Sunday, December 17, 2006
CLEAR PICTURE PROVIDED
Earlier this year, British police began recording the religion of faith-hate crime victims:
They did so on the instruction of the Association of Chief Police Officers, which wanted a clear picture of alleged community tensions around the country, following reports of Muslims being attacked after September 11 and the July 7 London bombings last year.
And what did they find?
Jewish people are four times more likely to be attacked because of their religion than Muslims, according to figures compiled by the police.
Wow! So many attacks. You’d expect a raft of arrests, yes? No:
The CPS report revealed that not a single person accused of an anti-Semitic crime had been prosecuted on a charge of religiously aggravated offending.