ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACKS IGNORED

Islamophobic attacks in Britain will continue to rise until there is a wholesale change in attitudes, including new legislation against religious hatred, according to the editor of The Muslim News, Ahmed Versi. In an interview with IRNA, the official news agency of Iran, he suggested that measures were needed to help stem the waves of attacks on Muslims, including in education to make national curriculum more inclusive and “not Eurocentric” and changes in languages by the media and politicians. He said that there was also much Islamophobic verbal abuse, demonising Muslims with such chants as “Osama bin Ladin;” “You Pakis go home;” “Terrorists” and the like. Even Muslim cemeteries and graves had been vandalised, he added. Despite the scale of attacks and abuse, there are very few reports on the issue by national media.