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Britain: Islamophobic acts increase by 56.8% in London alone.

Wednesday, 05 August 2015

The report is alarming especially as these figures come from the Metropolitan Police. According to recent statistics from the Metropolitan Police of London, comparing June 2014 and June 2015, Islamophobic crimes increased by 56.8%. 44 instances were recorded in June 2014 and have since gone up to 69 recorded in 2015.

In addition to an annual total (rolling 12 months), no less than 806 Islamophobic acts were registered in the British capital in June 2015 against 460 in June 2014, an increase of 75.2%.

As a reminder, according to figures from the last census, Islam is the second religion in the UK. The Muslim community has a population of 2.7 million Muslims of which 12.4% live in London.

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