Tory Islamophobia given a free pass again by EHRC

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A spokesperson for the MCB said: “Even though the Conservative party faces hundreds of allegations of Islamophobia, Tory MP Michael Fabricant attacks MCB spokesperson Miqdaad Versi by urging him to look the other way and focus on bigotry elsewhere.

“In doing so, Mr Fabricant betrays his own prejudices by accusing English-born Miqdaad Versi of hindering ‘Anglo-Muslim’ relations. The implication is that Muslims are foreign and alien to the English.”

The spokesman said the comment “be it inadvertent or not, betrays a view of Muslims institutionalised in sections of the Conservative party – that Muslims are not part and parcel of British society”.

The MCB said Fabricant must face an investigation over his comments. “Failure to do so will only underscore that the Conservative party does not have a zero-tolerance approach to tackling Islamophobia and racism,” the spokesman said.

The MCB has made repeated complaints about Islamophobia in the Conservative party and earlier this year submitted a dossier of more than 300 allegations of Islamophobia to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the same body that investigated Labour.

The EHRC declined to proceed with the investigation, citing plans for an independent investigation looking into complaints of discrimination over “religion or belief and significantly Islam” in the party.

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