Like Nigel Farage, British Muslims say they are being ‘de-banked’ Often without providing clear reasons, major high-street banks appear to be disproportionately closing the accounts of British Muslims, members of the minority group and experts say.

(Al-Jazeera) Two months ago, the Cordoba Foundation, a British think tank, was organising a forum in central London about political tensions in Tunisia.

But when trying to settle invoices, its efforts to pay for the event failed.

“Multiple attempts to pay the venue provider and suppliers kept declining while payments from donors into our NatWest account kept being rejected,” said Anas Altikriti, head of the group.

“All of a sudden, we realised our business accounts had been shut. There was no notice or explanation whatsoever.”

He said the bank didn’t send him any letters, and when he called NatWest, a customer representative said they [did] not have the authority to disclose details, only the fact that the account had been closed.

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