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Children as young as ten are among those racially abusing Muslims in Britain and the number of incidents surged in the wake of Lee Rigby’s murder, study claims
By JULIAN ROBINSON
- There were 734 self-reported cases of anti-Islamic abuse in nine months
- Children as young as ten responsible for some of the attacks, study finds
- Murder of Drummer Lee Rigby may have been trigger for further abuse
- Nearly 600 of the incidents were online abuse of threats, report finds
PUBLISHED: 17:01 GMT, 30 June 2014 | UPDATED: 17:27 GMT, 30 June 2014
Children as young as ten have been responsible for anti-Muslim abuse, a study has claimed.
It suggests that the Muslim community is facing abuse on a daily basis, with many of the attacks carried out by younger people.
And the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby 'clearly magnified' the possibility of far-right groups and others victimising Muslims, the study's author has claimed.
The report found that there were 734 self-reported cases of anti-Islamic abuse between May 2013 and February this year - equivalent to more than two a day on average.
Researchers at the Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies at Teesside University, in Middlesbrough, used data collected over a ten month period by the Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) project.
Nearly 600 of the incidents were online abuse and threats, the study found.
The rest were 'offline' attacks such as violence, spreading of anti-Muslim literature, threats and assaults.
Around 60 per cent of these 'offline' attacks are believed to have been carried out by individuals estimated to be aged between ten and 30.
The study also suggests that around two fifths of the cases recorded by Tell MAMA had a link to far-right groups.
It found that more than half of the victims reporting incidents to the project were women, while less than one in six of all of those who reported incidents also told the police.
Study author Dr Matthew Feldman, co-director of the Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies said: 'Muslims remain among the most likely minority group in Britain to be targeted for a hate crime.
‘"Trigger" events like the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby clearly magnify the possibility of far-right groups and others victimising Muslims simply for who they are and what they believe.”
The report noted a spike in reported incidents in the wake of Fusilier Rigby’s murder in Woolwich, south east London on May 22 last year.
The soldier’s death sparked shock across the country after he was run over with a car and then hacked to death by British Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
In the week after the murder, there were 127 reported incidents, according to Tell MAMA’s figures, while a total of 354 cases of anti-Muslim activity were reported in May and June last year.
Read more: Children as young as ten are among those racially abusing Muslims in Britain and the number of incidents surged in the wake of Lee Rigby's murder, new study reveals | Mail Online
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These pests abuse every non white including Hindus. Muslims are now just a good excuse; for good or bad reasons.
