London: More than a third of the Labor Party’s British Muslim members claim to have ‘Islamophobia’ in the ranks of Britain’s opposition party. A new report on Sunday revealed this information. According to an ITV News report, an investigation by the Labor Muslim Network found that 44 percent did not believe that the party took fear and hatred towards Islam seriously and 48 percent lost faith in the party’s grievance mechanism. Has given.
About 59 per cent of Muslims surveyed say they do not feel properly represented in the party. The Independent quoted ITV as saying that Ali Milani, a member of the Iranian-origin Labor Party, claimed that a fellow party member had told him that “Muslims cannot be MPs because of their” tendency to violence. ” And asked if he was a terrorist. Milani stood against London’s Uxbridge and South Ruslip seats in the 2019 general election against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Afzal Khan, chairman of the Pakistani-origin Labor Muslim Network’s parliamentary committee and MP for Manchester Gorton, said the “fear and hatred of Islam” within the party was “ignored” and “immediately” Attention is needed. ” Apsana Begum, a Labor MP from Bangladesh, said she too had faced similar issues and claimed that the party had not paid attention to the problem. Meanwhile, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said the report was shocking. He urged the party to take immediate action.
