The government has announced a new definition of anti-Muslim hate that includes violence, harassment and prejudicial stereotyping - as it insisted the move will not curtail free speech. Ministers say ...

A new definition of anti-Muslim hate will both protect people from “unacceptable prejudice, discrimination and hatred” and uphold the right to freedom of speech, the Communities Secretary has vowed.

The Government has announced the creation of an official definition of 'anti-Muslim hostility' and the country's first tsar to tackle it in a £4million drive.

The first 'special representative on anti-Muslim hostility' will be appointed to 'strengthen understanding, reporting and ...

The latest government figures showed that religious hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales reached a record high ...

Critics have raised concerns that doing so could create backdoor blasphemy laws, and curtail speech about Islamic extremism.

A new official definition of Islamophobia will fail to stop anti-Muslim attacks, the Government’s counter-terrorism adviser ...

Government efforts to protect Muslims from abuse will in "no way" restrict people's freedom to criticise Islam, the ...