Rising hate in the UK: 'Abusing Muslims is not going to fix this country'

Hate crimes are rising around the UK, after a summer of flags going up on lamp-posts across the country and racist riots in 2024.
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Taj Ali is a Muslim journalist who has been collating evidence of these attacks. Even in big diverse areas there is a sense of fear, but what is life like for smaller ethnic minority communities in smaller towns? On his journey with video producers Christopher Cherry and Maeve Shearlaw he finds a sense of anger about the loss of community but people everywhere determined to roll up their sleeves and make things better.

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