to menace, harass and/or offend.

She will appear before Bankstown local court on November 27.

Originally published as An elderly woman has been charged with making harassing calls to a Sydney mosque