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A REPORT containing 120 examples of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party has been handed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission by a discrimination watchdog.
Anti-Muslim rhetoric spread by 60 Tory ministers, MPs, mayors, councillors and candidates over the past five years is included in the dossier submitted to the commission by charity Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend).
Mend has made a formal request for a standalone inquiry into Islamophobia — rather than racism in general — which the Conservative Party has refused to carry out.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
