{"id":30227,"date":"2024-08-09T19:54:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=30227"},"modified":"2024-08-09T20:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:19:57","slug":"muslim-healthcare-workers-in-uk-face-increased-racist-abuse-amid-far-right-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/muslim-healthcare-workers-in-uk-face-increased-racist-abuse-amid-far-right-riots\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Healthcare Workers in UK Face Increased \u2018Racist Abuse\u2019 amid Far-right Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) has recorded a significant rise in \u201cracist abuse\u201d against Muslim NHS (National Health Service) workers following the onset of far-right riots across the UK, leaving many healthcare professionals in fear, local media reported on Friday.<br \/>\nDr. Salman Waqar, the president of BIMA, which represents around 7,000 Muslim healthcare staff, told The Guardian that NHS workers have been deeply affected both personally and professionally by the escalating intimidation.<br \/>\nHe also stressed the unprecedented fear among members, noting that some international colleagues are now questioning their future in the UK.<br \/>\nIn addition, the British Egyptian Medical Association (BEMA), representing approximately 11,000 healthcare professionals, also echoed similar concerns, noting a \u201ctroubling\u201d rise in \u201cracist abuse and discrimination,\u201d according to The Guardian.<br \/>\nIt reported that the \u201chostile\u201d environment has disrupted healthcare delivery, leading to \u201cincreased absenteeism and reduced morale\u201d among medical professionals.<br \/>\nBoth associations have stressed the need for urgent action to protect healthcare workers and ensure their safety amid these rising tensions, the media outlet added.<br \/>\nBesides medical professionals, students from African and Asian countries studying in the UK have also taken extra precautions owing to their skin colors, which can easily be identified by far-right rioters, limiting themselves to their apartments and hostels with barely stored groceries.<br \/>\nThe UK has been rocked by turmoil for days, with violent far-right rioters spewing racist and Islamophobic vitriol targeting Muslims, minority groups and migrants.<br \/>\nThe riots were fueled by false claims spread online that a suspect arrested for the July 29 fatal stabbings of three children in the seaside town of Southport was a Muslim asylum seeker. This misinformation has triggered a dangerous wave of violence and heightened tensions across the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Agencies The British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) has recorded a significant rise in \u201cracist abuse\u201d against Muslim NHS (National Health Service) workers following the onset of far-right riots across the UK, leaving many healthcare professionals in fear, local media reported on Friday. Dr. Salman Waqar, the president of BIMA, which represents around &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30228,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30227\/revisions\/30228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}