Although the victim’s father has warned against exploiting his family’s tragedy, far-right groups are rallying.


Taj Ali is a journalist and historian. His work has appeared in the Guardian, the Independent and the Huffington Post. He is the former editor of Tribune Magazine and is currently writing a book on the history of British South Asian political activism in the UK.
Although the victim’s father has warned against exploiting his family’s tragedy, far-right groups are rallying.

As hatred is increasingly normalised and assaults rise, ethnic minorities are becoming hypervigilant.

Agitators target a mosque and assault Muslims as the St George flag is flown widely following anti-immigration protests.

Middlesbrough, which has witnessed several episodes of discriminatory violence, is far from healed, say residents.
