There was a “significant spike” in Islamophobic incidents in the wake of Boris Johnson’s comparison between women in burkas and letterboxes, according to an anti-racism organisation.

UK prime minister Boris Johnson was behind the largest spike in anti-Muslim hate crime in 2018 after he compared women wearing the veil to “bank robbers”, according to new figures released on Monday.

Boris Johnson’s comparison of women in burkas to letterboxes led to a ‘significant spike’ in Islamophobic incidents, an anti-racism organisation has claimed.

Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) said there was a 375 per cent increase in the week after Mr Johnson compared women wearing niqab face veils to ‘bank robbers’ and ‘letter boxes’.

Boris Johnson’s comments on women wearing the veil led to a surge in anti-Muslim attacks and incidents of abuse, the monitoring group Tell Mama has said.

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British broadcaster the BBC has apologized after a documentary hosted by popular presenter Stacey Dooley referred to a Muslim gesture as a Daesh salute.

In the clip, which has already been removed from the final version of the episode of the current affairs …

The BBC has apologised and amended a scene from Stacey Dooley’s Panorama documentary in which she referred to a Muslim prayer gesture as an “IS salute”.

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