HYGGE cafe supports Muslim colleague with powerful anti-hate message

October 20, 2021 Article

The HYGGE café in Sheffield had a wonderful message of solidarity and support for its Muslim staff following an anti-Muslim and Islamophobic one-star review from a customer on Google after being served by a Muslim staff member in hijab.

In response, management replied: “Please rest assured that we will be doing everything we can to reassure ALL of our employees that their individuality, their religion, their race, gender, and personality – are what makes them perfect.”

Adding, “HYGGE is a family run business, and our mantra is to be inclusive, to be friendly, and to spread love – not hate. Your opinion has no place in this world, and I hope you learn to love a little more.”

Alex informed “George Cross” that “If you do find yourself visiting HYGGE again, please ask for me by name – as I’d be happy to tell you in person that you will never be welcome at our business, until you change your outrageous and despicable attitude.”

Screenshots of the retort went viral on Instagram, drawing deserved praise and support, with people promising to visit. Others replied, “this is another reason why I would visit HYGGE again!”.

Reflecting on Facebook, HYGGE wrote that “we felt it our duty to do what we can do to spread a message of unity and love, and to raise awareness of archaic and outrageous opinions that have no place in this world.”

Closing their latest statement with this powerful paragraph: “We as a business are so proud of each one of our staff, and we are so grateful to be a part of their lives. We will stand alongside each of them, and every one of our customers. There is no place for hate or discrimination of any sort in our business.”

Many have since flooded the Google reviews of HYGGE with equal levels of positive messaging and support.

Everyone at Tell MAMA warmly extends their deep gratitude to Alex and the staff at HYGGE for their show of solidarity and standing up to hate. Feel free to show them some love.

 

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Categories: Hijab, News, positive stories, Sheffield, workplace

Debunked: far-right Twitter falsehoods about Muslims in Rotherham

October 18, 2021 Article

A racist tweet comparing Rotherham to Islamabad and called for violence against Muslims is now the subject of a police investigation, following an investigation by Tell MAMA, after members of the public flagged their concerns.

The racist tweet shared on the evening of October 16 takes a video from a Mawlid (Milad un Nabi) celebration in Rotherham’s town centre in 2010 out of context to push harmful and racialised falsehoods that risk real-world violence to Muslims in Rotherham and beyond.

Circled is the old Alliance & Leicester bank which ceased to exist from 2011 onwards. The former Santander building has been vacant since 2014 in this part of Rotherham.

Another way to verify this falsehood is in its background – namely, the old Alliance & Leicester, which ceased to exist in 2011 after merging with Santander – the storefront has been vacant since 2014.

As of writing, the video accrued over forty-five thousand views, as some tweets in reply called for violence – including statements calling for the army to shoot them, racist conspiracies about ‘trojan horses’, to calls for mass deportations.

The investigation also unearthed a second racialised falsehood posted in reply to the above video and falsely claims to show the “changing face of Rotherham” over forty years, with the second image showing Muslims praying on the street in front of various police officers.

The origin of the historical photo is partly explained once again by YouTube. We traced its origins to a video montage of Rotherham in the 1950s and 1960s, first uploaded in 2014, where the image itself appears at the 2:58 timestamp.

Credit: YouTube/Billy244.

The image would later appear in a 2018 Rotherham Advertiser article about local history from Melvyn Jones and Michael Bentley.

Regarding the second image, that photo, taken on September 5, 2015, by local photographer Luis Arroyo, had captioned it, “Prayer time during the Rotherham Unite Against Fascism’s demo today.” As with 2021, in 2015 also, the image removed from its context became a lightning rod for anti-Muslim and Islamophobic agitators. Arroyo wrote on September 10, 2015, “It is a real shame all those negative comments flying about too.”

The men photographed were part of a broader anti-fascist protest in the town, one month after the racist murder of Muslim pensioner Mushin Ahmed.

That same day, Britain First, the far-right street defence movement arrived in the town, resulting in 800 police officers from forces nationwide attending.

The events of that day also drew attention to injustice and the subsequent acquittal of the Rotherham 12 – Asian men cleared of violent disorder charges for protecting their communities from the far-right in 2016 and 2018, with articles providing further context appearing that year, addressing issues with policing and communities mobilising to support the twelve men.

