{"id":28855,"date":"2018-12-10T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T10:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=28855"},"modified":"2018-12-10T10:52:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T10:52:44","slug":"a-face-of-discrimination-when-you-come-up-against-something-like-this-its-shocking-because-you-dont-expect-it-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/a-face-of-discrimination-when-you-come-up-against-something-like-this-its-shocking-because-you-dont-expect-it-to-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces of discrimination: \u201cIt\u2019s shocking because you don&#8217;t expect it to happen.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Religious hate crime has risen by 40% in England and Wales \u2013 and more than half is directed at Muslims. A writer, who wishes to remain anonymous, agreed to be interviewed by the Voice of London; her family are among those who have faced Islamophobic discrimination, even though they do not actively practice any religion. But discrimination found its way in. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her husband is of Sudanese heritage, and they have two young sons together. They live in a rural, coastal community, which she describes as \u201cone of the least diverse places in the UK.\u201d Here, she says, they are in the minority as a mixed race family.<\/p>\n<p>During a phone call with the Voice of London, she started sharing her story \u201cwhen you come up against something like this, it\u2019s shocking because you don&#8217;t expect it to happen.\u201d For the full story, listen below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faces of discrimination by Noura Abou Zeinab\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F542113212&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She also agreed to share the screenshots she took of the posts with VoL:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28859\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-09-at-14.37.11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After realising the severity of the situation, the family contacted the Equality Advisory Service and told them the story. Although they agreed that it was religious discrimination, it was too late to pursue it under the Equality Act 2010 which states that you have to take legal action within six months of the last date of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><em>They were seven months out. Surely there shouldn&#8217;t be an expiry date for discrimination. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following statistics were released by the Home Office in October 2018, showing the increase in religious hate crime from 2012 until 2018. Home Office released these statistics:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28856\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"23\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And over half of recorded religious hate crimes were targeted at Muslims with 2965 offences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28857\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE:<\/strong> The Voice of London stands for representing diversity and different voices. Therefore, we have reached out to multiple religious organisations such as The Jewish Chronicle, CST, ISB, Quilliam and the Sikh Society for input or insight into religious discrimination; however, there was no response. VoL also tried to reach out on Twitter and Facebook for others willing to share their story, but that was equally unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PL5PYU2Nji\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/faces-of-discrimination-they-assume-because-im-black-i-cant-be-in-a-senior-role\/\">Faces of discrimination: &#8220;They assume because I\u2019m black, I can\u2019t be in a senior role\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Faces of discrimination: &#8220;They assume because I\u2019m black, I can\u2019t be in a senior role\u201d&#8221; &#8212; Voice of London\" src=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/faces-of-discrimination-they-assume-because-im-black-i-cant-be-in-a-senior-role\/embed\/#?secret=2o0scE1qtp#?secret=PL5PYU2Nji\" data-secret=\"PL5PYU2Nji\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"h4STmTjiqm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/faces-of-discrimination-it-was-really-quite-nasty\/\">Faces of discrimination: &#8220;It was really quite nasty&#8221;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Faces of discrimination: &#8220;It was really quite nasty&#8221;&#8221; &#8212; Voice of London\" src=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/faces-of-discrimination-it-was-really-quite-nasty\/embed\/#?secret=J0xhQ6gHH0#?secret=h4STmTjiqm\" data-secret=\"h4STmTjiqm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Background Music provided by Free Vibes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=GF52rUyMTiQ&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FNkGhTg&amp;redir_token=-XhybEYT2jbKmKhYe_x5-f-Qau98MTU0NDI4MjQzN0AxNTQ0MTk2MDM3\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/NkGhTg<\/a> The End by Day 7: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=GF52rUyMTiQ&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fday7official%2Fthe-end-1&amp;redir_token=-XhybEYT2jbKmKhYe_x5-f-Qau98MTU0NDI4MjQzN0AxNTQ0MTk2MDM3\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/day7official\/t&#8230;<\/a> Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?v=GF52rUyMTiQ&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nd%2F3.0%2F&amp;redir_token=-XhybEYT2jbKmKhYe_x5-f-Qau98MTU0NDI4MjQzN0AxNTQ0MTk2MDM3\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words and audio by Noura Abou Zeinab | Subbing by Teodora Agarici<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious hate crime has risen by 40% in England and Wales \u2013 and more than half is directed at Muslims. 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