Global Muslim Brotherhood Groups Join Call to End Online Islamophobia

On 15 March 2025, the Mus­lim Coun­cil of Britain (MCB) report­ed that it had joined sev­er­al oth­er Mus­lim orga­ni­za­tions in urg­ing glob­al action against online Islam­o­pho­bia. The arti­cle begins:

The Mus­lim Coun­cil of Britain (MCB) today joins Mus­lim rep­re­sen­ta­tive and advo­ca­cy organ­i­sa­tions world­wide on the UN Inter­na­tion­al Day to Com­bat Islam­o­pho­bia, 15 March, call­ing for urgent action to address the role of online social media plat­forms in fuelling anti-Mus­lim hatred. The joint state­ment, issued on the sixth anniver­sary of the Christchurch mosque attacks, comes as British Mus­lims con­tin­ue to face unprece­dent­ed lev­els of Islam­o­pho­bia both online and offline. Last sum­mer, British Mus­lims expe­ri­enced a dev­as­tat­ing surge in hate crimes fol­low­ing the South­port riots, with vio­lent mobs attack­ing mosques and Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ties across 27 towns and cities. Home Office fig­ures reveal a shock­ing 73% increase in Islam­o­pho­bic assaults dur­ing 2024, with near­ly 40% of all reli­gious hate crimes tar­get­ing Muslims—the high­est since records began in 2012. Mas­wood Ahmed, Deputy Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al of the MCB, stat­ed: “Six years since the Christchurch mas­sacre and eight years since the Fins­bury Park attack in the UK, suc­ces­sive gov­ern­ments have dimin­ished, delayed or denied mean­ing­ful action on Islamophobia…”

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Key Points:

• The MCB joined a glob­al effort on the UN Day to Com­bat Islam­o­pho­bia and demand­ed action from social media companies.
• The group argued that British Mus­lims had faced a surge in hate crimes, cit­ing a 73% increase in record­ed Islam­o­pho­bic assaults in 2024.
• MCB called for an inde­pen­dent mon­i­tor­ing body for Islam­o­pho­bia and stronger action from the UK government.
• Social media plat­forms were crit­i­cized for not remov­ing Islam­o­pho­bic con­tent despite being reported.

The sig­na­to­ries includ­ed major orga­ni­za­tions in the Glob­al Mus­lim Broth­er­hood (GMB) net­work, includ­ing the Bridge Ini­tia­tive, FEMYSO, CAIR, and CCIE. Activ­i­ty cen­tered on Islam­o­pho­bia has been an impor­tant aspect of world­wide GMB  strategy.

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