The funding aims to enhance security measures through CCTV, alarms and fencing.
Tell MAMA, a group monitoring hate crimes against the Muslim community, said last month that it had recorded 2,010 hate incidents in the four months since October 7. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The pledge by the Home Office comes on Sunday amid a surge in anti-Muslim hate incidents in the UK since the outbreak of "We will not let events in the Middle East be used as an excuse to justify abuse against British Muslims."A further £31 million will also be made available to ensure the protection of democratic processes and institutions in response to growing extremist threats.Tell MAMA, a group monitoring hate crimes against the Muslim community, said last month that it had recorded 2,010 hate incidents in the four months since October 7.
They included abusive behaviour, threats, assaults, vandalism, discrimination, hate speech and anti-Muslim literature.Women were the target in 65 percent of cases, the group added.