Mosques and Muslim faith centres across the UK are to benefit from an additional £10 million for security measures, the government has announced.
The funding will pay for CCTV, alarm systems, and secure fencing to help protect sites from hate crime and attacks.
The move comes as official statistics show a 19% rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes in England and Wales in the year to March 2025.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the money would ensure Muslim communities "get the protection they need and deserve."
The announcement follows an arson attack last month on Peacehaven Mosque in East Sussex, which the prime minister visited recently.
"Attacks on any community are attacks on our entire nation and our values," Mr Starmer said.
The new money is an uplift to the existing Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, which has £29.4 million available this financial year.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the Peacehaven attack as "an appalling crime," adding that the right to live "free from hatred and fear" must be defended.
According to the Home Office, 44% of all religious hate crimes recorded by police in the referenced period were targeted against Muslims.
The funding forms part of the government's wider pledge to create safer streets and protect places of worship.
