STATEMENT
23 Feb 2024
On a day when we find that there has been staggering 335% surge in Islamophobic hate crimes, former Home Secretary Suella Braverman is fuelling hatred in her latest incendiary column in The Telegraph.
MCB Secretary-General Zara Mohammed said:
“On the front page of a national newspaper, a former Home Secretary has shamelessly peddled extremist tropes about so-called ‘Islamist’ takeovers. That this comes on the day we learn of a stark rise of Islamophobic hate crime with over 2000 cases in the last 4 months is no less shameful.
Suella Braverman’s disgraceful article is Exhibit A for those investigating why there is an Islamophobia surge in the UK. Her incendiary messages were articulated on the floor of the House of Commons as well.
With a track record of demonising Muslim communities and peaceful Palestinian protesters, this is more dog whistle politics to distract from the actual issues of the day. This is a time where communities need to come together, her sinister attempts to divide us will not succeed.”
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