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Editor's note
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In the hours after Muslim worshippers in Finsbury Park were injured early yesterday morning by a van mounting the pavement, members of the community who apprehended the suspect won quick praise from police. So did an imam who protected the man until police arrived to arrest him. As Bharath Ganesh writes, the Muslim community in this area of North London is no stranger to Islamophobia. He says a misplaced association between the Finsbury Park mosque and violent extremism
continues to make the area a target for hate. In fact, explains Kurt Barling, the mosque is now a symbol of modernity, openness and tolerance.
With summer arriving in earnest many of us will be heading to the beach this week. And if you’re packing a bucket and spade, you may want to take some advice from Matthew Bennett. He’s worked out the scientific formula for building the perfect sandcastle.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Prayers in the street in Finsbury Park after the attack on June 19.
Yui Mok/PA Wire
Bharath Ganesh, University of Oxford
A man has been arrested after driving a van into worshippers near a mosque in north London.
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Police guard the scene of the attack in Finsbury Park.
PA/Victoria Jones
Kurt Barling, Middlesex University
The north London mosque has worked hard to recover from the dark days of the 1990s. It didn't deserve to become the victim of extremism.
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