The Muslim Association of Britain said on Wednesday that the media and politicians have a role in fueling anti-Muslim sentiment in the country.
The head of the association, Mustafa Al-Dabbagh, said that pro-government media channels and political institutions provoked the far-right in their recent protests that began on July 29 and spread across Britain.
He pointed out that anti-Muslim sentiments have increased in recent years in Britain, and that the situation has gotten out of control.
Al-Dabbagh said that the media and politicians are involved in the crimes committed by far right.
“For a long time, our politicians have been making anti-Islamic comments, and some media outlets continue to broadcast anti-Islamic expressions and images on their channels,” he said. “All this has led to the violence we see on our streets today.”
He pointed out that part of the British people took to the streets as a result of the misleading anti-Muslim information appearing in the media.
He explained that one of the reasons for the escalation of events to this extent is that the government did not take any action.
Al-Dabbagh stressed that the far right in Britain is acting out of hatred towards Muslims.
“The far-right rabble are attacking mosques and Muslims because they see Islam and Muslims as a threat. This is nonsense in itself,” he continued.
manifestations of racism
He pointed out that street events in Britain are one of the manifestations of racism and anti-Muslim sentiment in the country, and that it has been proven that anti-Muslim sentiment is deep-rooted and stable in Britain.
It is worth noting that the Muslim Association of Britain is one of the pioneers of Islamic non-governmental organizations, and it played a major role in the protests during the Iraq War in 2003.
Following the incident in which three children were killed and 10 others injured, including eight children, far-right social media accounts and news websites reported that the suspect was a Muslim refugee who came to the country last year.
Although the police announced that the suspect is a 17-year-old Rwandan youth born in Cardiff The capital of Wales, far-right groups have staged demonstrations in Southport against Muslims and immigrants.
After the demonstration, right-wing extremists attacked a mosque in the same city and later organized protests across the country.
