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Riots force Yousaf to question his family's future in Britain
Former first minister Humza Yousaf on the back benches in the main chamber during First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, May 30, 2024

SCOTLAND’S former first minister Humza Yousaf has questioned his family’s future in Britain as the country is hit by widespread far-right rioting. 

Mr Yousaf, who was the first Muslim to lead a country in western Europe, told The News Agents podcast of his fears for his partner and three children amid the “horrendous” targeting of ethnic minorities in the ongoing race riots and growing hostility to the Islamic faith.

He said: “You cut me open, I’m as about as Scottish as you come.

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