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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Bernadette B. Tixon

'My Son Messaged Me, Come Get Me': A Muslim Mother's Account of Britain's Worsening Anti-Muslim Hate Crisis

UK Muslim leaders warn government response to escalating anti-Muslim hatred has fallen dangerously short. (Credit: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels)

Naomi Green was at home when her phone lit up. Her 12-year-old son had sent her a message from school: 'Mum, come get me.' He had just been told by classmates who had taken part in the Belfast riots that 'foreigners like you are going to go home.'

Green, an assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain who converted to Islam 20 years ago, said the incident was not an isolated one. It came during a period she described with startling clarity: 'I literally felt like I was in a dystopia.'

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