The mother of a murdered British backpacker has slammed President Donald Trump for falsely calling her daughter’s death a 'terror attack'.

The president referred to the killing of 21-year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung as a 'terror attack' ignored by the media - even though police have ruled out links to terrorism.

Mia, from Derbyshire, was stabbed to death at a hostel in Queensland, Australia, last August.

Tom Jackson, 30, also died after trying to save Ayliffe-Chung's life and 29-year-old Frenchman Smail Ayad has been charged with their murders.

Heartbroken Rosie Ayliffe - Mia's mother - said 'any fool can shout "Allahu Akbar" [God is great] as they commit a crime' and blasted Trump for his comments.

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British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, was stabbed to death at a hostel in Queensland, Australia, last August. Rosie Ayliffe - Mia's mum - blasted Donald Trump for calling it terrorism

Police are looking into whether Frenchman Smail Ayad - who has been charged with murder and reportedly shouted Allah Akbah as he attacked her - was obsessed with Ayliffe-Chung (pictured)

Ayliffe-Chung reportedly met Ayad when they were working on a farm near Townsville, Queensland. Her mother is now launching a campaign to protect 'exploited' backpackers working for their visa in Australia

Ayliffe, 53, said: 'My daughter's death will not be used to further this insane persecution of innocent people.

'The circumstances of Mia and Tom's deaths prove that those with the strength of character to travel the world and learn about other cultures should be cherished as brave, resilient characters who have so much to offer if they are nurtured, rather than feated by adverse circumstances as they were.'

Trump listed the incident as one of 78 'terror attacks' since 2014 which 'did not receive adequate attention from Western media sources'.

The list of 78 occurrences spanned the globe and included who was the subject of the attack and named the persons involved.

Ayliffe said: 'The possibility of Mia and Tom's deaths being consequent to an Islamic terror attack was discounted in the early stages of the police investigation through international collaboration on the parts of Queensland police department and the French anti-terrorist force.

'I have spoken to friends of Mia's and other backpackers who worked for long days in the fields with Ayad, and none of them ever saw him put down a prayer mat.

'Salat or prayer is the second of five pillars of Islam, and calls for five daily rituals of ablution, prayer and prostration.

'An Islamic fundamentalist by definition must respect the five pillars of Islam.

'It would be very hard to imagine someone managing to perform this ritual five times a day in the close confines of Home Hill Hostel without witnesses.'

She added: 'I want to discount this myth of a connection between my daughter's death and Islamic fundamentalism. Any fool can shout "Allahu Akbar" as they commit a crime.

Donald Trump referred to the killing of 21-year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung as a 'terror attack' ignored by the media - even though police have ruled out links to terrorism.

Ayliffe-Chung (left), from Wirksworth, Derbyshire, died in August 2016 after being stabbed in front of dozens of backpackers. Ayliffe (left in right-hand photo) - Mia's mother - said 'any fool can shout Allahu Akbar as they commit a crime' and blasted Trump for his throwaway comments

'This vilification of whole nation states and their people based on religion is a terrifying reminder of the horror that can ensue when we allow ourselves to be led by ignorant people into darkness and hatred.'

Ayliffe-Chung, from Wirksworth, Derbyshire, died in August 2016 after being stabbed in front of dozens of backpackers at a hostel.

The 21-year-old reportedly met Ayad when they were working on a farm near Townsville, Queensland.

Police are looking into whether Ayad - who reportedly shouted Allah Akbah as he attacked her - was obsessed with Ayliffe-Chung.

Jackson, a 30-year-old from Cheshire, tried to save Mia and died from stab wounds six days after the attack.

Ayliffe is now launching a campaign to protect 'exploited' backpackers working for their visa in Australia.

She is currently running a charity auction to raise money to travel to Australia in spring, which concludes on February 11 in Wirksworth.

She said: 'The plan is to go out to Australia in spring to highlight some of the issues around the 88 days of farm work linked to visa applications.

'I am campaigning because of the exploitation of backpackers and the fact their safety is often compromised because of a lack of regulation.

'The auction concludes with a masquerade ball - it's very Mia.'

Trump's administration said attacks such as those in Orlando, San Bernardino, Brussels, Nice and the Bataclan in Paris 'have not received the media attention they deserved' and released a list of 78 ‘terrorist attacks’ on Monday as proof.

Several members of the press have voiced their confusion over the list, as a handful of instances named were the subject of news coverage that lasted 'days on end'.

Tom Jackson, 30, also died after trying to save Ayliffe-Chung's life during the attack last year

The report, several pages long and seemingly hastily thrown together, is littered with spelling errors such as 'ATTAKER', 'ATTAKERS' and incorrectly spelling the California city as 'San Bernadino'.

One of the biggest terror attacks over the past two years took place in France, with the Bataclan theatre attack in Paris and the Nice truck massacre, both of which were on the list.

The Orlando, Florida nightclub shooting was widely covered in the news for being a terror attack and a hate crime in June 2016. It left 49 people dead and wounded 53 more.

The mass shooting and attempted bombing in San Bernardino, California was also included on the roster, the December 2015 attack ended with 14 dead and 22 wounded.

President Donald Trump claimed Monday that terror attacks are happening 'all over Europe' but they're not being covered by the 'very, very dishonest press.'

Before the list was published the president did not provide any examples as he made the claim in front of troops stationed at MacDill Air Force base in Tampa, Florida.

Speaking to US Special Forces and US Central Command soldiers, he said, 'We're up against an enemy that celebrates death and totally worships destruction. You've seen that. ISIS is on a campaign of genocide, committing atrocities across the world.

Frenchman Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with Ayliffe-Chung and Jackson's murders

'Radical Islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland as they did on 9/11, as they did from Boston to Orlando to San Bernardino, and all across Europe,' he said. 'You've seen what happened in Paris and Nice. All over Europe, it's happening.'

He at that point added: 'It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. And in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that.'

The president moved on without calling attention to any specific terrorist attack he believes the media is covering up. Spicer insisted later that there are 'a lot of instances,' however, that are being 'underreported.'

His press secretary, Sean Spicer, told reporters aboard Air Force One, 'There’s a lot of instances where I don’t think they’ve gotten the coverage it deserved.' He did not name one, either.

'We’ll provide a list later,' he asserted, indicating in the gaggle that the president may have been thinking of foiled' attacks, in addition to murderous assaults.

The president's spokesman went on to claim that the press was unfairly covering Trump's travel ban, something the president had brought up earlier in a tweet.

'Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting,' Trump had said.

Spicer invoked Trump's gripe in his session with reporters riding Air Force One later.

'I think sometimes the polls don’t reflect what you see on the media,' he said. 'You see a wide degree of support for the president’s policies to protect this country, to create jobs, to grow the economy.

'And yet a lot of those stories and success that he’s had – in a mere two and a half weeks in office – aren’t exactly covered to the degree to which they should be.'

A CNN/ORC poll released Friday showed that 53 per cent of Americans oppose the president's plan, which also suspended America's refugee program for 120 days, however.

Hours earlier a CBS News poll found 51 per cent don't like Trump's approach.

The CNN and CBS polls surveyed Americans in phone calls, as did a Gallup poll. All three showed majorities opposing the policy.

But four online polls have found majorities or pluralities of Americans support the President. Those include surveys from Reuters/Ipsos, Rasmussen Reports, Public Policy Polling and YouGov/Huffington Post.

The Rasmussen poll, which was limited to likely voters, showed a 52-43 gap in Trump's favor.