UK Muslims facing 'explosion' of hate attacks after Brexit: Report
Jun 28, 2016 07:18 UTC
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Hate crimes against Muslims living in Britain have skyrocketed over the past months and are expected to go higher after the Brexit vote, a report warns
British Muslims are facing an “explosion” in faith-based hate crimes, which will get much worse following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), a survey warns.
Tell MAMA, an anti-Muslim hate monitoring group based in London, said in its annual report on Monday that Islamphobic incidents in the UK increased by 326 percent last year, rising from 146 to 437 cases.
The survey also found that British Muslim women who wear hijab are now in such grave danger that they fear to conduct “day to day activities.”
The report showed that 61 percent of victims in the cases investigated by the organization were women, of whom at least 75 percent were identified as Muslim.
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