This is the eternal question when it comes to monitoring subjective, ill-defined concepts such as the newly minted instrument for inhibiting opposition to jihad terror, “Islamophobia”: who watches the watchman? Who is making sure that they aren’t classifying, as Hamas-linked CAIR and other organizations in the U.S. routinely do, honest reporting and analysis of jihad violence as “hate”?
“Who will watch the ‘anti-Muslim bias’ watchdogs?,” by Damon L. Perry, The Critic, July 28, 2025:
The British Muslim Trust (BMT) — led by the Aziz Foundation and the Randeree Charitable Trust — has been entrusted with recording and monitoring anti-Muslim hate incidents. This is a role with significant potential to influence the ongoing policy debate around Islamophobia.
The Home Office has awarded BMT a contract of £2.6 million over three years to create the official mechanism for collecting and publishing data on anti-Muslim hate incidents across the UK, including those that fall outside police reporting systems. The money comes from a new taxpayer funded “Combating Hate Against Muslims fund”. Interestingly, the word “Islamophobia” is absent from official descriptions of the new monitoring system and its fund. This is significant given that ministers are still deliberating over the adoption of a formal definition of Islamophobia.
Although BMT will not define hate crime in law, the question is whether it will have the power to define what counts as “anti-Muslim hatred” for the purposes of public reporting, media framing, and policy discussions? It seems it will be able to determine the categories, count the incidents, and shape the datasets presented to the Government and the public.
Of particular interest within this arrangement is the Aziz Foundation, established in 2015 by property magnate Asif Aziz, who came to public attention for controversially planning to convert part of London’s Piccadilly Trocadero, which he has owned for some years, into a mosque. The Foundation is a curious choice for a partner. It has explicitly stated that its “values do not align with those of the Prevent policy, which actively harms Muslims”. The Foundation also believes that “higher education (HE) is … an incubator of institutional Islamophobia” and states that “eradicating Islamophobia [is] central to its social mission”. To this end, it has funded over £9 million in postgraduate scholarships, awarding around 660 master’s scholarships and 71 paid internships — exclusively for British Muslims.
While this scholarship programme appears philanthropic, its strategic focus is activism-driven. These scholarships support Muslims to study at universities such as UCL, Sussex, Goldsmiths, Liverpool and Sheffield in disciplines such as journalism, law, policy, and media — sectors that shape public perception and legislative agendas. The Foundation does not merely fund equitable education; it cultivates influence. Its choice of partnerships provide a clue as to what kind of influence it seeks to spread within Britain’s institutional fabric — one that appears to emphasise Muslim victimhood.
Since 2019, the Aziz Foundation has provided £2 million to projects focused on “journalism and combatting Islamophobia”, naming only two recipients: the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) — launched that same year by the Muslim Council of Britain — and the Islamophobia Response Unit (IRU), an independent charity but originally established by the Islamist activist group MEND, which was named last year by then Communities Secretary Michael Gove as one of three Muslim groups under investigation for extremism.
The Aziz Foundation has also supported two of its scholars, including Maira Khan, to take up paid internships at CfMM. Khan reportedly played “an integral role” in CfMM’s first report on Palestine, which took the view that the media should not refer to Hamas as a “militant” or an “Islamist” group, since they were elected in Gaza in 2006. Another of its scholars worked directly with the APPG on British Muslims, the parliamentary group responsible for proposing the contentious 2019 working definition of Islamophobia….
England Invaded says
The poisonous rats should consider why they are hated. Get out of my country you ‘slim scum.
Vlad says
I mean can you really blame these guys. They are there to push their civilization and their people, to grow it and make it stronger. There is government grants, there is welfare and health care, and world class scholarships to best universities for Muslims.
It just is not part of their culture to assimilate, there is absolute zero proof wherever you look. So the Muslims figure Britain understands this arrangement.
Naturally, they want the government and security state and police on the Muslim side, to rearrange the social order, this will help pave the way for their plans.
