Rising Islamophobia and fears that tensions could boil over prompt police presence at Friday prayers
Mosque, they were met by an unusual welcoming party of three police officers by the main door on Whitechapel Road.
What were described as “noises”, suggestive of a heightened risk of an incident at the mosque in light of the war between Israel and Hamas, had prompted a request for a police plan in case of a flashpoint. The presence of the officers was not welcomed by everyone, of course, Alam said. One man had “kicked off”, questioning why the “pigs are here”, but for most the officers were a reassuring sight.
The question for Ahmed and Alam has been how to shepherd their community through the crisis, they said.
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