According to rahyafte (the missionaries and converts website):Islamophobic incidents in London have more than doubled in the first 18 days of October, compared to the same period last year, according to the Metropolitan Police.
The police attributed the rise to the ongoing war on Gaza, which has also triggered a surge in anti-semitic offenses.
The police said they had arrested a man for spraying Islamophobic graffiti at bus stops in south London.
They also said they had increased their presence to prevent and respond to hate crimes, which included verbal and online abuse, as well as criminal damage.
TellMama, a group that monitors anti-Muslim incidents, said it had received 200 cases up to October 16.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan also confirmed that the violence in Gaza was affecting London and its residents, and condemned both Islamophobia and anti-semitism.
The police said there were 218 anti-semitic offenses between October 1 and 18, a 14-fold increase from 15 in the same period in 2022.
The Israeli regime launched its deadly bombing campaign over the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian resistance group Hamas waged Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against the occupying regime.
Well over 4,100 Palestinians have so far been killed across the Strip, according to figures from the health ministry. Nearly 13,500 individuals have also been injured.
Ever since reports of Islamophobic acts and attacks on pro-Palestine activists have been growing across the world.
Observers say Muslims — especially women wearing a hijab — have been insulted and attacked on the streets.
Earlier this week, a six-year-old Palestinian boy was murdered in cold blood by his landlord in the United States.
Police in southwestern Chicago charged 71-year-old Joseph M. Czuba with murder and hate crime on Monday for fatally stabbing Wadea al-Fayoume, and seriously wounding his 32-year-old mother on Sunday.
Czuba, the landlord, entered the apartment and stabbed the little boy 26 times.
The gruesome murder of the child came days after President Joe Biden of the United States claimed that he saw pictures of beheaded children following a Hamas operation in Israel.
The White House walked back the president’s claim, with the Washington Post citing from the White House that Biden based his comments on the claims from Israel’s Prime minister’s spokesman and media reports.
However, Biden’s remarks were featured on the front pages of Western newspapers.
Source: Agencies
