{"id":593,"date":"2013-09-21T21:02:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T21:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsgsecurity.co.uk\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2013-10-10T21:15:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T21:15:26","slug":"security-safety-recommendations-for-islamic-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsgsecurity.co.uk\/blog\/security-thoughts\/security-safety-recommendations-for-islamic-centres","title":{"rendered":"Security & Safety Recommendations for Islamic Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Unfortunately Islam <\/a>is the most misunderstood religion and the aftermath of the Lee Rigby attack in London in May was an anti-Muslim backlash across the UK. Exactly 20 days after the occurrence, it was corroborated by a senior Metropolitan Police Officer that Islamophobic incidents had increased by eight-fold following the British soldier\u2019s death. The victims of anti-Muslim attacks were subjected to verbal abuse or physical attacks such as women\u2019s headscarves being pulled off. Moreover, the Muslims\u2019 houses of worship became the main target; only one day after the incident that launched this backlash, two mosques were attacked by armed men, destroying property, especially aiming for The Quran<\/a>. Other than graffiti that were scrawled all over the mosque\u2019s walls, bombs or fires were also initiated and Islamic schools were equally targeted. Hope not Hate and Tell Mama reported 193 and 212\u00a0Islamophobic\u00a0incidents respectively. Some security and safety recommendations have therefore been put forward to aid victims or to avoid such attacks.<\/p>\n

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