Women 'Bearing Brunt' Of Spike In Anti-Muslim Hatred

The number of Islamophobic incidents reported to an organisation monitoring anti-Muslim sentiment and abuse in the UK more than tripled in the four months since the Hamas attacks in Israel last year.

- ARCHIE MITCHELL

Tell Mama, which describes itself as the leading agency in measuring anti-Muslim hate, said there were 2,010 cases of this kind between 7 October 2023 and 7 February this year. This was a steep rise from the 600 cases reported for the same four-month period a year previously. Of the total cases recorded after the Hamas 7 October attacks, 1,109 were classed as online cases while 901 took place offline, Tell Mama said.