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August 5, 2024

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ISD’s Zahed Amanullah discusses the background to anti-Muslim/anti-migrant riots in the UK

Anti-immigrant riots recently broke out in the U.K. after young girls were fatally stabbed in a grisly incident falsely attributed to a Muslim asylum seeker. ISD’s Zahed Amanullah provides a background to the incidents, including the role of disinformation, policing, and community responses for Press Play with Madeline Brand on Los Angeles-based radio KCRW.

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