Hate crime against British Muslims soars following Paris attacks

Muslims living in Britain have suffered more than 100 racial attacks

 

Muslims living in Britain have suffered more than 100 racial attacks since the terrorist atrocities in Paris, figures prepared for ministers reveal.

 A report to the British government’s working group on anti-Muslim hatred shows a spike in Islamophobic hate crime of more than 300 percent, to 115, in the week following the killings on November 13 in France.

Most victims of the UK hate crimes were Muslim girls and women aged from 14 to 45 in traditional Islamic dress. The perpetrators were mainly white males aged from 15 to 35.

The figures were compiled by the Tell Mama helpline, which records incidents of verbal and physical attacks on Muslims and mosques in the UK.

The report said a large number of the reported attacks were in public places, including on buses and trains.