THE BROMSGROVE community will unite together against hatred and intolerance at a special service at
Remembering Srebrenica is organising events all over the country and draws parallels between the anti-Islamic rhetoric in the Balkans in the 1990s and in the UK today.
Hate crime in the UK, particularly religious hate crime, has risen dramatically, with Tell MAMA reporting a 326 per cent increase in Islamophobic incidents and a 57 per cent increase in hate crime in the immediate aftermath of the EU Referendum.
Tuesday, July 11, marks the 22nd anniversary of the genocide of 8,372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, all murdered because of their Muslim faith.
Rev Ray Khan, vicar at St John’s Church, said: “This has been a year where once again we have sadly witnessed continuing acts of terrorism and hate crimes, and so the Muslim and Christian Community have come together to pray and remember, along with those of other faiths and no faith.”
Helal Shahid, Chairman of Remembering Srebrenica Bromsgrove Chapter, said: “Twenty-two years after the genocide, we are determined not only to remember the victims of Srebrenica, but to honour their memories by taking positive action to build better communities.”
