The Independent: Britain in front of an open season of Islamophobia
The Independent: Britain in front of an open season of Islamophobia
28/06/2016 16:22 pm (Baghdad time)
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See the newspaper “The Independent” that Britain is entering uncharted territory of Islamophobia, after the vote out of the European Union last week.
The paper points to the annual report prepared by the organization monitors attacks against Muslims in Britain, which said it had received 326 incidents, representing an increase by a large margin from last year, pointing out that the organization “Til Mama” is monitoring events and attacks against Muslims in Britain.
The report states that British Muslims are facing a surge in attacks against because of religion, where a lot of women are afraid to exercise their daily lives, and out of their homes.
The paper sets out that according to the annual report of the organization “Til Mama”, it has emerged that the number of attacks this year has increased B326 from last year, while the Muslim Council of Britain, said he had received a communication from the 100 racist incident during holiday last week, the day after the announcement of the results of the referendum , in which the majority voted in favor of England out of the European Union.
The attention of the report, noted that political leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, expressed at a hearing on Monday about their fears of the spread of racist attacks, while a senior member of the Labour Party Harriet Harman said that a lot of racists believe that the attack on foreigners and minorities is “open season.”
And reveal the newspaper that the Poles and other minorities have suffered from physical and verbal racist attacks, and throughout the whole country, where the National Council of Chiefs of Police said there was an increase of 57% in the communications received by the police on the site of hate crimes between Thursday and Sunday, compared to weeks the last four.
The report notes that the correspondent “Today” program (today) in the fourth radio “BBC” particularly Kotecha, said on Monday in a tweet her that she was shocked when “advocated the whore, I have not heard that word since the eighties of the last century.”
The paper quotes a report, “Thiel Mama”, saying that the increase in racist attacks are increasing, even before the referendum on Thursday, where the report replies increase of terrorist attacks, noting that while the report found that most of the attacks take place over the Internet, there is a lot of the attacks taking place in the real world, in schools, colleges, restaurants and public transportation.
According to the report that the organization “Till mama” says the impact of the attacks on Muslim women, especially those who wear the hijab, a big, where not feel safe to carry out their duties daily.
The paper quotes the head of the organization “Til Mama,” the former minister for communities Shahid Malik, as saying: “We are facing an unknown path,” and adds that “the statistics paint a bleak picture, and an explosion of anti-Muslim attacks, whether on the Internet or in the streets, and are targeting Muslim women the preachers of hate cowards, as the relative increase in attacks is a testament to that we do not stand up for a lot of our citizens, despite the great efforts to face the hatred of Muslims. ”
He continues, Malik said, “against the background of the referendum, and the rise of racist attacks, it is the government should not be under any illusion that things may evolve, and become uncomfortable for minorities in Britain, and we are today, more than ever, need our government’s political and our parties, and of course the media; to act responsibly, and help our leadership in the post (Albraikst), where they are rejected xenophobia and hatred, and the failure of leadership to act in this critical stage of our history, may lead to serious consequences we reflected all of us. ”
According to the newspaper, the “Til Mama” report stated that 61% of victims are women traveling on public transport, and 72% of them can recognize them because of the veil, where the report finds that women are the party that can be subjected to assault or harassment during their travel on public transport to the center of cities and towns, or while shopping.
The report shows that there are 11% of the incidents recorded in schools and colleges, and 35% of them physical attacks, pointing out that most of the incidents have been publishing news about the social networking sites, where the police have arrested a woman in November, it was reviled and swearing at a woman Muslim woman on the bus, and the court issued a suspended prison.
And stamped “Independent” report with reference to the words of a motorist called Yasser Hussein, the driver of another car stopped, and were there to be abusive, such as “O son of the Sacred” .anthy 29 / tc n
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