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<p>This Government recognises the discrimination and intolerance faced by Muslim communities
and the UK has a robust legislative framework in place to respond to hate crime.</p><p>The
Government has taken steps to combat anti-Muslim Hatred including supporting Tell
MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) with just over £2.8m between 2016 and 2020 to
monitor and combat anti-Muslim hatred.</p><p>In addition, the Places of Worship protective
security funding scheme, which provides security measures for mosques and other places
of worship, has been allocated £3.2m for 2020-21 - double what was awarded last year.</p><p>This
Government is committed to continuing the promotion of shared values among people
of all backgrounds through sustainable social integration and meaningful civic participation
whilst tackling and preventing religiously and racially discriminatory behaviour and
those acting against others because of their faith or race. Therefore, we have launched
a competitive grant scheme for 2020-21 to support projects in this space, with a budget
of up to £2M.</p>
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