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Mosques given £66m in emergency security funds after Southport disorder

Exclusive: Full government funding figures ‘tell sombre story about rise in hostility that British Muslims live with’, trust says

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

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

Muslim communities in the UK report a surge in anti-Muslim hate crimes, with incidents affecting children and women. Community leaders urge the government to strengthen its response.

International Business Times UK · Jun 26

Vandalism, taunts and hijabs torn off: Muslim leaders in UK say hate crime hitting new levels

Ministers accused of being more hesitant to respond as Reform has risen in polls, due to fear of ‘saying wrong thing’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

Reform UK’s London mayor candidate condemned for burqa stop and search remarks

Laila Cunningham accused of endangering Muslims after saying it ‘has to be assumed’ people hiding their face for a criminal reason

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16

MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime

Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatred

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025

Muslim Women’s Network says charity run could have been more inclusive

But the organisation said it was also ‘concerned about the disproportionate media attention given to the event’.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Head of UK Muslim charity ‘deeply worried’ as anti-Muslim hate crimes up by a fifth

Shaista Gohir says latest government figures are probably an ‘underestimation’ as many incidents go unreported

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

‘We are in a dangerous place’: British Muslims on the fallout from 7/7 attack 20 years on

Many feel counter-terrorism policies and brazen Islamophobia have increased hostility and isolation experience by community

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2025

Voices: Class-based prejudice didn’t just enable grooming gangs – it emboldened them

COMMENT: I welcome the call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs and am troubled by the over-representation of Pakistani men in parts of the country, writes Baroness Shaista Gohir. Safeguarding vulnerable children should come first

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

‘It’s been traumatic’: the inside story of Tell Mama’s break with Labour government

The not-for-profit, which has been recording anti-Muslim hate crime for 13 years, now faces an uncertain future

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2025