As the fallout from President Trump’s “Muslim ban” spreads this week, a 33-year-old Muslim woman from Manchester explains how it makes her feel to live in a world where anti-Islamic sentiment is gaining political currency – in the US, in Europe, and right here in the UK

“I’m writing this anonymously because it’s reached the point where I’m actually scared of the repercussions if I say openly how I feel about being a Muslim woman right now. You may think I’m paranoid but if a white female MP who campaigned tirelessly for refugees can be killed in a politically motivated murder then who knows what could happen next.

Do you remember where you were when they announced that Donald Trump had won the US election? It’s one of those questions like ‘Where were you when 9/11 happened’ that everyone has an answer to.

I remember where I was; still in bed, when my husband woke me up to tell me to come and watch the news. I felt sick when they announced that Hillary Clinton had admitted defeat and I looked on in shock as the Trumps made their way on-stage.

You see, what this marks for me, a British Muslim, is the start of the most unstable period for those practising Islam that I have known in my lifetime.

What it’s really like to be a British Muslim woman in a world governed by Trump and Brexit