United Kingdom

The Professional Footballers’ Association outlined a six-point plan to tackle racism in football, making specific mention of tackling Islamophobia.

The Professional Footballers’ Association outlined a six-point plan to tackle racism in football, making specific mention of tackling Islamophobia.

The Observatory on Intolerance Against Christians reported one case of threats against a Church of England Bishop of African descent.

ENGAGE reported ten physical assaults, two resulting in serious injury and two by a group. The victims were mainly men of South Asian background and one girl. ENGAGE reported a further two cases of damage to property, one against a Bangladeshi restaurant and the other against a family of Pakistani background, involving throwing objects at their house.

Faith Matters reported two cases of threats.

The Community Security Trust (CST) reported 69 physical assaults, including four resulting in serious injury, one of which was against a boy, one involving a knife and one carried out by a group. Many of the victims were, due to their religious clothing, visibly identifiable as Jewish; the majority were men, while children were the victims in 15 cases. The CST reported a further 39 cases of threats and 53 incidents of damage to or desecration of Jewish property, including 43 targeting synagogues.

Faith Matters reported one robbery; one case of harassment and threats; three physical assaults, including one involving pulling a woman’s headscarf and one involving threats to kill; one case of vandalism and graffiti on an Islamic centre, on four separate occasions over a period of three weeks; and one incident where a pig’s head was left outside a mosque.

ENGAGE reported six physical assaults, including one resulting in serious injury and two involving pulling the victim’s headscarf; two cases of threats, including one threat to kill and one threat to burn down a café; two arson attacks against mosques; two cases of damage to property, including throwing bricks at an Islamic centre and breaking the windows of a mosque; four cases of graffiti on a mosque; one case of leaving a pig’s head outside a mosque; and one case of leaving a cross wrapped in ham outside a Muslim family’s house.

The Observatory on Intolerance Against Christians reported one case of damage to church property.

ILGA-Europe reported one case of threats and two cases of physical assault, one being an attack against a gay man by a group in Worcester and the other a serious assault against a transgender woman who was knocked unconscious.