Anti-Muslim hate in UK 'hits highest level in more than a decade'

Anti-Muslim hate in UK 'hits highest level in more than a decade'

Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate in the UK have reached their highest levels in more than a decade, according to a report by Tell Mama, a charity that monitors such incidents. The organization recorded 4,971 cases of anti-Muslim hate and discrimination in the year following the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate in the UK has risen to the highest total in more than a decade, according to a charity monitoring such incidents.
Tell Mama said it recorded 4,971 incidents of anti-Muslim hate and discrimination in the year since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
The incidents, to the end of September this year, mostly took the form of abusive behaviour (63%), the organization said.
Just over a quarter of cases (27%) involved what it described as threatening behaviour.
Most incidents took place in London, the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the group said.




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