Author: Liam Durrani

The 9/11 attacks and the ensuing War on Terror led to a sharp rise in anti-Muslim sentiment and profiling across the Western world—an issue that continues to deepen in British society amid Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza against Hamas. Islamophobia in the United Kingdom has always been a looming threat for its vibrant Muslim community of approximately 4 million Brits, who make up 6% of the country’s population. However, incidents of Islamophobia in the UK have worsened to record levels over the last 14 years, due to the Israel-Gaza War between Hamas and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), according to…