British Muslim convert 'reported to authorities by college'
Government policies, including those linked to security and extremism, are having a "negative impact" on British Muslims, a campaign body's report says. More than 60% of the 1,782 respondents to the report from the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said they felt politicians did not care about them. Some 56% said they had experienced verbal abuse, and 18% had faced physical assault. The Home Office said it was committed to combating "anti-Muslim hatred". Of those questioned, 59% believed political policies had negatively impacted their lives. A smaller study by the organisation in 2010 recorded nearly a third of people as saying this.
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