Islamophobic attacks have increased by 235 per cent in the UK since 7 October.
According to Tell MAMA, an organisation that records anti-Muslim incidents in the UK, there have been 2,010 incidents of online and offline abuse, the highest number in the four-month period since the organisation was founded in 2011.
In contracts, over the period from 7 October 2022 to 7 February 2023, 600 incidents were recorded. Incidents of anti-Muslim hatred included writing the word “Hamas” on a family’s front door and some Muslims were insulted while travelling on public transport.
According to the organisation, in more than 65 per cent of the cases, the victims were women. More than a quarter of the cases – 576 – were reported in London, according to Tell MAMA.
Iman Atta, director of Tell MAMA said:
We are deeply concerned about the impacts that the Israel and Gaza war are having on hate crimes and on social cohesion in the UK.
The rise in anti-Muslim hatred is unacceptable and Britons hope that political leaders will speak out to make it clear that anti-Muslim hatred, like anti-Semitism, is unacceptable in today’s world.