What can we say? They’re there to absorb and consume as much as possible and grow stronger and accumulate wealth and power and ultimately reshape and change the society.
If the natives don’t like it, they should change the law, like Moscow . The Muslims aren’t allowed mosques or games, and they respect it. They’re there as visitors. They figure Wngland wants to islamicize .
gravenimage says
Yes, I think you can blame pious Muslims for embracing Jihad. Espcially in places like Britain, where they are also exposed to civilized values.
Hudders. says
Look at the picture above. Could be any town in once great Britain.
Often seen, groups of angry muslim males unlawfully taking over public streets to give thanks to the death cult demon allah
Look & witness the reality….Faces pressed down kissing hell; backsides raised in defiance to Heaven,
This is the UK today.
(Esp in northern England.)
MOCKERY AFTER MOCKERY.
WHEN WILL ENOUGH FINALLY BE ENOUGH!?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Do you blame a snake for being a 🐍? A wolf for being a 🐺? A tiger for being a 🐯? We all know that jihad is their #1 sacrament, and those who don’t, the jihadists tell them, and then all those doubting thomases can read and verify for themselves how true they are
No, I agree w/ Vlad. I don’t blame Pakis, Qangals, Afghans, Turks, Arabs,, Somalis, et al for behaving like jihadist savages: that’s their upbringing. I blame every leader of infidel countries – from the Bushes to Biden to Tony Blair to Starmer to Macron to Merkel to Putin to Modi to Albanese to Ardern – all of whom have ignored all this. Even leaders like Netanyahu are at best battling the symptoms, be it Hamas, Hizbullah, Houthis, Iran…. but taking care not to tie it to islam
It’s like if someone had a cancer cyst in the body, and doctors did everything to remove all other traces of the cancer except that cyst. Would you blame the cyst for being there, or the doctors for not removing it? The same applies to all world leaders in non-muslim countries
Troybeam says
Muslims do not embrace Jihad, Jihad is demanded under sharia law. Jihad in sharia allows for ALL Muslims to have a part in jihad be it a fighter or someone who supports the fighter.
Embracing Jihad, poor choice of words, suggest you read Reliance of the Traveller: Islamic Sacred Law Chapter o9.0.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Troybeam
Much as I believe in the First Amendment, I believe that there should be a carveout for excluding islam/muslims from it. If someone is a muslim, then islam requires him to do jihad, and so it’s no longer merely his personal business whether he believes in it or not. If he is a practicing muslim, he must be asked whether or not he embraces jihad
If the answer is yes, or if s/he lies by saying no but is later proven to support jihad, the result should be deportation if s/he is naturalized. If s/he is a third generation citizen ie born to someone whose parents were naturalized, then permanently delete that jihadist American’s voting rights in every election, from Federal to local dogcatcher
It’s also why I strongly believe that at least for First Amendment purposes, islam should not be recognized as a religion
gravenimage says
Infidel, Muslims are not actually a separate species from human beings—pious Muslims are human beings who have embraced a vicious creed, the same as did Nazis, Stalinists, and those worshipping Baal. The mere fact that some Muslims have *left* Islam prooves ths to be true.
And we don’t have to change the First Amendment for Muslims–preaching murder is *not* protected speech.
gravenimage says
Troybeam, I know that Islam preaches Jihad terror– but each individual Muslim has to embrace this or it would not be a threat. Most pious Muslims *do* embrace this.
Tim gallagher says
I get what Vlad is saying in that our societies are so stupid that we let Muslims. With all the evil crap that Muslims believe such as killing non Muslims when the opportunity arises, the pedophilia with child brides and rape gangs and all the other shit I believe Muslims should be blanket banned from all non Muslim countries. Letting Islam into our countries is about as dumb as letting those Aztecs religious scum. Fortunately the Aztecs religion is gone, Islam should be gone. I blame Muslims for staying in Islam, the stinking load of evil shit that is they should know pedophilia is wrong, killing non Muslims is morally wrong, treating women like crap is. Everything about islam is barbaric and wrong. I blame Muslims for not leaving evil islam behind. You have to be evil to remain a Muslim.
gravenimage says
Agree on both counts, Tim.
