"Since the wave of IS-inspired terror attacks in Britain, there has been a five-fold increase of hate crimes against Muslims . "I feel unsafe," said Emma Salem, a 15-year-old Muslim who lives in the neighborhood targeted on Monday.Such attacks against Muslims have been on a worldwide increase. "Far-right fascists and Islamic terrorists are driven by the same hatred of difference, same ideology of supremacy & use of same tactics," he wrote on Twitter.The Islamic State group and al-Qaida have targeted Muslims living in the West, repeatedly saying they will never be fully accepted members in a society of "unbelievers. "Muslims are repeatedly being used as a political football and pieces in a propaganda campaign," said Mohammed Shafiq, head of the Ramadhan Foundation. They also expressed frustration that attacks on the Muslim community have received little coverage or sympathy.

Source: Times of India June 20, 2017 09:12 UTC