Below is a selection of publications offering evidence, analysis, and insights into Islamophobia and anti-Muslim discrimination in the UK and across Europe. They highlight the lived experiences of Muslims in various settings—online, in the workplace, and in public spaces—revealing how hostility towards Muslims is increasingly becoming normalised.
Fuelling Hate (July 2025)
Centre for Countering Digital Hate
A year after the UK summer riots, X is still failing to address calls for violence against Muslims and migrants despite clearly violating the platform's own rules.
Muslim women working in British media face startling levels of systemic discrimination, unfair representations, and professional marginalisation — with most respondents considering leaving the industry as a result of their experiences.
Islamophobia - The intensification of racism against Muslim communities in the UK (Nov 2024)
Runnymede Report
In the UK, Muslims also overwhelmingly tend to be of an ethnic minority background, and so their racialisation as Muslims overlaps with their collective experience as people of colour living under institutional racism.
GB News - A shapshot of anti-Muslim hate(October 2024)
Centre for Media Monitoring
Over a two-year period, GB news mentioned Muslims OR Islam more than 17,000 times in its output, accounting for almost 50% of total mentions on UK news channels.
BBC News and Sky News accounted for 32% and 21% respectively.
Muslims in Europe face ever more racism and discrimination. One in two Muslims in the EU face racism and discrimination in their daily life – a sharp rise since 2016. They not just targeted because of their religion, but also because of their skin colour.
Anti-Muslim Hate: Concerns and Experiences
(September 2024)
Muslim Women’s Network UK Report
The research sought to understand concerns and experiences related to Islamophobia / anti-Muslim hate, both prior to and following the widespread riots that followed the Southport stabbings on 29 July, 2024.
Seven out of 10 (69%) said they had encountered Islamophobia in a variety of work situations, including engaging with customers, clients or external people and at work social events.
Discrimination, Prejudice and Cohesion
(July 2022)
Nuffield Foundation
Researchers at the University of Kent and the Belong Network studied survey data on social relations in Britain and found that more than three quarters of Black and Muslim people in Britain experience discrimination.
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