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Samayya: How Safe Are Our Mosques?

My Name Is Samayya

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Samayya Afzal wants the government to do much more to make UK mosques safe from attack.

Samayya Afzal takes a deeply personal look at the issue of Islamophobia and mosque safety in the UK, as she seeks answers from faith leaders, fellow worshippers and the government.

As a young Muslim growing up in Bradford, Samayya Afzal has never felt anything but British but she’s no stranger to Islamophobic slurs and attacks. As she says, “It was at a young age that I realised I was different. And people want to punish that difference”.

And when 50 people were killed at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand last year, Samayya noticed a sharp rise in Islamophobic incidents in the UK – a spike apparently confirmed by the monitoring group Tell Mama.

The Home Office has now pledged an extra £5 million to help make Mosques and other places of worship safe but Samayya feels much more needs to be done. 

In this programme, Samayya takes a deeply personal look at the issue of Mosque safety and Islamophobia in the UK, as she seeks answers from faith leaders, fellow worshippers and the government.
 
Presenter: Samayya Afzal
Producer: Mend Mariwany
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