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'My Son Messaged Me, Come Get Me': A Muslim Mother's Account of Britain's Worsening Anti-Muslim Hate Crisis

Muslim communities in the UK report a surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes, with incidents affecting children and women. Community leaders urge the government to strengthen its response.

International Business Times UK

Vandalism, taunts and hijabs torn off: Muslim leaders in UK say hate crime hitting new levels

Ministers accused of being more hesitant to respond as Reform has risen in polls, due to fear of ‘saying wrong thing’

The Guardian - UK

Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains

Many members of minority communities fear results in Birmingham and elsewhere could lead to rise in hostile rhetoric

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Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez threatens to defy UK ban by entering country via small boat

Gomez has been banned from entering the UK to speak at a Tommy Robinson rally next month

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Reform MP condemned for making ‘tartan burqa’ joke at Scottish election launch

Sarah Pochin has previously been criticised for calling for a ban on burqas

The Independent UK

Rejecting Muslim hostility definition sends message ‘your safety doesn’t matter’, peer says

Shaista Gohir says every group has right to be protected after critics warn proposed definition risks breaking law

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK’s London mayor candidate condemned for burqa stop and search remarks

Laila Cunningham accused of endangering Muslims after saying it ‘has to be assumed’ people hiding their face for a criminal reason

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MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime

Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatred

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Muslim Women’s Network says charity run could have been more inclusive

But the organisation said it was also ‘concerned about the disproportionate media attention given to the event’.

Evening Standard

Head of UK Muslim charity ‘deeply worried’ as anti-Muslim hate crimes up by a fifth

Shaista Gohir says latest government figures are probably an ‘underestimation’ as many incidents go unreported

The Guardian - UK

‘We are in a dangerous place’: British Muslims on the fallout from 7/7 attack 20 years on

Many feel counter-terrorism policies and brazen Islamophobia have increased hostility and isolation experience by community

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Class-based prejudice didn’t just enable grooming gangs – it emboldened them

COMMENT: I welcome the call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs and am troubled by the over-representation of Pakistani men in parts of the country, writes Baroness Shaista Gohir. Safeguarding vulnerable children should come first

The Independent UK

‘It’s been traumatic’: the inside story of Tell Mama’s break with Labour government

The not-for-profit, which has been recording anti-Muslim hate crime for 13 years, now faces an uncertain future

The Guardian - UK

Anti-Islamophobia group Tell Mama should face inquiry, says Muslim peer

Shaista Gohir questions Tell Mama’s use of public funds, creating debate over its role, accountability and future

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Labour minister says she doesn't know 'what genocidal attitude is' amid Israel debate

A LABOUR minister has claimed that she does not know “what a genocidal attitude is” after being challenged on Israel ...

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Were two Muslim women in east London run over because they were wearing hijabs?

Misbah Sadique and her friend Kulsum were hit by a car they say was accelerating at them but police did not regard incident as a potential hate crime despite rising Islamophobia

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Women’s rights campaigner and nature expert made life peers

Shaista Gohir and Professor Katherine Willis will sit on the crossbenches, meaning they will not be affiliated with any party.

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