The perpetrator of the firebombing in Dover openly expressed hatred of Muslims. Yet the reaction has been remarkably muted
Counter-terrorism police have finally concluded that a firebomb attack on a migrant centre last week was terrorism motivated by the far right. But you’d never have guessed it from this past week.
There haven’t been column inches from counter-terrorism ideologues laying out the drivers of this terrorist attack, nor has there been round-the-clock media coverage of the community where the perpetrator is from, asking why they hate so much. Most national newspapers didn’t give the attack front-page prominence the next day.
Miqdaad Versi is part of the public affairs team of the Muslim Council of Britain. He is writing in a personal capacity.
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