Tim gallagher says
Thanks, gravenimage. It is such a shame that so many people in our societies still don’t get it.
Split says
It looks like no matter who the English vote, the migrants keep coming, Boris johnson doesn’t matter.
The migrants ideology is stronger than the pro Britain crowd, it’s self evident. You cannot even get the government leaders right wing to even enforce the basic law on the book, they are breaking the law for the Muslims. Anything for the Muslims.
It just looks like I see the leaders and the powerful want the pro British people to die away, and they’ll hide their don’t care anymore. They can call millions of migrants in on drop of a dime. I was surprised to learn how much they let the country fall off, people are struggling. But these Muslims come, and immediately hand over foot service, whole hotels are given to Muslims, even the kidnap rape cult is ignored.
Never seen anything like it, it wouldn’t make it into a movie script. I can imagine what these migrants want to do to the white British when their numbers go up. Islam is the boss in England
Tim gallagher says
Islam deserves all the hatred it receives. In fact, with all the Muslim terrorist attacks, the Muslim rape gangs,etc it deserves to be hated far more than it is. Far too many people in our western societies continue to go easy on Islam. All non Muslims should wake and face reality and hate evil islam.
gravenimage says
UK: British Muslim Trust entrusted with monitoring anti-Muslim hate incidents — but who’s monitoring them?
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Fox, henhouse…
Floris 89 says
‘Quis custodiet custodes ipsos?’ Juvenalis, Satires
Captain Quirk says
What’s wrong with anti-muslim bias? I don’t quite get it. What about sura’s 2: 191 and 47: 4?
David M says
True, if you are not anti Muslim then you are not anti sharia law. If you are for sharia law you are a very warped person.
Eddie says
Some good well reasoned comments especially from Infidel.
Vlad says if the “natives don’t like it they should change the law”
How ?
Politics ?
Not one political party will confront, let alone ban Islam.
Wholesale civic disobedience?
Or internal physical conflict within the UK between ethnic groups ?
“As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding Like the Roman I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood”
The names on the gravestones in English churchyards are English names, century upon century.
And more relevant still are the English names on the War memorials that are in every village, town and city saving only six ‘peace villages”,who did not lose sons.
English names
English people.
I respect the Welsh, Irish and Scots and thier identities in the United Kingdom.
I reject the high jacked term ‘British’.
This is OUR land and we must now fight for it or go under.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I once saw Mark Steyn in a discussion w/ David Starkey talk about how confusing nationalism is in the UK. Where only descendants of Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Celts, Jutes…. can be English, but anybody, including Australians and Canadians, can be “British”
What’s even more confusing is the dual aspect of the status of England, as both a country w/ its own flag 🏴 vs a “province” (loosely speaking) of the UK. As an contrasting example, when the Soviet Union was around, nobody referred to the RFSFR (today’s Russian Federation) as a country. Similarly in Netherlands, North Holland and South Holland are just 2 of the country’s 12 provinces, and they are both called provinces: nobody pretends that those 2 by themselves are a country. But I doubt anybody would dare describe England as a state or province of the United Kingdom
Nowhere do we see it more than in sports, where except in the Olympics, there is never a British team. In ⚽, England & Wales are separate teams, but in 🏏, those 2 are fused
So would England be better off on its own, or does it have to have Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as a part of it to fend off any internal and external threats to its sovereignty?
gravenimage says
We don’t need to change our laws for Muslims–we need to *enforce them*. The idea that British law demands that she import millions of Muslims and allows them to impose Shari’ah law and rape and murder Britons is mistaken.
England Invaded says
Note, every palestine action / hamas supporter arrested in the UK recently has been released.
