Anti-Muslim rhetoric in UK shifting toward ‘terrorist intent,’ MI5 chief warns

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LONDON: People in the UK who hold anti-Muslim beliefs are becoming more likely to consider staging terrorist attacks against migrant centers and asylum hotels, the head of MI5, the country’s counterintelligence and security agency, warned. In an annual threat update, Ken McCallum said the agency had documented a significant shift from radicalized, right-wing sentiment toward violence, The Guardian newspaper reported. He described this change as the “most marked trend” in MI5’s caseload over the