Hate crimes spike in major British cities after October 7 Hamas attacks, police figures show

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58% : Tell Mama, which monitors and works to tackle anti-Muslim sentiment and abuse in the UK, said that "levels of anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination are deeply worrying, impacting trust in authorities and their sense of identity and belonging".Iman Atta, the organisation's director, said there had been a "significant spike in anti-Muslim hate since the atrocities on October 7", adding: "The nature of many offline cases sent to our service is often overtly racist - targeting Arab and Palestinian communities with dehumanising slurs, anti-Muslim slurs or in some cases targeting their homes, or when speaking Arabic in public, as well as targeting Muslim communities across all ages and gender.

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