00:00The government has announced a new working definition of anti-Muslim hate.
00:06Ministers say it will help organisations recognise, measure and respond to hostility targeting Muslim communities.
00:13The definition includes violence, harassment and prejudicial stereotyping, but it will not have legal force.
00:20Discrimination because of religion is already unlawful under equality legislation.
00:25Community Secretary Steve Reid told MPs the guidance is intended as a practical tool, not a restriction on debate, and
00:33said protecting free speech remains essential.
00:35Police recorded more than 3,000 incidents of anti-Muslim hate crime in England and Wales in the year to
00:42March 2025.
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