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Subject: Muslim hate crime
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iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:01am
A first UK helpline for victims of Islamophobia is being set up amid concerns that incidents are not being reported or properly categorised. Last year 2,000 hate crimes were recorded against different faiths in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:03am
Police say it is unclear how many were against Muslims as separate figures were not recorded. Faith Matters, a non-profit group, hopes to show the scale of the problem and provide support for victims. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:04am
Many people think that Islamophobic crime does not exist. They say: 'Where is the data?' said the director of Faith Matters, Fiyaz Mughal. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:04am
The Amod family were forced to move house from a traditionally white area of Leicester, Saffron Lane, to the more multicultural area of Highfields after two years of constant abuse and vandalism. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:05am
At first my husband did not want us to report it, but it got so bad that in the end I had to, said Sabana Amod. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:05am
Our car was vandalised, someone tried to set their dog on me, and snowballs with stones in them were thrown at my young children. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:06am
On the day we were moving house, a brick was thrown through the window, narrowly missing my son's head but the glass shattered and cut his hand. He still has nightmares about it. * +

iceylips 21.02.12 - 11:06am
It was because we are Muslim. I wear a jilbab (full length gown) and hijab (head covering) and youths in the street used to ask me if I was a Muslim before abusing me. * +

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