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Anti-Muslim incidents ‘spiked by 375%’ after Boris Johnson mocked Muslim women

Sep 2nd, 2019

Campaign group Tell MAMA said it received 38 reports of anti-Muslim incidents in the week after the now-PM compared veiled women to ‘letterboxes’ and ‘bank robbers’

‘Significant spike’ in Islamophobia after Johnson’s burka comments

Sep 2nd, 2019

There has been a “significant spike” in Islamophobic incidents following Boris Johnson’s comparison between women in burkas and letterboxes, according to an anti-racism group.

‘Significant spike’ in Islamophobia after Boris Johnson’s comments on burkas

Sep 2nd, 2019

There has been a “significant spike” in Islamophobic incidents following Boris Johnson’s comparison between women in burkas and letterboxes, according to an anti-racism group.

‘Significant spike’ in Islamophobia after Boris Johnson’s comments on burkas

Sep 2nd, 2019

Boris Johnson had said it was “absolutely ridiculous” women chose to “go around looking like letterboxes” in comments last year.

Race hate monitor reveals ‘significant spike’ in anti-muslim incidents from Boris Johnson’s comments

Sep 2nd, 2019

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.

Tell MAMA said there was a 375% increase in anti-Muslim incidents from the week before Mr Johnson made the comments to the week after.

Boris Johnson burqa comments ‘led to surge in anti-Muslim attacks’

Sep 2nd, 2019

Tell MAMA said there was a 375% week-on-week increase after the Prime Minister compared women who wear a full face veil to “letterboxes” and “bank robbers” in a newspaper column.

Plea for victims of Islamophobia to report incidents to create clearer picture of religious intolerance

Sep 2nd, 2019

Muslim people are turning the other cheek to verbal assaults rather than report them to police, it has been claimed in the wake of new figures that suggest religious bigotry has reduced in Dundee.

‘Significant spike’ in anti-Muslim hate crimes after Boris Johnson’s burka comments

Sep 2nd, 2019

There was a 375% increase in anti-Muslim incidents in the week after the prime minister made comments about Muslim women who wear the burka, according to an anti-racism organisation.

‘Significant spike’ in Islamophobia after Boris Johnson’s letterbox comments

Sep 2nd, 2019

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.

Boris Johnson linked to biggest spike in UK Islamophobia in 2018

Sep 2nd, 2019

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.

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