Its false caption, “College Street, Rotherham, 40 years apart,” appeared on Twitter on the afternoon of October 17, before a day later, appearing with identical language on the social media channels of the far-right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson).

Tell MAMA has debunked various falsehoods that gained traction on Twitter, notably during the first national lockdown last year.

 

 

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Categories: conspiracies, Fake News, falsehoods, Far Right groups, memes, News, Rotherham, Tommy Robinson

Racist slammed car door against Muslim woman strapping their child in

October 15, 2021 Article

A racist man slammed a Muslim woman’s car door onto her, injuring her as she almost fell onto her young child, and told her, “I’m fed up of you foreigners,” before fleeing the scene by driving off.

The anti-Muslim and Islamophobic attack is under investigation from the Met and occurred on September 19.

Tell MAMA can confirm that the police interviewed the perpetrator as we continue to provide support and monitor the case moving forward.

The perpetrator had falsely accused the woman of blocking and touching his car in a car park in the London Borough of Hounslow.

To protect their identity, we are not disclosing the exact location.

Speaking to Tell MAMA, the woman, who is Turkish, described the perpetrator as a white male in his mid-to-late fifties. She added that she continued to have pain and issues with her back for at least a week after the assault occurred and has since tried to push it to the back of her mind.

Such an example of racialised, gendered violence and abuse echoes the overwhelming body of research Tell MAMA produces each year about the disproportionate targeting of Muslim women across the UK.

You can get advice from our confidential and free helpline on 0800 456 1226. Or through our free iOS or Android apps. Report through our online form. Or contact us via WhatsApp on 0734 184 6086.

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Categories: gendered violence, hate crime, Hounslow, London, MET Police, News

Mosque attack suspect had video of New Zealand mass killing on phone, court told

October 14, 2021 Article

A phone recovered from a man on trial for terrorism offences contained three copies of a livestream of the 2019 mass shooting in New Zealand, a court has heard.

The attack was carried out on a mosque in Christchurch by Brenton Tarrant, who killed 51 people and injured 40 others.

An iPhone belonging to Sam Imrie, 24, also contained a number of images glorifying the New Zealand shooter, with the words “Brenton Tarrant did nothing wrong”, “hail Tarrant” and “Saint Tarrant”.

Giving evidence on Wednesday, Detective Constable Murray Cairns of the Edinburgh organised crime and counter-terrorism unit described the footage of the attack as “horrific.”

He told the court: “(Tarrant) carried out a filming session of the attack. He livestreamed it at first, which was copied and then went massive on the internet.”

Asked to describe the video, he said: “It’s horrific. It starts with him driving, playing music before arriving at the Islamic centre.

“You see him getting the weapon from his car, going to the Islamic centre, you can see people walking towards him and he starts shooting, murdering them.

“You see him going from room to room, getting back into his vehicle.

“It’s graphic, you see him deciding when to fire and when not to fire.”

Imrie has been charged with posting statements on social media platform Telegram suggesting he was going to carry out an attack on the Fife Islamic Centre in Glenrothes, Fife.

The 24-year-old has also been accused of planning to stream live footage of “an incident”.

DC Cairns told the High Court in Edinburgh he had retrieved the files from the accused’s phone on July 31 2019.

The court was also shown images from the accused’s Facebook page.

The cover photo on the Facebook page was described in court as Adolf Hitler, standing in front of a microphone, addressing a crowd.

His biography read: “Seeing muslims suffer.”

Several symbols associated with “far right Nazism” were also posted on the Facebook page.

DC Cairns said one post which said “1488” could be explained in two parts.

The number 14 related to a sentence in Mein Kampf, a book written by Adolf Hitler, which he told the court said something along the lines of “We must assure a future for our people and a future for white children.”

He said it is associated with “modern neo-Nazi movements.”

The number 88, he said can be read as “HH” or “Heil Hitler”, with the numbers “transposed to letters”.

Later, the court heard a recording of the the accused’s interview with police on July 7 2019.

In it, he denied wanting to kill First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

The court previously heard that Imrie had posted on the Telegram app that he wanted Sturgeon “to die”.

Asked if he wanted to kill her, he replied: “No, I just don’t want the SNP to be the most popular party.”

He told police that he was “only pretending” to set fire to a mosque.

Asked if he hated Muslims, Imrie said: “I was just being edgy and drunk. I don’t hate anybody.”

