Last week Christine Jardine who is the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh published an EDM item that is entitled Islamophobia Awareness Month which can be seen here and the text is below. So far 20 other MPs have endorsed it and the first 5 other people who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. Three of them are other Liberal Democrat MPs and there is also Caroline Lucas who is the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion and the other person is a Labour MP for Birmingham, Tahir Ali. The others who have signed it so far include another 4 Liberal Democrats, 4 SNPs, all 3 Plaid Cymru’s, another 1 Labour MP, a DUP and interestingly the Worthing West MP Peter Bottomley who has signed it for Conservatives so far. So here is the text and it will be interesting to find out who else may support it next week when MPs are able to do so again.

That this House supports Islamophobia Awareness Month, which is taking place this November; recognises the incredible contributions that British Muslims make to our country; acknowledges that anti-Muslim sentiment is far too prevalent in our society; notes with concern that the horrifying Israel-Gaza conflict has led to a rise in Islamophobia in the UK, with Tell MAMA reporting a sevenfold increase of anti-Muslim incidents between 7 and 29 October compared to the same period last year; emphasises the importance of standing up to religious hatred in all its forms; and calls on the Government to ensure that public bodies have the resources and training they need to identify and prevent hate crimes.