How bad is the anti-Muslim backlash in London?

After a brutal murder is allegedly committed by two Muslim men, mosques are attacked, anti-Islam obscenities shouted, and women's headscarves ripped off

Well-wishers leave flowers where 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby was killed in south London.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

When off-duty soldier Lee Rigby was hacked to death in broad daylight last week in the Woolwich district of London, Britons were very understandably shocked and horrified.

The two suspects, Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, are British citizens of Nigerian descent. They are also Muslims.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.