A deliberate campaign of anti-Muslim smears and misinformation is gathering pace.

Closed mosques, cancelled pilgrimages, suspended gatherings… faced with the spread of the coronavirus, Muslims have had to isolate themselves from their communities and adapt to the changes brought on by the crisis.

Online Islamophobia remains an ingrained issue when it comes to tackling hate in the UK.

Limited disciplinary action, a membership riven by Islamophobic views and a leadership which has brushed off criticism.

Officials in Scotland have been told to “redouble” their efforts to tackle hatred, as it was revealed that Islamophobia is an everyday issue for a significant number of Muslims.

She is a widely acclaimed children’s writer, has led a movement against domestic violence and abuse, and organised regular aid convoys to refugees in Calais and Dunkirk. She tells Safya Khan-Ruf how all these roles are linked – and who inspired her.

What is the state of anti-racism in this country? For British Muslim communities bearing a large brunt of discrimination and violence, the environment remains hostile.

Today, the UK woke up to a man who said, “Islam is the problem”, mocked veiled women and denied the systemic anti-Muslim hate in his party, as their new Prime Minister.

Tensions between British Muslims and Hindus have been stoked during the current election season through WhatsApp propaganda aimed at British Indians.

Conservative MP Bob Blackman has a history of Islamophobic posts and of stoking division between Muslims and Hindus. He is one of the many members of the party that the Conservatives have failed to expel.

Twenty-five sitting and former Conservative councillors have been exposed for posting Islamophobic and racist material on social media. This is not the first time.

The Brexit party might be getting all the attention, but even the Conservatives and Labour have work to do to tackle poison within their own parties.

he French government’s counter-extremism efforts are worsening the stigmatisation of its Muslim citizens. Meanwhile, journalists and politicians are embroiled in another headscarf debacle.

Islamophobia sells. Islamophobia is organised. Islamophobia is growing. We started LAMP a year ago with these three facts in mind.

Our new polling of 1,000 BME Britons finds a huge 70% of people of Pakistani ethnicity (the vast majority of whom identify as Muslim) think that the state of race relations in Britain has gotten worse over the last five years.

Identitarianism is a dangerous ideology which gives its followers an ultimatum: Get active or be “replaced” by non-white and, especially, Muslim immigrants. This report explains the origins of these ideas in the European New Right.

Who are the Brexit party, and how worried should we be? HOPE not hate researchers have analysed why the party is dangerous and divisive, this includes scapegoating immigrants, calling Muslims terrorists and links with the far-right.

How a German mosque managed to bring a community together and remains a point of civic pride.

Joe Mulhall's latest report on how the British far-right modernised itself and became mainstream.

Deepa Iyer is a leading activist, writer and racial justice lawyer. While Islamophobia has evolved differently between the US and the UK, Deepa describes the ways it has manifested on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tory leadership is under renewed pressure to combat the worrying levels of Islamophobic beliefs within the party, after HOPE not hate (HNH) polling reveals deep state of prejudice.

Imagine a scenario where someone is stirring up hate in your community. You want to respond – but you’re not sure how to get started. Who do you contact first? What will make things better, and how do you make sure you don’t make things worse?

Mahmooda Qureishi, a HNH community organiser describes her journey from arriving in the UK as a child, raised in an insular community to her current work of reaching beyond religious divides.

Theresa May has rejected an Islamophobia definition that has the support of more than 750 Muslim organisations, several political parties and many local councils, citing security and free speech concerns.

Far-right political leaders have been united in calling Islam a major threat to Europe. The HNH team is tracking the most dangerous, anti-Islam and far-right parties to watch out for across Europe.

Kremlin-exported anti-Muslim ‘news’ used as tool to amplify Islamophobic parties and far-right organisations.

An interview around cultural homelessness and identity that touches upon the headscarf, faith, love, feminism, the failings of Muslim communities and the wider world.

When a white supremacist burst into a mosque during Friday prayers in Christchurch, a worshipper greeted him with, “Hello brother”.

After his recent social media bans, the anti-Muslim activist must now also respond to a defamation suit.

Islamophobia is creeping through the heart of the tory Party – and the lack of action is worrying.

HOPE not hate polling shows Muslims who voted Leave were the most likely to have changed their minds in the face of rising Islamophobia and broken promises.

Samia Hathroubi is a prominent female activist working on interfaith issues, discrimination and pluralism. She describes her project to explore Muslim-Jewish relations across continents.

Dennis was born into a neo-Nazi family, became part of a far-right gang and was encouraged to join both Hezbollah and the Islamic state – all before he turned 21.

“Sometimes I think the Muslim community is not really aware of the gravity of the situation when it comes to Islamophobia – or, they’re aware… but don’t know how to effectively deal with it.” says Mahmooda Qureshi, a HOPE not hate community organiser in Birmingham.

If we’re not even consistent in our condemnation of Islamophobia on screen, what chance is there for progress?

The long awaited definition for Islamophobia in the UK is here and Muslim organisations across the UK are calling on political party leaders to adopt it.

Miqdaad Versi challenges factually incorrect stories that deal with Muslims and Islam in mainstream British media. The depth of the problem is evident: over the past 18 months, he has been able to elicit over 50 corrections from national newspapers.

Read how recent terror attacks in the UK have been successfully exploited by anti-Muslim activists over social media, to increase their reach and grow their audiences.

While many politicians use coded language to flirt with hate speech, others are blatantly overt with their actions, assured there will be little consequence within the current political climate.

We explore three acts of violence that occurred within 72 hours, only days before midterm elections that have been characterised by rhetorical othering and hate.

We discuss recently-released extremist, Anjem Choudary, whom she has directly confronted, and the many challenges facing the Muslim community in Britain today.

Anjem Choudary is a dangerous extremist. The hatred that he has spread over the past two decades is unparalleled.

We got inside this year’s ACT for America Conference in the heart of American power, Washington D.C.

More people in Britain believe that Islam is incompatible with the British way of life than those who think it is compatible, and more people believe that there are ‘no go zones’ in Britain, where sharia law dominates and non-Muslims cannot enter, than not.