The Impact Of 7 July 2005 London Bomb Attacks On Muslim Communities In The Eu

Download or read book The Impact of 7 July 2005 London Bomb Attacks on Muslim Communities in the EU written by European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EUMC on 10 November 2005 released an analysis of events in the UK and elsewhere in the EU in the aftermath of the 7 July London bomb attacks. The EUMC's new report has analysed the impact on the EU's Muslim communities. The report examines government and police responses to the events, the reaction from Muslim communities, media reporting, and the possibility of an anti-Muslim backlash, in the EU and in the UK in particular. The EUMC finds that the strong and united stand taken by the UK Government, police and community leaders, including Muslim community representatives, in condemning both the bombings and any retaliation, has played a major part in preventing an anti-Muslim backlash. This joint action was decisive in countering a short-term upsurge in anti-Muslim incidents in the immediate aftermath of the bombings. Such incidents have now dropped back to levels before the bomb attacks. The report finds that across the EU, the firm stand taken by Governments, communities and Muslim organisations has had a similar effect. The report concludes with recommendations on how in the longer term Islamophobia can be countered and community cohesion is strengthened.