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Sunday, 30 June 2019

Hate crime: just 22 mosques receive funding for security

Distrust of Prevent scheme among reasons cited for lack of uptake of government funding

Widespread distrust of the Home Office’s counter-extremism strategy by British Muslims has been cited as one of the obstacles to mosques using a government scheme to protect places of worship from hate crime, after figures showed just 22 received funding last year.

The £375,413 awarded to the mosques under the scheme is a tiny fraction of the £14m provided by a separate government fund for assisting the Jewish community. Applications by 24 mosques failed.

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2NnDaEk

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