Imrie told police he was a “white nationalist”.

He denied that he wanted to harm people of colour.

DC McCormack, conducting the interview, asked Imrie if he “understood how it looked” to threaten to set fire to a mosque on the Telegram app.

He replied: “I guess so. That’s not how it was. I didn’t do it.”

Among other charges, Imrie is accused of being in possession of neo-Nazi, antisemitic and anti-Muslim material, extreme pornography, including indecent images of children, and an image involving a human corpse.

He is also charged with driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol in July 2019.

He denies all of the nine charges against him, three of which come under the Terrorism Act.

The trial, before Lord Mulholland, continues.

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Categories: Attack, Brenton Tarrant, Far Right groups, Fife mosque, Hitler, Neo-Nazi, News, Sam Imrie, trial

“It was one of the worst days of my life,” Muslim man assaulted, robbed along Leeds and Liverpool Canal

October 13, 2021 Article

“It was one of the worst days of my life.”

For one Muslim man, the pain and indignity of such a viciously violent attack on the Liverpool-Leeds canal, he thought he had died – unable to think with clarity and unable to move, described to our Casework Team the feeling of ‘burning up inside’ as if he entered hell itself. Then, after reciting Āyat al–Kursī, a profoundly revered Quranic verse, did he find comfort in the cooling evening breeze and found himself able to move again.

Despite the severe dizziness after the assault, he found his shoes, as some clothing and his wallet were missing.

He witnessed the perpetrator flee the scene in his vehicle as he urged a female member of the public to call the police as an ambulance soon arrived to treat him.

Wishing to remain anonymous, the Muslim man, who is South Asian, described the man who assaulted him as a white male in their mid-to-late twenties.

The ongoing police investigation has so far been unable to trace his stolen car or wallet – the loss compounded by the news of the use of their card in two transactions – that included the purchase of alcohol.

In the weeks after the assault on September 12, they described how their facial injuries were healing, described the sense of confusion and dizziness resulting from the strangulation they suffered, including ongoing neck pain issues, the level of violence resulted in bloodshot eyes. Eating food remains a challenge as their recovery remains ongoing.

We continue to provide support as the police investigation remains ongoing.

You can get advice from our confidential and free helpline on 0800 456 1226. Or through our free iOS or Android apps. Report through our online form. Or contact us via WhatsApp on 0734 184 6086.

 

 

 

 

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Mother gives evidence in trial of man charged over ‘mosque attack plot’

October 11, 2021 Article

The mother of a man on trial accused of plotting an attack on a mosque told police she believed her son had shaved his head because of his “infatuation” with Adolf Hitler.

Sam Imrie has been charged with posting statements on social media platform Telegram suggesting he was going to carry out an attack on the Fife Islamic Centre in Glenrothes.

The 24-year-old has also been accused of planning to stream live footage of “an incident”.

Joyce Imrie made the assertion in a statement to police on July 6 2019, the day after her son’s arrest.

Giving evidence at the High Court in Edinburgh, Ms Imrie initially told the court she believed her son had shaved his head because of the TV show Jackass, and its star Steve-O.

“They had buzzcuts as kids, they shaved their heads like Steve-O out of Jackass,” she said, referring to Imrie and his brother.

“I never even noticed.”

Asked why she thought he had shaved his head, Ms Imrie replied, “To be a fool really”, and said it had not been something that caused her concern.

But the court also heard that in her statement to police, when asked if she had concerns about her son shaving his head, she replied: “He didn’t say why (he had done it).

“I would say that it was because of his infatuation with Hitler.”

Asked about this statement, Ms Imrie said: “I don’t understand why you would say it was because of Hitler, he didn’t have a bald head.”

Ms Imrie said she was doing a course at the time, in which a class mate had made a “controversial” presentation on Adolf Hitler.

She denied that an “infatuation” inherently meant something positive.

“An interest could be unhealthy as well,” she said.

She said Imrie had being doing “some research” about Hitler at the time.

The court was shown photos of swastikas drawn in a closet in Imrie’s bedroom, along with the number 1488, which is linked to white supremacism.

Ms Imrie said she could not remember seeing them.

Ms Imrie also denied raising concerns with her son about posts he made on Facebook prior to his arrest.

She agreed that she and her son had been friends on Facebook, but that he was “on and off” and had deactivated his account.