Proscribed terror organisations which should result in prosecution and prison, of course let free.
While genuine British folk simply objecting to the over all state of the UK due to ‘slims and other invaders will be hounded and often jailed.
David M says
I was going to ask a question about this. I was going to ask, has Starmer just alienated the left after these arrests? I know he has already alienated the right.
England Invaded says
At this point with all the agenda and complete dishonesty at every level it’s hard to say what has happened.
Over all, it looks like a token gesture to proscribe palestine action with no real intentions to stop this strain of the virus.
Factor in that a lot of the police are totally captured as well, the islamo-leftists always get an easy ride to put it mildly.
David M says
Exactly, I was very surprised to see the arrests on the news. There was mention of 10-15 years in jail. I don’t like the cause they were protesting for, but people should have the right to peacefully protest anything, otherwise we are living in a dictatorship.
roger says
It’s too late for the UK to save itself. The Ishmaelites have established themselves right across the institutions. By 2050 the UK will be an Islamic Sharia state. No more Strictly Come Dancing, no more Eastenders, no more Love Island. Every country gets the government it deserves.
gravenimage says
Surrender, Infidels!
jerry glenn says
UK surges in the European Islamopandering derby.
Rufolino says
It’s all part of the Islamic takeover, Robert. And it’s accelerating. A lot of people are waking up, but it may now be too late to stop.
Without mass Islamic deportations, which will in any case produce devastating civil war.
Eddie says
Well said England Invaded.
Last summer those arrested in the so called riots were dubbed “criminals” before any trial and their faces shown in newspapers.
Many were charged and remanded in custody to be in court the next day. Given blatantly poor legal advice to plead guilty, they were actually in prison within four days of arrest.
The trial judgements were televised with robed judges delivering the judgements.
Pour encourager les autres.
Why are these terrorist supporters not being dealt with in the same expedited manner ? You can’t get a 14 year sentence for supporting a proscribed terrorist organisation !
Don’t get excited – the mass arrests were just for show and to save the face of police and the Government.
Why is a dusky skinned man who encouraged a volatile crowd to slit the throats of right wing protesters last July – only just appearing in court today – a year after he was on video doing so ?
What happened to those hundreds arrested for knife crimes and sexual assaults at last September’s Notting Hill carnival ? (aka ‘Stabfest’ )
3 murders and fifty police injured ?
Are they all in prison?
No.
So welcome to the UK’s favourite ‘ Game of Justice. ” Roll the dice and pick a card. Ethnicity and Islam trumps all , Starmer the joker.
Roll up! roll up – for the greatest shit show on earth !
Sharon L Kowalski says
Why don’t the Brits put a woman cop in front of them? Maybe one with a K9!? (I know the answer because they hate – women and dogs (and also donkeys) invalidate their cursing what they call ‘prayers’ – oh gee, those have the denigration and bashing of non-moslems because they hate).
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Do you want that cop to get raped and that dog slaugtered? If muslims are to be confronted, they need to be confronted by armed police
gravenimage says
Infidel, the idea that women cannot be armed is mistaken. But yes, this will take a concerted effort.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Britain prides itself on cops not being armed. Never mind what arms thugs of various nationalities might have
Mike says
…or the dog raped and the cop slaughtered; could go either way with Muslims.
Again I have to emphasize that I don’t believe for a minute that any of this is accidental, unintentional, or mere weakness. It’s by design, just like a lot of other recent events I won’t waste your time elaborating on. It’s supposed to say the agenda became crystal clear to me at the very beginning of the climate change scare. That’s a long time to be thinking about and observing trends, and trust me when I say I wish to God I could come to another conclusion.
OLD GUY says
Poor Islam the best of mankind backed by BIG MOE and Allah are always the poor victim of these terrorist attacks that they instigate.
Maybe is they didn’t promote and commit so much VIOLENCE, RAPE and MURDER of non muslim/islamic people they would be looked at differently.