Tell MAMA Reporting 2014/2015: Annual Monitoring, Cumulative Extremism and Policy Implications

This report builds upon previous work with the third sector organisation, Faith Matters, undertaken by Teesside University’s Centre for Fascist, Anti-fascist, and Post-fascist Studies (CFAPS). It presents the results of analysis conducted using data collected as part of the Tell MAMA (Measuring AntiMuslim Attacks) initiative during the 2014/15 reporting period (1 March 2014 to 28 February 2015), More specifically, it presents ongoing monitoring statistics around a number of key measures relating to anti-Muslim hatred as expressed both on and offline. Also included is a case study on ‘cumulative extremism’, using data from the periods surrounding recent attacks by self-styled jihadi Islamists in Paris, Copenhagen and Sydney in late 2014/early 2015.