Asked had she seen any posts that concerned her, Ms Imrie shook her head and said: “I didn’t see what you’re implying.”

She said her son’s posts were mostly pictures of dogs, sunsets and sunrises.

But in her statement to police, Ms Imrie said: “About two years ago my mum informed me that there were comments relating to Hitler on his Facebook site.

“He had changed his profile picture to a swastika.

“We were concerned about this and spoke to him.

“He tried to justify it.”

Ms Imrie told the court she had no memory of speaking to her son about his Facebook posts, and that she was suffering from “menopause brain-fog”.

In her statement she said: “We just told him it was wrong.

“I don’t think that’s a phrase I would use,” she told the court.

“I’m sure I would have been a bit more horrified.”

Ms Imrie said when she had made the statement to police she had been in a “deep state of shock”.

She said that her son had been arrested at the family home by a Swat team.

“We had guns to our head, we had been made homeless in our underwear.

“I made my statement in my mum’s pyjamas, my boys were arrested in their boxer shorts.

“You don’t expect a Swat team in your home.

“We thought they were homicidal maniacs.”

Ms Imrie agreed that her statement to police was accurate and that she had not lied in it.

The court also heard that Imrie had been in trouble with police as a teenager, after writing racist graffiti that said “f*** Muslims” on a bus stop near his home.

Among other charges, Imrie has been accused of being in possession of neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim material and extreme pornography, including indecent images of children and an image involving a human corpse.

He was also said to have been found in possession of audio files and texts that “glorified terrorism” and works including The Great Replacement by Brenton Tarrant.

Imrie is also charged with driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol in July 2019.

He denies all of the nine charges against him, three of which come under the Terrorism Act.

The trial, before Lord Mulholland, continues.

Reporting by the Press Association 

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Categories: Far Right groups, Fife Islamic Centre, Hitler, News, Sam Imrie, Swastika

Extremist views widespread in England’s classrooms, say teachers

September 6, 2021 Article

Extreme views like racism, homophobia and conspiracy theories are widespread in classrooms across England, a study suggests.

Schools lack the resources and training to teach pupils how to discuss or reject dangerous views, according to academics from the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education.

Their report, published days before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States, suggests schools’ efforts to build resilience to extremism in young people are “highly varied” due to limited space in the curriculum – and in some cases their approach to the issue is “tokenistic”.

Researchers, who spoke to 96 teachers in English schools as part of the study commissioned by education charity Since 9/11, found that staff are concerned about the increase in pupils looking at hateful online content online.

The findings come after the boss of MI5 revealed that agents are investigating teenagers as young as 13 linked to extreme right-wing terrorism.

In July, director-general Ken McCallum said the presence of teenagers is a “rising trend in MI5’s counter-terrorist case work” and is becoming more so in extreme right-wing investigations.

The majority of teachers spoken to by the researchers said they have heard pupils express far-right extremist views in their classroom, as well as “extremist views about women” or Islamophobia.

Nearly nine in 10 teachers have heard conspiracy theories being discussed by students – including the theory that American business magnate Bill Gates “controls people via microchips in Covid vaccines”.

Teachers raised concerns about pupils’ exposure to extremist views online, often claiming that this has been “exacerbated by the pandemic and lockdowns” – and the report suggests that conspiracy theories and online disinformation “is an emerging area that needs consideration”.

The study also found that many teachers do not talk about issues related to extremism in the classroom out of fear that they will get it wrong, “especially on matters related to race”.

Researchers carried out in-depth interviews with English and Religious Education teachers and safeguarding leads in schools, as well as a survey of teachers, and assessed a literature review of research examining how schools build resilience to extremism in students in England as part of the study.

Almost all the teachers surveyed had encountered “hateful extremism” in the form of racist views in the classroom, according to the report.

Dr Becky Taylor, from the UCL Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research, said: “This report shows that some schools fail to move beyond surface-level explorations of violence, extremism and radicalisation; however, it is without doubt that schools can play an important role.”

She added: “Education policies must consider the fact that some schools may need more help than others to build on what they already have in place.

“Engaging well with their local communities and ensuring that schools and teachers are supported and appropriately resourced can help young people to problematise ‘hateful extremism’.”

The study calls for teachers to be given better training to lead open discussions in the classroom about extremism so they can teach pupils how to reject, and respond to, dangerous ideologies.

