White supremacists firebomb another Muslim family’s home with three young children inside

A home in Blackburn has been targeted by white supremacists with a firebomb, Islamophobia written all over the attack. Three young children, including a 7-month-old baby, were inside the home, but thankfully all were able to escape before suffering any fatal injuries.

However, this is the latest in a growing number of Islamophobic attacks committed by white supremacists in recent months, encouraged by far-right pundits and politicians profiting from the hate and division that has left many Muslim families fearing for their safety.

In fact, recent calls to withdraw the definition of Islamophobia suggest this is just the start of a terrifying descent into fascism, hate and division.

 

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Islamophobia — Where are the COBRA meetings?

The Muslim Social Justice Initiative (MSJI) shared footage on Thursday showing a Muslim family’s home in Blackburn being firebombed, blaming the “silence and lack of urgency” over the rise in anti-Muslim violence.

It’s hard to ignore the bigger picture. At home, far-right rhetoric has become increasingly normalised by much of the political class. Abroad, many Muslims see Western governments offering far less urgency or concern over Palestinian suffering and the Israeli genocide waged against them than they do in other conflicts like Ukraine.

Taken together, it’s no surprise that many Muslims feel abandoned by an establishment they believe has repeatedly failed to treat Islamophobia with the seriousness it deserves.

Thankfully, in this incident, the family were able to escape to safety with no injuries — but that isn’t the aim of these violent perpetrators, and often isn’t the outcome in other violent attacks.

For instance, the recent terror attack last weekend in Edinburgh injured 5 Muslim men at the hands of another white supremacist. Yet, in contrast to the Golders Green attacks, there has been no decisive action taken.

"What does this silence say to my children?"

At Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament today, Shockat Adam MP asked Keir Starmer why hate crimes against Muslims do not trigger the same government response as hate crimes against other communities. pic.twitter.com/CEscXRSruW

— 5Pillars (@5Pillarsuk) June 24, 2026

White supremacy — the threat of our time

White supremacy is rising, with little getting in its way, and far-right, opportunistic millionaire politician Farage doing all he can to incite white riots across the UK. This has seen a number of white riots, in Belfast, in Southampton, and attempted riots across the country that didn’t manage to ‘take root’.

As a result, both Muslims and non-Muslims were harmed with their homes taking a battering by local thugs, and residents — white, Black or Brown — feeling terrorised and trapped in their properties.

However, despite a few condemnatory words offered by the establishment and in contrast to alleged antisemitic attacks, there has been no COBRA meeting called by the PM and little to no action taken by authorities to confront the rising threat of white supremacists in the UK.

Thankfully, organisations like the MSJI have stepped up to help our increasingly embattled and isolated Muslim communities, providing money for safe transport in taxis as more and more feel unable to walk in their local area for fear for their own safety and wellbeing.

But here’s the question: if an entire community has to plan their lives around the risk of racist abuse or violence — while those in power barely act to match the scale of the threat — what does that say about the country we’ve become?

At what point do we admit that white supremacist ideas aren’t just sitting on the fringes, but have gained far too much space in our politics and public life?

Even more importantly, do British citizens really want to accept that descent into the abyss of fascism and hate?

God forbid 1 Jewish life should EVER be worth 1000 of our lives. Ben-Gvir 'All Lebanon Must Burn' 'For Every Tear Of An Israeli Mother A Thousand Lebanese Mothers Must Weep' is Jewish zionist supremacy personified. These Zionist White Jews exemplify 'White colonizers doing what… pic.twitter.com/HXqYrbIXrd

— Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) June 24, 2026

Islamophobia — If leaders won’t do anything, the people MUST

Pain is pain. It doesn’t matter whether you’re White, Brown or Black — it hurts the same. We’re all human. But the chances of being targeted because of who you are is anything but equal.

Many Muslims don’t feel safe doing something as normal as walking to the shops. Not because they’ve done anything wrong, but because they know hatred can turn violent. Just like many women, LGBTQ+ people and disabled people may be able to relate to.

That should outrage all of us. Instead, we keep expecting the people at risk to change their behaviour, while the people spreading hate and committing violence face too little accountability. The burden shouldn’t be on victims to make themselves safer — it should be on society to stop tolerating the hatred in the first place.

As a white woman who has grown fearful of white men — or more specifically, far-right misogynistic white men — it is unfathomable to recognise that this fear will be doubly felt by Muslim women. As a mother of young girls whose future safety is under threat, this fear must pale in comparison to the fear felt by Muslim mothers.

No one is safe in a fascist society

And it is hard to dispute why — after all, this home in Blackburn had children inside who had to flee for their lives, and our establishment doesn’t seem to care about hate towards them yet jumps into action at even the faint suggestion of an antisemitic attack. When women are murdered — one every three days by a current or former partner — there is no COBRA meeting either.

Once again, we’re left asking why those in power keep reinforcing this corrosive hierarchy of whose lives matter.

Going further, that kind of messaging doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It fuels white supremacists and gives oxygen to far-right figures who openly flirt with the idea of a “civil war” in the UK.

Words have consequences. When influential people help normalise division and dehumanisation through silence and inaction, others feel emboldened to take it even further.

Today marks ten years since Jo was killed.

Her belief was that we have more in common than that which divides us.

She was killed by a far right extremist who shouted "Britain first" ..prosecuters said the killing was an act of terrorism fueled by white supremacy and neo nazi… pic.twitter.com/dbxoCuBQ06

— Narinder Kaur (@narindertweets) June 16, 2026

Enough — it is time to act

Western leaders just don’t seem willing to seriously confront Islamophobia and the rise in white supremacist hate in our society.

Keir Starmer has failed immensely with his stance on Gaza, and for many people his inaction domestically fits the same pattern — cautious, hesitant, and never meeting the scale of what’s happening before our eyes. This is if we assume the best intentions from a man who has demonstrated ill intentions throughout his political ‘career.’

So far, there’s little sign of the kind of strong action people are calling for against the growing far-right threat. Instead, he only seems to act depending on the voices he hears most — given he is corrupted by Zionist interests through pro-Israel lobby groups, they are the only people he has seemed willing to hear.

If you oppose racist violence and the rise of white supremacist groups, now isn’t the time to stay quiet.

Hate gets louder when everyone else stays silent. Change only happens when enough people are willing to push back.

After all, an ocean is made of billions of drops. It will take millions of ordinary people speaking up and standing together to turn the tide against fascism.

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