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Warning about the increasing scale of anti-Muslim attacks, a leading Islamic organization has urged the British government to take serious national response to attacks against Muslims and mosques.
"Following the events in Woolwich there has been a significant increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes across the UK,” Farooq Murad, the leader of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), told the BBC on Monday, July 22.
"The community has patiently borne the brunt of these attacks despite condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the tragic murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.”
Suffering from an "unprecedented escalation of violence" since Fusilier Lee Rigby's killing in May, the organization said people were living in fear.
The number of anti-Islamic attacks has increased as much as tenfold in the days that followed the Woolwich murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.
Tell Mama project, which monitors anti-Muslim attacks in Britain, has also reported 212 “anti-Muslim incidents” after the Woolwich attack.
The figure included 11 attacks on mosques, in a series manifestation of anti-Muslim sentiments.
The MCB said an increase in attacks nationwide must be met by "an urgent, coordinated national response by politicians, police and domestic security services."
“Despite this spike in incidents, there has yet to be a coordinated national effort to ensure that these sorts of attacks never happen again,” Murad said.
"It cannot be right that a minority community is allowed to be targeted in this manner."
Being targeted in their homes and mosques alike, British Muslims were living in fear.
"For many Muslim communities across this country, there is a palpable sense of fear.
“While the local police are doing all they could to investigate these incidents, the national response has been far from satisfactory."
Britain is home to a Muslim community of nearly 2.7 million.
Source: On Islam
"The community has patiently borne the brunt of these attacks despite condemning, in the strongest possible terms, the tragic murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.”
Suffering from an "unprecedented escalation of violence" since Fusilier Lee Rigby's killing in May, the organization said people were living in fear.
The number of anti-Islamic attacks has increased as much as tenfold in the days that followed the Woolwich murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.
Tell Mama project, which monitors anti-Muslim attacks in Britain, has also reported 212 “anti-Muslim incidents” after the Woolwich attack.
The figure included 11 attacks on mosques, in a series manifestation of anti-Muslim sentiments.
The MCB said an increase in attacks nationwide must be met by "an urgent, coordinated national response by politicians, police and domestic security services."
“Despite this spike in incidents, there has yet to be a coordinated national effort to ensure that these sorts of attacks never happen again,” Murad said.
"It cannot be right that a minority community is allowed to be targeted in this manner."
Being targeted in their homes and mosques alike, British Muslims were living in fear.
"For many Muslim communities across this country, there is a palpable sense of fear.
“While the local police are doing all they could to investigate these incidents, the national response has been far from satisfactory."
Britain is home to a Muslim community of nearly 2.7 million.
Source: On Islam
