Source: The Guardian
The rising tide of bigotry against Britain’s Muslim communities needs tackling head-on – and Theresa May should take the lead
Twenty-four hours on from the “Punish a Muslim Day” and the well-meaning but deeply reductive framing of “Love a Muslim Day”, the UK’s Muslim communities and no doubt the police and authorities are breathing a huge sigh of relief that this designated day of hate passed off without major incident.
“Punish a Muslim Day” started off last month, with a number of anonymous letters arriving at the homes of Muslims in the north of England, the Midlands and east London. Four Muslim MPs received it, including at least one copy being received in parliament, leading to a security alert. The letter boasted of horrific “rewards”, encouraging people to carry out attacks on Muslims, including torture, burning down mosques and throwing acid in Muslims’ faces. It is still not known who was behind them, although counter-terror police are investigating.
Categories: Europe, Islamophobia, The Muslim Times, UK
As with most lecture, we usually ‘preach to the converted’, meaning when we talk about peace it is peace-loving people who listen etc. In other words the audience attracted already agrees with us before we start speaking. Or in other words those who should listen, do not.
I agree Rafiq, but the hate and fear dwelling in Britain mongers deep and creeps far and wide. It’s true that Britain will need to do take further measures and do much more than love a Muslim day to eradicate the eradicate fears, hate and intolerance in hearts.