"As a result, BMT hopes to research the impact of online discourse and call on ministers if research showed social media companies are not being held to account under existing legislation, she said. We're not even just talking about content that could be racist or anti-Muslim in nature. We're talking about content that is inciting violence, that is actually breaking the law, Ahmed said. We would not be asking for any special favours or special measures just for Muslim communities. This is literally about upholding the law as it is and enacting it."
"Ahmed said that in Bradford and Greater Manchester she had encountered fatigue and a sense of disconnection from central government in people who had been raising the alarm about anti-Muslim hatred impacting their lives for a number of years. Difficulties faced by Muslims she spoke to included being ignored as customers by staff who silently refused to serve them. She said: I think Muslims are an easy target because they are visible. People like me who wear a hijab."
The British Muslim Trust will launch a government-backed telephone and online reporting service for hate crimes after receiving funds from the government's combating hate against Muslims fund. Meetings with Muslim communities took place in Bradford, East Sussex, Greater London and Greater Manchester. Online hate and inflammatory commentary increasingly spill into real-world anti-Muslim incidents, which remain underreported and underrecognised. The trust intends to research the impact of online discourse and press ministers if social media companies are not held to account under existing legislation. Communities report fatigue, disconnection from central government, visible targeting of hijab-wearing people and silent refusals of service by staff.
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