 The only known Muslim 7/7 survivor has said she is contemplating leaving the country to escape intolerance and Islamophobia. Sajda Mughal OBE spoke of her dismay at the political climate in the UK as she reflected on the 18th anniversary of the London terror attacks. The charity leader also told Metro.co.uk how she feared she would die on the Piccadilly Line Tube without being able to say goodbye to her family. In the aftermath, she traded in her city job to become the chief executive of the JAN Trust, which supports marginalised women and young people and raises awareness of issues including counter-terrorism. However Ms Mughal now feels that racism and Islamophobia has become 'normalised' and she accuses the government of stoking the intolerance with inflammatory words and policies. 'Extremism and far-right extremism has gone unchecked,' she said. 'It has been allowed to grow within our society. Sadly, it feels as if it has become normalised. 'I hear frequently from Muslim women who speak of their experiences of being targeted, abused or even physically harmed by racists and Islamophobes, whether it be on in public or online. 'I myself have had distasteful experiences in public, particularly with white males who have verbally abused me on the streets. I know that had I not been a woman of colour they would not have done so. 'I still continue to hear from Muslim children about some of their horrible racist and Islamophobic experiences in schools from the hands of other students and even some teachers.' Sajda Mughal gave up a career working for an investment bank to make a change on the ground with the JAN Trust (Picture: Sajda Mughal) Ms Mughal, 40, a consultant and public speaker who previously worked for the Home Office, has been an outspoken critic of the government's efforts to tackle radicalisation and extremism.){kind=link}
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The only known Muslim 7/7 survivor has said she is contemplating leaving the country to escape intolerance and Islamophobia.
Sajda Mughal OBE spoke of her dismay at the political climate in the UK as she reflected on the 18th anniversary of the London terror attacks.
The charity leader also told Metro.co.uk how she feared she would die on the Piccadilly Line Tube without being able to say goodbye to her family.
In the aftermath, she traded in her city job to become the chief executive of the JAN Trust, which supports marginalised women and young people and raises awareness of issues including counter-terrorism.