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Muslim groups ask Starmer for investigation into far-right riots
A car burns on Parliament Road, in Middlesbrough, during an anti-immigration protest, August 4, 2024

BEGIN engaging properly with Muslim organisations, Sir Keir Starmer was told by community leaders today.

A network of Muslim groups has written to the Prime Minister asking for an independent investigation into the far-right riots which targeted mosques and Muslim people.

The 80 organisations which have come together since to form the Islamophobia Action Group (IAG) also urge the adoption of an official definition of Islamophobia.

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