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<p>The Government takes the security of the Muslim and all other communities extremely
seriously, and deplores all forms of hate crime. The Government is committed to stamping
this out to ensure the safety and security of all our communities. Our new Counter-Extremism
Strategy, due to be published later this year, will outline how we will further protect
British Muslims, including communities worried about poisonous far right extremists
who may be planning crimes such as attacks on mosques.</p><p>Ensuring that there is
effective security at crowded places and potentially vulnerable sites, such as mosques,
remains a priority for the Government. We work with the police to ensure the safety
and security of all communities, and considerable advice and guidance has already
been provided to mosques, madrassahs, synagogues, and other religious sites; for example,
we have drawn upon the expertise of Bradford Council of Mosques and the Community
Security Trust to develop security guidance for all mosques in the light of the 2014
incursions by Britain First.</p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government
also chairs a cross-Government working group on anti-Muslim hatred, which includes
community organisations and representatives, to consider and develop initiatives to
seek to combat hate crime.</p><p>Police forces continue to be alert to combating and
responding to crimes being committed against members of the Muslim community, and
to taking appropriate steps to safeguard people and property. Monitoring of the security
situation and specific threats to communities remains under regular review, and if
there is a need to consider additional measures to ensure the security of the Muslim
or any other community, then these will be undertaken as and when it is appropriate
to do so.</p>
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