Islamophobic posts about Sadiq Khan more than double in a year, analysis shows

New analysis reveals a sharp rise in Islamophobic messages targeting the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, with nearly 28,000 posts last year. Photograph: Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

The number of Islamophobic posts aimed at Sadiq Khan has more than doubled in a year, according to fresh analysis that suggests the London mayor remains a lightning rod for racist abuse.

Almost 28,000 social media posts referring to Khan included a key Islamophobic phrase last year, a huge increase on the 12,000 sent a year earlier and a more than eight-fold increase from 2022, according to the analysis commissioned by the Greater London authority (GLA).