AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United Kingdom have tripled since the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, a British monitoring group revealed Thursday following its latest survey in the country.
Tell MAMA which supports victims of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate said it recorded 2,010 such cases in the last four months since the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, following the Al-Aqsa Storm operation by the Palestinian resistance, Hamas in response to decades of Israeli atrocities.
That was the largest recorded number of cases in a four-month period, said a statement from the organization, which was set up to monitor and report such incidents.
The latest figures were up from 600 incidents over the same period in 2022-2023, means a rise of 335 percent.
"We are deeply concerned about the impacts that the Israeli war on Gaza are having on hate crimes and on social cohesion in the UK," said Tell MAMA director, Iman Atta.
"This rise in anti-Muslim hate is unacceptable and we hope that political leaders speak out to send a clear message that anti-Muslim hate, like anti-Semitism, is unacceptable in our country."
Tell MAMA said that 901 cases occurred offline while 1,109 were online. Most of the offline incidents took place in the British capital London, it added.
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