The authorities of the U.Okay. introduced that they might allocate £117 million ($150 million) in funds to offer safety of mosques, Muslim neighborhood facilities and faculties within the nation within the face of rising anti-Muslim hatred.
The transfer follows Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge in late February to offer greater than £70 million to guard Jewish faculties, synagogues and different amenities utilized by the Jewish neighborhood.
The authorities stated the funding was allotted to mirror the variety of neighborhood websites utilized by every religion, with British Muslims making up 14 occasions extra of England and Wales’ inhabitants than British Jews.
Sunak and his ruling Conservatives have been underneath heavy criticism for enabling Islamophobia to rise within the nation.
Islamophobic incidents have greater than tripled for the reason that Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas incursion, in response to Tell MAMA, a company monitoring anti-Muslim sentiment and abuse within the U.Okay.
Speaking on the brand new funding pack, Home Secretary James Cleverly stated: “Anti-Muslim hatred has completely no place in our society. We is not going to let occasions within the Middle East be used as an excuse to justify abuse in opposition to British Muslims.”
Tell MAMA says the steep rise in anti-Muslim assaults was brought on by varied far-right remarks previously 5 months, particularly following former Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s assault on pro-Palestinian protesters who demanded a cease-fire in Gaza. She had described them as anti-Semitic “hate marchers.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com