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Timeline Map of Mosque Incidents & Attacks Between 2012-2013
We are in the process of launching a further report which reviews and analyzes the data and reports that we received in 2013. The report also covers the Woolwich period and the backlash against Muslim...
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Mapping of MET/MPS Islamophobia Figures since 2012 – TELL MAMA
As previously noted on this blog, recent Metropolitan Police Service data for the past 12 months reveals a significant, long-term increase in anti-Muslim hate crime in the Greater London area – a...
View ArticleIslamophobic & Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes from MET Data in April 2014
Anti-Semitic crime Islamophobic crime Populations(2011) 12 months to 12 months to 12 months to 12 months to Apr 2014 Apr 2013 Change Apr 2014 Apr 2013 Change Tower Hamlets 5 5 +0.0% 48 23 +108.7%...
View ArticleTeesside / TELL MAMA Publication Out Today. A Summary of Developments by Leah...
Today marks the publication of a report by Teesside University’s Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist, and Post-Fascist studies, entitled Tell MAMA Reporting 2013/14: Anti-Muslim Overview, Analysis and...
View ArticleNew On-line Journal to be Launched as part of TELL MAMA
Together with our sister organisation, Faith Matters, we are pleased to announce that we are setting up a new journal on inter/multi-faith issues, identity, community, and faith, and we are currently...
View ArticleUnder-Reporting of Anti-Muslim Hate Still an Ongoing Problem
The June MET hate crime figures are out and it seems that June’s figures when compared to May’s, finally show a slight drop in the level of anti-Muslim hate crimes that have been reported into the...
View ArticleNew Co-Chair of TELL MAMA Hits the Ground Running
We are pleased to announce that our new co-chairman, Shahid Malik, will be carrying out a structural review of TELL MAMA to build on the existing foundations of our work. We believe that re-evaluating...
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Bureaucracy & Passing the Buck from Merseyside Police
Very recently, we were informed by a member of the public of an account that we have previously reported in on a number of occasions. In fact, we started reporting the account @davymaccas since 2012...
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Rotherham, Hate, and the Far Right Online
This report looks at the impact of the Rotherham Grooming crisis and the impacts that it has on the rhetoric of far right groups like Britain First on-line. We analysed the lexicon of anti-Muslim hate...
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Facebook and Twitter Have to Take Responsibility and Pay For Impacts of Their...
We have heard it many times from social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter. “Record and report in material that breaks our terms and conditions,” they have said, as though our role is solely...
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Infographic Showing the Peaks and Troughs on Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
We look at the correlation between international and national incidents and spikes in anti-Muslim hate reporting that take place. The infographic entitled news events and anti-Muslim hate crimes in...
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes, 2012-2014 in London: An Analysis of the Situation
On 1 October 2014, the BBC reported that anti-Muslim hate crime had increased 65% in London. This number is based on crime statistics over the last two financial years from the Metropolitan Police. The...
View ArticleHate crimes surge in London ‘fuelled in part by Israel’s invasion of Gaza’
Hate crime in London surged in the last year driven in part by international events such as Syria and the conflict between Israel and Gaza. A new report shows that overall the number of hate crimes in...
View ArticleWaltham Forest Social Media Messages – Latest Update by Police
This is the Waltham Forest Police press release which was circulated on the recent racist attacks that took place in the Borough. They outline the 2 incidents that took place some 5 days apart and the...
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Map of Anti-Muslim Incidents in France after the Charlie Hebdo Massacre
These are anti-Muslim incidents that have taken place in France, up to and including till Friday the 9th of January. We will be updating this map of anti-Muslim attacks in France as the situation...
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51 Anti-Muslim Incidents in France, mapped by TELL MAMA
For those who believe that there are no repercussions for Muslim communities after national events like the murder of Lee Rigby are or after Charlie Hebo, here is the updated map of anti-Muslim...
View ArticleStatement from TELL MAMA on the Chapel Hill Shooting
Regarding the Chapel Hill Shooting in North Carolina, USA Thursday 12th February 2015 Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) project were shocked to learn of the tragic murders...
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What Does TELL MAMA Actually do?
We thought that we would list what TELL MAMA actually does for the public and to also highlight some of our successes and how our information in TELL MAMA is used. We have highlighted the activities...
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We highlight the Possible Roots of anti-Shia Bigotry in Yorkshire
Yesterday, we were informed of a hate crime that took place against the Hussania Islamic Centre in Bradford. We have informed the police and it should be noted that the police and local councillors,...
View ArticleTELL MAMA – Our Relevance & Our Efficacy – Examples
We usually hear the following comments from detractors and those looking to utilise anti-Muslim hate to build support for their own polarised narratives in Muslim communities. They say that third party...
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Intimidation in Northern Ireland Towards Muslims is Deeply Worrying
Sometimes, many of us forget about Northern Ireland and the social dynamics that make up this part of the United Kingdom. Recently Northern Ireland has been in the news for a series of racist attacks...
View ArticleIncidents Showing More Aggression Towards Muslims on the Streets
Over the last 8-10 weeks it is becoming clear that anti-Muslim incidents are becoming more aggressive at a street level. This trend is worrying since assaults rarely came into us and about 5% of the...
View ArticleSpeech in St Paul’s By Tell MAMA on National Hate Crime Awareness Week, #NHCAW
“Islamophobia – a term that encompasses a range of meanings, though in general it is a term which means a fear of Islam and Muslim communities. People can fear many things, but the targeting and abuse...
View ArticleWe Understand the Fears in Muslim Communities, But Our Country is Still One...
It would be foolhardy to state that recent events of anti-Muslim abuse on buses in London have not had an impact on Muslim communities in the capital and beyond. They have and given the way that the...
