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Tuesday 13 Oct 2015 - 12:44 Makkah mean time-30-12-1436
 Birmingham, England (IINA) - Passengers on a train watched on as a helpless Muslim woman was showered in alcohol in a violent Islamophobic attack in Birmingham, The Birmingham Mail reported quoting some researchers.
The woman who had alcohol poured on her said: “People were watching but they ignored it. No-one wanted to help,”
The victim’s experience is one of many hate attacks on Muslims that were revealed in a study by Birmingham City University criminologist Imran Awan.
This incident and numerous other attacks on Muslims will be unveiled in a full report, in the British parliament. The report, the first of its kind, has been commissioned by Tell Mama an organization set up for the reporting of attacks against Muslims.
The study also revealed that many Muslims were reluctant to report incidents of abuse and often received little support from onlookers.
As a direct result of attacks, Muslim women have said they are removing their headscarves and men are shaving their beards in a bid to disguise their Islamic beliefs through fear of being targeted in religious hate attacks.
The study, which looked at attacks on Muslims both online and “in real life”, also uncovered evidence that men are especially unwilling to report attacks through fear of being seen as weak, World Bulletin reported.
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