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The Muslim Council of Britain has ramped up calls for an enquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party following a series of incidents involving members. In a letter to Tory party Chair, Brandon Lewis, Head of the MCB Harun Khan requested a genuinely independent investigation, calling it, 'the tip of the iceberg'.
The letter's contents made available to Asian Sunday states: “Upon becoming Chair of the Conservative Party, you admirably launched the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament and local election candidates, which includes the requirement to 'encourage and foster respect and tolerance', and you have since called on people to email you if they hear of bigotry within the party. “Yet no action has been taken against Bob Blackman MP who has now shown a consistent record of endorsing Islamophobia… Mr Blackman is not the only one who has
fostered Islamophobia in your party. Just last month, there were more than weekly occurrences of Islamophobia from candidates and representatives of the Conservative Party”.
The MCB asked Mr Lewis to consider four steps, including the launch of a genuine independent inquiry, publishing a list of incidents of Islamophobia within the party where action has been instigated, as well as adopting a programme of education and training on the problem.
In response to the correspondence a Conservative spokesman said: "We take all such incidents seriously, which is why we have suspended all those who have behaved inappropriately and launched immediate investigations."
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Complaints included a shared message in which Muslims were called parasites, and an online post involving an image of bacon hanging from a door handle carrying the caption, 'protect your house from terrorism'.
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