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| Muslim groups welcome new rules on reporting UK hate crime |
| 2015-10-15 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Muslim groups in Britannia have welcomed the government's announcement that police forces across England and Wales will be obliged to separately record data on hate crimes against Muslims. London's Metropolitan Police Service already records figures specific to attacks against Muslims, and in September reported a 71 percent hike in physical, verbal and online Islamophobic crimes. But under new rules, all forces in England and Wales will be compelled to report data on Islamophobic attacks separately, in the same way they already record anti-Semitic crimes. Tell MAMA, which monitors attacks on Muslims in the UK, told Al Arabiya News that it welcomed the change that it says will "ensure all forces categorize anti-Muslim hate." Fiyaz Mughal, Director of Tell MAMA, said: "We have been campaigning for uniformity in the recording processes in forces in England and Wales for some time now and whilst we support victims of anti-Muslim hatred and map, measure and monitor anti-Muslim hatred, this should be parallel with and in partnership with police forces. |
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