بريطانيا: ازدياد مخاوف المسلمين من الجرائم ضدهم عقب مقتل محجبة

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعرب المسلمون في "بريطانيا" عن زيادة حدة الخوف من تعرضهم للجرائم المدفوعة بالكراهية الدينية والعنصرية، وذلك بعد مقتل مسلمة طالبة بـ"جامعة إيسكس"؛ حيث طعنها أحد الإرهابيين بالطريق العام 16 طعنة فأرداها قتيلة.

وقد كانت الفتاة تسير مرتدية حجابها وزيها الإسلامي؛ مما يُظَن أنه الدافع وراء الانقضاض عليها وإصابتها في أماكن متفرقة بجسدها ووجهها.

ويدعم المخاوف المتصاعدة الشكاوى العديدة التي تلقاها المسؤول بالمجلس الإسلامي البريطاني؛ التي تفيد تعرض العديد من المسلمين والمسلمات لممارسات عدوانية بدافع الكراهية الدينية، والتي تواجَه بعدم اكتراث أَمني يتناسب مع الاعتداءات وخطورتها، في ظل زيادة ممارسات الكراهية والعنصرية خلال الأشهر الماضية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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UK Hijab Murder Sparks Hate Crime Fears

Members of the British Muslim community have warned that the murder of a Saudi student in Britain has sparked fears that hate crime is on the rise amid ‘widespread’ Islamophobia in the UK.

“In recent months and weeks, an increasing number of Muslim women have been targeted in hate crimes,” Talha Ahmad, chair of the membership committee at the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), told Al Arabiya News.

“People are understandably very nervous and anxious… It has caused major concern.”

Nahid al-Manea, who was 31 years old and studying at the University of Essex, died after being stabbed 16 times in Colchester, Essex.

Al-Manea was wearing a hijab and a full-length navy blue robe, called an abaya, when she was knifed to death on a footpath in Colchester on Tuesday morning.

She suffered severe facial injuries and stab wounds to her body and died at the scene from injuries to her head and body, said police.

The victim, who was on her way to university, arrived in Britain several months ago with her younger brother to study at Essex University, according to a fellow student.

The murder of al-Manea, a terrible crime, was not the only indication of a rise of anti-Muslim sentiments in the UK.

According to the MCB’s official, he has received reports of Muslim men and women being attacked, their houses being vandalized, and even of pigs’ heads being left outside front doors.

These attacks were seen as a direct result of the rise of anti-Muslim dialogue by far-right extremist group Britain First, which has reportedly staged a series of mosque invasions in the UK, and right-wing, anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) which has also gained support among British voters.

“Violence towards Muslims has been quite common over recent months,” Ahmad said.

“If you live in Britain these days, you can’t escape the reality that Islamophobia is quite rife.”