Faith ‘hate crime’ increases
Faith ‘hate crime’ has risen nearly 600 per cent in London since the July 7th bombings, according to Scotland Yard.
The figures included verbal and physical attacks as well as criminal damage to property including mosques.
There were 273 incidents reported since the suicide bombings compared to only 41 over the same period (July 6th to August 1st) year-on-year.
In the three days after the attacks, police recorded 68 faith hate crimes in the capital.
Scotland Yard said the increase was attributable to improvements in recording procedures and neighborhood and borough-based policing.
Over the same period, racist and anti-Semitic incidents dropped, police noted.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission claimed last week the number of unreported attacks on Asians in Britain may have risen 13-fold since the London atrocities.
“Attacks were carried out right around the country in the aftermath of July 7th. The picture is by no means confined to London,” it said.
Inayat Banglawala, secretary of the Muslim Council of Britain, said attacks were carried out right around the country in the aftermath of July 7th.
“The picture is by no means confined to London,” he said.
