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<p>We take hate crime in all its forms very seriously: the United Kingdom has some
of the strongest hate crime legislation in the world. The statistical breakdowns provided
by Tell MAMA give an invaluable insight into the extent and nature of the deplorable
abuse which Muslim citizens are subjected to on account of their belief or appearance.
It is notable that most reported offline incidents of anti-Muslim hatred involve male
perpetrators and that the majority of victims of offline incidents are women, most
of whom are visibly Muslim. The Government has committed funding of £100 million to
counter violence against women and girls with prosecutions and convictions for such
offences rising 63 per cent since 2007-08.</p><p>This Government has done more than
any other to tackle anti-Muslim hatred. We set up the first ever cross-government
working group on anti-Muslim hatred. We have funded Tell MAMA, the first service to
record incidents, support victims and raise community awareness of how to report anti-Muslim
hate incidents. We are also disaggregating religious hate crime data held by the police
to reveal the true scale and nature of the problem. Funding has been made available
for the security of mosques and other faith establishments.</p><p> </p>
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