British Prime Minister's fruitless efforts to tackle Islamophobia
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has failed to complete his weekend break and return to building number 10 in Downing Street following violence and violence that continues to be carried out by supporters of the extreme right wing.
Starmer has so far called three emergency meetings with the aim of controlling the violence. Nearly six thousand police officers have been deployed in the streets of various British cities to prevent further attacks against the Muslim community and immigrants in the country. The British National Police Council has reported that 779 people have been arrested, 349 of whom are accused of being involved in the great unrest in England. Chaos and insecurity continue to be witnessed in most of the cities of England despite the strengthening of strict security measures. Sky News has quoted Chris Hopkins, a political analyst at the Savanta Research Center and reported that: "Given the violence and lawlessness that has affected the UK, public support for the country's Prime Minister has declined significantly since the general election. . Now we have to wait and see if Keir Starmer's response to the violence and chaos will have long-term effects on his position among the country's voters or not."
The YouGov Institute has published a study showing that half of the people in the UK believe that Starmer has done very poorly in dealing with the great unrest that is affecting his country.
Riots broke out in most British cities at the end of July this year, after a 17-year-old boy attacked an event held at a children's school in Southport. Three children were killed in the attack. Several other children and two adults who were seriously injured, were taken to the hospital following the stabbing. Immediately after the incident, false news was published in the British media that the barobaro was a Muslim immigrant. The supporters of the right-wing extremists misused the false information as an excuse to start attacking Muslims, their centers and places of worship.
More than a week now when Muslims go to work and to their homes filled with fear and anxiety. Even prominent British Muslims such as Humza Yousaf, the former First Minister of Scotland and Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, do not hide their fear and concern due to the unrest targeting Muslims and immigrants. When asked if he feels safe as a Muslim politician, Sadiq Khan said: "Obviously, I'm not safe, that's why I live under 24-hour police protection." Since he was elected Mayor in 2016, Khan has received many threats and has said: A police team of 15 people is responsible for protecting him and his family.
His wife, Saadia Ahmed, a lawyer of Pakistani origin, along with their daughters Anisah and Ammarah, are being protected by the police. Humza Haroon Yousaf, who was the Prime Minister of Scotland, has said that considering the increase of hatred against Islam in England, he and his family may have to leave the country for fear of violence and attacks by left-wing extremists.
The former Prime Minister of Scotland added that: Speeches against Islam and immigrants have become a common thing in England; and now they are "manifested in a more horrible and cruel manner." While prominent Muslims in Britain express their fears and anxieties about their lives in the country, the situation seems to be more difficult and fearful for Muslim minorities, especially immigrants and migrants.
