There were 7,164 such offences recorded by forces across the two nations – excluding the Metropolitan Police – in the year to March, up 3% from 6,973 in the previous 12 months. This was the highest annual total of these offences recorded, the Home Office said. The figures come exactly one week on from the Manchester synagogue attack. In the wake of that incident, in which two people died and others were injured, an imam said there was a “growing tide of religious hatred in our country” which he insisted cannot be ignored. Imam Qari Asim, co-chairman of the British...
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