From the MCB website, “Over the years, the MCB has developed comprehensive guidance to help mosques address and mitigate various security risks, including practical advice on enhancing physical security measures and fostering community vigilance. By providing these tools and resources, we aim to ensure that mosques remain safe and welcoming spaces for all worshipers. [. . .] The Muslim Council of Britain recognises the ongoing challenges places of worship face both as a result of the pandemic but also in light of increasing Islamophobia and hate crime. click here for guidelines.
Recent rightwing extremists’ outrages
– South Essex Islamic Community Centre’s walls spray painted “This is England” and “Christ is King” click here.
– Knife Pulled in Racist Attack on Families Outside Portsmouth Mosque click here
– “Meat, believed to be pork, and an Israeli flag left at the entrance of a mosque [Central Oxford Mosque] is being treated as a potential hate crime”. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70xnzp0ej4o
– “The spraying of St George’s Crosses on a clothing and shoe bank outside a mosque and Islamic centre are being investigated by police as hate-related criminal damage. A first cross was painted outside the Al-Majid Centre in Northumberland Avenue in Reading and reported to the force at about 06:20 BST on 25 August. It was removed but another was sprayed onto the bank and reported to police at about 23:00 on the same day.” click here.
The responses
– Join hundreds of Mosques across the UK opening their doors to welcome their neighbours, friends and people from the wider community to help build community cohesion. #VisitMyMosque is a national campaign facilitated by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) that supports over 250 mosques across the UK in holding open days click here
– “Union Jack flags hanging on a partially-built mosque were put up by the Islamic centre which owns the building and not as an act of protest [. . .] But the South Lakes Islamic Centre, which is behind the building’s construction, said it had displayed the flags itself, to symbolise “our shared belonging”. click here.
*Post updated 3rd September 2025