“An
Islamic center in UK has condemned a spike in hate crimes across
England and Wales since 2012. The Muslim Council of Britain and the
Church of England have says the targets of hate crimes are
predominantly Muslims. According to the council, racially or
religiously aggravated harassment crimes – such as verbal or
written racist abuse – increased from a total of 15,249 to 17,605
between 2012 and 2014. The figures, obtained from 41 of 43 police
forces approached through Freedom of Information (FoI) requests, show
more than 47,000 hate crimes recorded over the past three years.”
“He
[member of Muslim Public Affairs Committee in London, Raza Nadim]
slammed the western media in covering crimes by different groups
saying: 'When a Muslim commits a crime, we have many right-wing
commentators who are quick to point the finger at the religion of the
criminal and the ideology that drives them, and yet when the Muslims
are the victims of hate crimes we don’t see people actually linking
the story.'”
“He
referred to the pessimism among Muslims towards police and said:
'Because of the lack of trust that many Muslims have in the police,
because of prevent and other kinds of counter-extremism policies that
are in place, many Muslims strongly believe and feel that the police
and the government are working against them rather than working with
them.'”
“He
also referred to the Conservatives’ gaining power after the recent
general elections and said: 'With the new conservative government in
place, many Muslims are actually fearful of what they see as the
government turning a blind eye to the many injustices committed
against Muslims here and abroad.'”
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