18 Mar 2019

UK warns of new wave of Islamaphobia

From Morning Report, 8:52 am on 18 March 2019

In the UK there are warnings that the country is facing a "new wave" of anti-Muslim hatred, with thousands of Britons regularly using online forums that espouse right-wing extremism. Britain's security service MI5 is currently investigating potential contact between the Christchurch gunman and right-wing extremists in the UK. BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner tells Kim Hill while the UK has been monitoring Islamic-linked terrorism for years, far-right terrorism is new territory.