Now is the “most dangerous” time to be a Muslim in the UK, the head of a leading anti-hate crime charity has warned, as she revealed that Islamophobic assaults surged by 73% in 2024.
Iman Atta, director of Tell MAMA, said the normalisation of Islamophobic rhetoric in political discourse – as well as the spread of the far-right “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory on social media – meant the UK is entering uncharted territory regarding the scale of anti-Muslim hatred.
