LONDON 

The British prime minister on Wednesday called anti-Muslim hatred "abhorrent" and said that increasing incidents must be addressed.

"Anti-Muslim hatred is abhorrent ... and has no place in our society," Keir Starmer told the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

His remarks came in response to a question by Labour Party lawmaker Afzal Khan, asking the prime minister to outline steps the government will take to tackle rising level of racism and Islamophobia against Muslims in the UK.

In response, Starmer said: "The increasing instance must be addressed, it’s why we are increasing funding to protect mosques, Muslim faith schools across the country."

He also reiterated that new fund will monitor anti-Muslim hatred and added that his government continues to work on the definition of anti-Muslim hatred as Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM) is observed in November.