We’ve been warning for a while about the problem of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. I was especially incensed by Boris Johnson’s disgraceful comments mocking Muslim women last year.
Our State of Hate report last month highlighted alarming views about Islam amongst Conservative voters – with nearly half feeling Islam was a threat to the British way of life and a similar number believing in the false conspiracy of Muslim-run ‘no-go’ zones’ – coming at a time of rising hate crimes directed towards Muslims (and particularly Muslim women). I don’t have to remind you about the far-right terror threat, either, with 50 Muslims lying dead after a murderous rampage by a white supremacist in New Zealand last week.