The report concludes: “Much anti-extremism work is well-meaning but is stymied by overcrowded curricula, a lack of resources, a desire to perform policy for Ofsted, and a mandate to detect and report vulnerability to radicalisation rather than necessarily stamp out its root causes.”

Kamal Hanif, a trustee of Since 9/11 and executive principal of Waverley Education Foundation in Birmingham, called the research “a wake-up call”.

He said: “We urgently need to equip schools with the tools to teach pupils how to reject extremist views. Dangerous ideologies must never be swept under the carpet.

Mr Hanif added: “The findings of this study are particularly pertinent as we approach the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Children in school today were not yet born when the attacks took place.

“Indeed, many of their teachers were themselves only children at the time. It’s vital that we all learn about the attacks themselves and their ongoing impact.”

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: “Schools have an important role to play in educating young people about the false premises and dangers posed by extremist ideologies, but they cannot do this alone and more support is needed.

“The reality is that schools have to juggle multiple demands on their time in the context of packed timetables and severe funding constraints, all at a time when our society has undergone a digital revolution which allows people to spread hateful views at the click of a button.”

A Department for Education spokesperson said: “As this report shows, schools and teachers are generally confident teaching about issues related to extremism.

“The new Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum requires secondary age pupils to be aware of laws relating to terrorism and hate crime, and the Educate Against Hate website features over 150 free resources to help pupils, teachers and parents tackle radicalisation in all its forms.

“We continue to look at what further support we can provide to schools, and will shortly launch further resources specifically focused on harmful online content.”

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Categories: Antisemitism, Extremist views, far right extremism, homophobia, MI5, News, schools

Man Accused of Planning to attack Fife Mosque to Go on Trial

September 3, 2021 Article

Credit: PA News

A man accused of preparing to commit acts of terrorism and suggesting online that he planned to attack the Fife Islamic Centre will stand trial next month.

Sam Imrie, 24, allegedly acquired knives, nunchucks, a hammer, a baseball bat, a rifle scope and petrol, which he referred to as his “arsenal”, between June 20 and July 4 2019.

He is accused of posting statements on the internet platform Telegram indicating he planned to stream live footage of “an incident” and posting statements suggesting he was going to carry out an attack on the Fife Islamic Centre in Glenrothes.

It is also alleged he recorded and compiled details of terrorist attacks on places of worship.

Imrie denied all the charges against him when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow in December 2019.

He will stand trial at the High Court in Edinburgh on October 4.

At a hearing at the High Court in Paisley on Friday, Lord Mulholland agreed that a further continued preliminary hearing will take place later this month ahead of the trial.

Jim Keegan QC, representing Imrie, told the court: “We are pretty much ready for trial and there is quite a long joint minute and the expectation is that the trial can be shortened quite considerably.”

It is alleged that, intending to commit acts of terrorism, Imrie engaged in conduct in preparation at various places in Glenrothes and Markinch in Fife and elsewhere between June 20 and July 4 2019.

Prosecutors claim he repeatedly tried to get into the Fife Islamic Centre and uploaded photographs and video footage of the centre to Telegram, and also set fire to property at Strathore Lodge in Thornton and at St Drostan’s Cemetery in Markinch.

They allege he went to the Fife Islamic Centre in a car with a can of petrol, carried out observations there and made recordings of the centre and surrounding area on his phone.

It is alleged he also created and possessed Nazi, neo-Nazi, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and other racist or violent images, text and audio files plus a quantity of images which glorified terrorism, and that he was also in possession of texts by convicted terrorists Anders Breivik and Brenton Tarrant.

Imrie is also accused of publishing or causing another person to publish statements, images and video footage on Facebook and Telegram glorifying terrorist acts committed by others, making offensive comments about the Muslim and Jewish communities and uttering racial remarks with the intention of directly or indirectly encouraging the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism between June 22 2018 and July 4 2019.

It is alleged the offences were racially aggravated and were aggravated by religious prejudice.

Prosecutors also allege Imrie collected information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism between June 20 and July 4 2019.

Imrie faces two charges under the Terrorism Act 2006 and one under the Terrorism Act 2000.

He is also accused of possessing “extreme pornographic images” depicting sexual activity involving a human corpse between June 28 and July 5 2019.

