If Boris Johnson Is Prime Minister, Scaremongering About Muslims Could Continue To Grow
(World News UK)

With the likelihood of Boris Johnson as the prime minister of the UK, the country is caught hard in the grip of right-wing populism. The dark days laid out since the EU referendum are increasingly looking like coming to fruition, and particularly for British Muslims. Anti-Muslim hate is on the rise, spiking particularly in the aftermath of events containing monumental significance or atrocities. In 2017, during a year when terrorist attacks happened in London and Manchester, hate crime towards Muslims grew by 26% according to Tell Mama, the anti-Islamophobia watchdog. These spikes generally took place in the immediate week after such events; for example it climbed by more than 500% in...