{"id":67109,"date":"2017-06-20T04:59:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T11:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=67109"},"modified":"2017-06-20T04:59:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T11:59:29","slug":"london-mosque-attack-newspapers-are-spreading-hate-warns-muslim-of-council-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/06\/20\/london-mosque-attack-newspapers-are-spreading-hate-warns-muslim-of-council-of-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"London mosque attack: Newspapers are spreading hate, warns Muslim of Council of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Courtesy\u00a0independent.co.uk<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Muslim leaders have spoken out against the media for fuelling Islamophobia, following a deadly attack on a north London mosque.<\/p>\n

In the hours after a van was driven into worshippers as they finished late night prayers, local leaders and members of the Muslim community warned about rising anti-Muslim sentiment.<\/p>\n

Hatred against Muslims is unacceptable as well,\u201d Miqdaad Versi, assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, told Sky News.<\/p>\n

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May says Finsbury Park mosque attack justifies her internet crackdown<\/a><\/u><\/h2>\n

We have national newspapers spreading hate and talking about how less Islam is the answer to terrorism that we face right now.<\/p>\n

These people are spreading hate against Muslims and people might be responding to that hate, talking about less Islam, and [something like this attack] may be the result.”<\/p>\n

He added: We cannot have this happening. We have had a number of incidents against Muslim communities. Hate crime has gone up considerably according to the Metropolitan Police, according to the Mayor of London, according to many third party sources as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Versi did not name any particular publications.<\/p>\n

Social media users were quick to tweet examples of recent headlines in national newspapers that appeared to portray Muslims in a negative light.<\/p>\n

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