Following Boris Johson’s ascent to the premiership, several British Muslims have started the process of leaving the United Kingdom (UK) over fears for their ‘personal safety’, a private media outlet has reported.
The report comes as racist taunts increased sharply in wake of Johnson’s victory and far-right activists linked with his party urged Muslims to leave the UK or face the consequences.
Manzoor Ali, the head of a Muslim charity organisation that provide food parcels for poor people in Manchester, says he wants to leave the country because he is “insecure about the future of my children.”
In the past, Johnson has been accused of Islamophobic and racist comments on several occasions. For example, he has compared Muslim women to “letterboxes and bank robbers” in a column for The Telegraph. In another article, he called Islam a ‘problem.’
Moreover, fear arose after several people complained that after Johnson’s victory, they were told online to leave Britain. Those who were targeted included prominent figures from immigrant backgrounds.
