Seven-Fold Rise in Anti-Muslim Cases Reported in UK
Tell MAMA said it has recorded a seven-fold rise in anti-Muslim cases between October 7 and December 13.
“We recorded 1,432 cases (since) October 7, up from the 2022 figure of 195 cases (153 offline, 42 online), and represents the largest rise in reports to our service across 68 days.
Like with our previous statistical bulletins, we provide a brief geographic breakdown of where offline cases occurred:
Of the 613 offline cases, 381 occurred in London, 55 in the northwest, 15 in South Yorkshire, 31 in West Yorkshire, 23 in the East Midlands and 35 in the West Midlands. In other areas, like the Southeast, we recorded 17 and in the Southwest of England, we recorded 19 cases. The final geographic areas concern Scotland (13), Wales (4), and the Northeast (20).”
In terms of categories, Tell MAMA received 387 cases of abusive behavior, 52 threats, 49 assaults, 46 acts of vandalism, 40 cases of discrimination, 28 acts of hate speech and 11 examples of anti-Muslim literature.
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“Whereas, in the online world, we recorded 819 cases – ranging from racist, dehumanizing memes to calls for violence towards Muslims, as noted white supremacists and far-right account holders pushed racist conspiracies of so-called “replacement” or stigmatized Muslims as criminals and terror threats.
“Our previous bulletins are found here, here, here, here, here, here and here. The most recent bulletin appeared online last week.
“We continue to liaise with various police forces nationally, including the Met Police and the British Transport Police relating to various hate crimes.”
Tell Mama urged mosques and Islamic centers to download its mosque safety advice resources and to consider its updated mosque security advice service.
Source: tellmamauk.org
