British anti-terrorism
Subtitle: a modern day witch-hunt
Edition: 2006 Updated ed.
Publisher: Islamic Human Rights Commission
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Wembley
Description: For Muslims living in Twenty-First Century Britain, the reality is a far bitterer 
pill to swallow. Since the introduction of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the events 
of September 11 2001, Muslims in Britain have found themselves under severe 
persecution by the British government, Police Force and other state institutions.
Draconian anti-terrorism measures such as internment without charge, control
orders and house arrest are normally associated with Burma and Zimbabwe. 
Yet this is what is happening in Britain today. Daily stop and search of tens of
thousands of Muslims and hundreds of arrests of innocent Muslims have 
effectively demonised the Muslim community in Britain as “the enemy within”. 
This, in turn with wholly irresponsible media coverage, has lead to a rapidly
increasing level of resentment and intolerance of the community by the wider
society. This has been a direct cause of the huge upsurge in Islamophobic
attacks in Britain, particularly in the wake of the London bombings.