Far-Right Hate Campaign Targets Lake District Mosque

Far-right hate campaign targets Lake District mosque

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail A project to build a new mosque close to England’s Lake District is being subjected to an intense harassment campaign by far-right forces who have heckled builders, “bused in” abusive protesters, and peddled Islamophobic conspiracies online. The site for the new mosque is located in the small town of Dalton-in-Furness, which lies just outside […]

Inside the sleepy Lake District town torn apart by mosque row: Neighbours turn on each other in bitter split over £2.5m Islamic centre plan

By JOHN SIDDLE Published: 01:13 BST, 30 June 2025 | It's a usually sleepy small town on the edge of the Lake District but the tourist trade invariably passes it by so Dalton-in-Furness rarely commands any national attention. But suddenly this historic Cumbrian market town of just 8,000 residents finds itself bitterly divided - with a number…