View ArticleRotherham Community Relations Under Tension
Sadly, if there is one town which has become the focal point for the press and for child sexual exploitation – it is sadly the town of Rotherham. Many residents speak disparagingly about the way that...
View ArticleTrans-Muslim Convert to Islam Openly Assaulted With Public Looking On
We have been working with a trans-Muslim convert to Islam who has also been homeless and who regularly suffers anti-Muslim hate at a street level. Wearing the Niqab, she has consistently documented the...
View ArticleSikhs Are Not Forgotten & Should Be in Hate Crime Work
“Bet you don’t have other people reporting to you,” is the usual Twitter commentary that some people say, who do not know about our values. Or the alternative is, “What about Christians and...
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How Nazi Ideology is Associated in Minds with Being Against Other Races or...
We received this report from a Muslim female who has had problems with anti-social behaviour from young teenagers in her street. The issue continues to build even though she has reported the incident...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter, Youtube face hate speech complaints in France
Community Organisations Tackling Hate Incidents and Hate Crimes Come Together in France Three French anti-racism associations said on Sunday they would file legal complaints against social networks...
View ArticleConservative MP, Michelle Donelan Stands up Against Racism & Hatred
Following a racially motivated verbal attack on a former member of her staff, Michelle Donelan today [29/06/16] questioned the Prime Minister about what more the Government can do to stamp out racial...
View ArticleGreg Clark addresses issues of community cohesion since the EU referendum,...
Addressing issues of community cohesion since last Thursday’s (23 June 2016) EU referendum while visiting Dar Al Islam Mosque in London for the Big Iftar, Communities Secretary Greg Clark, said: By...
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Anti-Muslim Hatred on Student Campuses
Higher education campuses are places of learning, social engagement and interaction. They are environments within which dissent, free thinking and dialogue are supposed to enhance the learning and life...
View ArticleFar Right Nationalist Stickers Found in Stockport
We have just had the following reported into us regarding A4 posters and stickers that have been circulated in the Stockport area. The material highlights terminology associated with far right...
View ArticleFacebook pledges fewer content removals, new criteria as yet unclear
Facebook will allow more content on its platform that it would have earlier removed because it violated its standards, with new criteria being worked out, a senior executive said on Monday, following a...
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Anti-Muslim Hate on National Rail and TfL Services, Jan to Sept 2016
We have mapped out the following incidents on National Rail and Transport for London services – from January to September 2016. We have known that transport hubs and routes to and from work and those...
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Over 100 Mosques Targeted and Attacked Since May 2013
As part of the #No2H8November campaign of public information, we within Tell MAMA have highlighted the fact that over 100 mosques and Islamic institutions have been targeted and attacked since May 2013...
View ArticleTell MAMA, Our Achievements, Our Effectiveness & Ensuring Positive Change
Changing the parliamentary debate on anti-Muslim hate, counter-extremism and Muslim communities Throughout 2015 and 2016 our staff gave oral and written evidence to various Home Affairs Select...
View ArticleHome Secretary’s Statement on Tackling Anti-Muslim Hatred
This is a statement from the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, to Tell MAMA on the issue of tackling anti-Muslim hatred. “This Government is clear that hate crime of any kind, directed against...
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REPORT: “We Fear for Our Lives”: Offline and Online Experiences of...
This report looks at the impact of on-line and off-line experiences of anti-Muslim hostility on British Muslims in the UK. It highlights how some male Muslims are failing to report in Institutional...
View ArticleSocial Media Companies Misjudged the Mood of the Home Affairs Select Committee
The recent Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) report is a damning indictment of the way that social media companies, in particular, Google, You Tube and Twitter, have in some circumstances, wilfully...
View ArticleTheresa May’s Crackdown on Social Media Companies Welcome
The Times report on ‘Tough New Controls on Web Giants‘ highlights much needed curbs on the inaction and flagrant disregard of social media companies to support the protection of individual rights...
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Tell MAMA Security Bulletin for Mosques
We launch our first security bulletin for mosques in the United Kingdom. We highlight simple steps that mosques can take for their security and where we have documented that since May 2013, over 100...
View ArticleFather Opens Letter to Find Quran Page With Evil Written On It
We were notified of a case in London where a Muslim family received a Quran page that had been torn and with the word ‘evil’ wriitten across it. Posted to the home address of the family, it was opened...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim Hatred, Terrorism, Media Sources, Far Right Networks & Spike Points
The recent Independent article highlighted the sharp rise in mosque attacks that have been seen across the country and which Tell MAMA has been systematically documenting for over 5 years now. Attacks...
View ArticleSectarian Anti-Shia Rhetoric Placed On Van Outside the KSIMC Mosque in...
We have been notified of another sectarian incident outside the KSIMC Mosque in Birmingham. This mosque on Clifton Road has been targeted before and this latest round of hate, led to the word ‘Kuffar’...
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National Police Chiefs’ Council Puts Out The Following Statement on Letters...
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View ArticleOngoing Situation in the Middle East is No Excuse for Antisemitism
We know from the work of the Community Security Trust, that when there are times of conflict in the Middle East that antisemitic discourse and incidents increase. Time and time again, this has been...
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Understanding Hate Incident Patterns After the Westminster Terrorist Attack...
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View ArticleGreatest Rise in Reported Anti-Muslim Hate Cases to Tell MAMA since Oct 7th
Greatest Rise in Reported Anti-Muslim Hate Cases to Tell MAMA since Oct 7th (Tell MAMA has recorded a 335% increase in anti-Muslim hate cases, comparing the last 4 months to those in...
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‘Manifesto Against Hate’ 2024 – Tell MAMA
Tell MAMA Launches Manifesto for New Government to Tackle Hate Crime [London, UK, Wednesday 19 June 2024] Tell MAMA (“Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks”) has launched its Manifesto Against Hate ahead of...
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