(Arab News) Three years since promising to establish a working definition of Islamophobia, the UK government will be questioned on the issue in parliament on Tuesday amid a growing backlash for its inaction.
Home Office statistics show Muslims are the most targeted faith group in England and Wales, accounting for more than 40 percent of religiously motivated hate crime.
Meanwhile, a slew of scandals has revealed anti-Muslim sentiment within the Conservative Party.
In 2018, a group of MPs and peers drew up a working definition to be adopted, stating the absence of one was allowing Islamophobia to “increase in society to devastating effect,” the Independent reported.
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