By Tehmina Kazi A few thoughts on Monday’s terror attack in Finsbury Park. 1. There is sometimes a crossover between terrorist attacks and hate crimes — and on the face of it, last night’s attack appears to be both. But of course, it is possible to commit a terror attack that is not a hate crime. The most widely-accepted definition of hate crime is a criminal act which is motivated by bias against the victim’s membership, perceived membership or association with a particular group that shares a fundamental characteristic (this…
Terror attack in Finsbury Park: Call out hate speech and the “us vs them” pronouncements
