The Dover bombings were a hate attack – why did it take so long to call them terrorism?
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Imagine a Muslim had committed a terrible act of violence – how long do you think it would be before they were labelled a terrorist?
By Nadeine Asbali, teacher and columnist
On October 30, Andrew Leak threw a number of incendiary devices at an immigration centre in Dover. The attack, which we can assume was against vulnerable and displaced people due to Leak’s social media posts, was not initially treated as terrorism by police.
And yet, it took four days before the police publicly recognised...
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