It is also alleged he took or permitted to be taken, or made, indecent photos or pseudo-photographs of children and that he was in possession of such photographs between June 15 and July 5 2019 at an address in Glenrothes.

He faces nine charges in total, including one of driving while unfit through drink or drugs on July 4 2019.

Credit: PA

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Categories: Attack, Fife mosque, Glenrothes, Nazi, Neo-Nazi, News, Sam Imrie

Racist rants about Taliban and terrorism after sitting behind Muslim family

August 26, 2021 Article

A Muslim family described how a couple had sat behind them on a bus in the Southwark area and loudly discussed the Taliban and other “Islamic terrorists” in a manner intended to provoke a response.

The family, who are South Asian, and the women present wear hijabs, overhead a white male also loudly describe how Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were “Islamic terrorists” in a prolonged rant. He also ranted about how, “we went over there, we killed the Taliban before, but now they’re back we’re gonna have to go again.”

Speaking to Tell MAMA, one of the family members said the man, described as being white and in his mid-to-late twenties or early thirties, continued to make repeated reference to “Islamic terrorists” even when the white woman next to him did say that “not all Muslims are terrorists” but he continued with the rants.

They added that they would not report the incident to the police as they did not feel intimidated but, instead, to raise public awareness.

The incident occurred on the evening of August 16 in the Old Kent Road area.

Tell MAMA continues to document how anti-Muslim and Islamophobic abuse, threats, forms of discrimination, and in cases, violence harm the mobility of Muslims when using public transport.

Due to the overlap between the offline and online world, we continue to urge the public to report harmful and racist content on social media to our service, given our trusted flagger status across all major social media platforms that grants us prioritised flag reviews and increased actionability status.

South Yorkshire Police recently arrested a 42-year-old woman in the Sheffield area. They questioned her about malicious communication and racially aggravated public order offences about the tragic death of five-year-old Afghan refugee Mohamed Munib Majeedi – as questions remain about the suitability of the hotel to host refugees.

Acting Detective Inspector Lee Corker said: “I would like to remind people that comments made online can have serious consequences.

“Hate speech or hate crimes will not be tolerated in person or online and will be dealt with robustly by officers.”

You can get advice from our confidential and free helpline on 0800 456 1226. Or through our free iOS or Android apps. Report through our online form. Or contact us via WhatsApp on 0734 184 6086.

 

 

 

 

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Racist rants about Taliban and terrorism after sitting behind Muslim family

August 26, 2021 Article

A Muslim family described how a couple had sat behind them on a bus in the Southwark area and loudly discussed the Taliban and other “Islamic terrorists” in a manner intended to provoke a response.

The family, who are South Asian, and the women present wear hijabs, overhead a white male also loudly describe how Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were “Islamic terrorists” in a prolonged rant. He also ranted about how, “we went over there, we killed the Taliban before, but now they’re back we’re gonna have to go again.”

Speaking to Tell MAMA, one of the family members said the man, described as being white and in his mid-to-late twenties or early thirties, continued to make repeated reference to “Islamic terrorists” even when the white woman next to him did say that “not all Muslims are terrorists” but he continued with the rants.

They added that they would not report the incident to the police as they did not feel intimidated but, instead, to raise public awareness.

The incident occurred on the evening of August 16 in the Old Kent Road area.

Tell MAMA continues to document how anti-Muslim and Islamophobic abuse, threats, forms of discrimination, and in cases, violence harm the mobility of Muslims when using public transport.

Due to the overlap between the offline and online world, we continue to urge the public to report harmful and racist content on social media to our service, given our trusted flagger status across all major social media platforms that grants us prioritised flag reviews and increased actionability status.

South Yorkshire Police recently arrested a 42-year-old woman in the Sheffield area. They questioned her about malicious communication and racially aggravated public order offences about the tragic death of five-year-old Afghan refugee Mohamed Munib Majeedi – as questions remain about the suitability of the hotel to host refugees.

Acting Detective Inspector Lee Corker said: “I would like to remind people that comments made online can have serious consequences.

“Hate speech or hate crimes will not be tolerated in person or online and will be dealt with robustly by officers.”

You can get advice from our confidential and free helpline on 0800 456 1226. Or through our free iOS or Android apps. Report through our online form. Or contact us via WhatsApp on 0734 184 6086.

 

 

 

 

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Categories: bus, London, News, Taliban, TFL, Transport for London