The amount available for religious buildings seeking to enhance premises will rise to £1.6 million in 2019-20.

Launched in 2016, the places of worship security fund helps churches, mosques, temples and gurdwaras in England and Wales to install alarms, security lighting, fencing and CCTV cameras to deter attackers.

So far, more than a third of grants have been awarded to mosques. Synagogues are covered by a separate scheme.

The Government had previously committed £2.4m over three years – or £800,000 a year.

Announcing the financial boost for the next financial year, Mr Javid said: “The horrific events in New Zealand are a direct attack on the values of tolerance and freedom of worship that unite us all.

“Nobody should ever fear persecution of their faith and it’s vital we stand together to reject those who seek to spread hatred and divide us.

“I know many Muslim communities are feeling vulnerable and anxious. But they should seek comfort from knowing we are doing everything to tackle hate and extremism.

“That’s why we are doubling next year’s places of worship fund – providing physical protection as well as peace of mind.”

To increase uptake, the Home Office said the bidding process for the fund will be simplified so organisations no longer have to prove they have previously experienced a hate crime incident directly.

In addition, a new £5 million fund will be set up to provide protective security training…

Backed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the plan is for people to: “get together and chat over a cup of tea and pray for our country and our future’.

Churches will be given packs with Bible-passages and questions to prompt discussion, such as: ‘What effect has Brexit had in your family relationships, friendships etc and if you disagreed, has it been possible to disagree well?’ and: ‘What are the three main things we have in common that we can build on for a better future as a community and as a nation?’

Bishop of Chelsmford, RT Rev Stephen Cottrell, told Premier: “This process that we’re embroiled in which appears to be unravelling right now and will probably change again tomorrow, there will come a point where it comes to an end – when we wake up on that day we’re still neighbours to one another and the thing that distresses me is that we’re defining ourselves so much now by ‘are you leave?’, ‘are you remain?’, we’ve got to put an end to that and say whichever way you voted…we’re still sisters and brothers to one another!”

He added that the cafe will be focussing on how to move on with a healthy attitude to people with different opinions: “The conversation is not about Brexit but about how we can love one another, how can we be good neighbours to one another?

“Brexit has created a situation in this country which I don’t think we’ve seen for years…

The amount available for religious buildings seeking to enhance premises will rise to £1.6 million in 2019-20.

Launched in 2016, the places of worship security fund helps churches, mosques, temples and gurdwaras in England and Wales to install alarms, security lighting, fencing and CCTV cameras to deter attackers.

So far, more than a third of grants have been awarded to mosques. Synagogues are covered by a separate scheme.

The Government had previously committed £2.4m over three years – or £800,000 a year.

Announcing the financial boost for the next financial year, Mr Javid said: “The horrific events in New Zealand are a direct attack on the values of tolerance and freedom of worship that unite us all.

“Nobody should ever fear persecution of their faith and it’s vital we stand together to reject those who seek to spread hatred and divide us.

“I know many Muslim communities are feeling vulnerable and anxious. But they should seek comfort from knowing we are doing everything to tackle hate and extremism.

“That’s why we are doubling next year’s places of worship fund – providing physical protection as well as peace of mind.”

To increase uptake, the Home Office said the bidding process for the fund will be simplified so organisations no longer have to prove they have previously experienced a hate crime incident directly.

In addition, a new £5 million fund will be set up to provide protective security training…

Most Rev Justin Welby also said recent deadly shootings at mosques in New Zealand were “monstrous”, as he accused the perpetrator(s) of wanting “to create a war against Islam”.

Speaking during an interfaith meeting at London Central Mosque, he said: “For British Muslims who are feeling under threat, we are with you.

“Hatred of Muslims denies and blasphemes Christ. Those who co-opt Christian language and history for hatred commit blasphemy.”

Fifty people lost their lives when a gunman attacked two mosques in the city of Christchurch on Friday.

A 28-year-old white supremacist, Brenton Harrison Tarrant has been arrested over the deaths. He faces one charge of murder. It is expected more charges will follow.

Archbishop Justin said attacks on Muslims marked an attack on all mankind and he pledged that the Church of England would explore how it can be “more effective in visible signs of togetherness” with Muslims.

He continued: “I commit myself to listening more and putting this higher up the agenda in my own actions and words.

“Jesus taught his followers to be peacemakers, ‘for they will be called children of God’.

“Making peace is an action, it doesn’t just happen. It requires us to be curious, to listen, to move across…

According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), the attack by Fulani militia on 16th March follows a series of militia raids in Benue state and Zamfara state earlier in the month which killed more than 100 people.

The invasions happened in the wake of a televised statement by Kaduna state Governor Nasir el Rufai on the eve of February’s postponed presidential election, in which he alleged that 66 people had been killed in Kajuru Local Government Area and insinuated – the victims were mostly women and children from the Fulani ethnic group.

The army has been making progress on the issue and recently reported that 55 suspected bandits had been killed and 760 abductees released in an operation that also claimed the lives of three soldiers and several members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF).

Founder of CSW, Mervyn Thomas has called for the army’s work to be more widespread.

“We commend the recent successes of the armed forces in Zamfara, and urge that troops deployed in central Nigeria would be similarly proactive in tackling militia violence in southern Kaduna, Benue and elsewhere,” he said.

“It is clear that the culture of impunity that surrounds these attacks has emboldened perpetrators.

“We reiterate our call on state and the federal governments to address every source of violence in a swift, decisive and unbiased manner, ensuring that vulnerable…