27 MPs refer Reform UK Islamophobia complaint to equalities watchdog

27 MPs refer Reform UK Islamophobia complaint to equalities watchdog

A group of 26 Labour MPs — along with Diane Abbott, now an independent — have reported Reform UK for breaching the 2010 Equality Act through their repeated Islamophobia. Predictably, Islamophobic Reform chief whip Lee Anderson, whom the complaint named specifically, responded with: Guess what? There is no such thing as Islamaphobia. [sic] ‘Growing Islamophobia problem’ Afzal Khan, the MP leading the complaint, said that: Reform UK have consisten…

Labour MPs report Reform to EHRC for alleged Islamophobia

Islam and free speech are colliding in Britain’s parliament. Tim Dieppe, Head of Public Policy at Christian Concern, examines a letter from 27 MPs demanding the equalities watchdog investigate Reform UK, and asks whether it amounts to a new blasphemy code. A group of 27 MPs have written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to ask for a “formal investigation” into Reform UK for alleged Islamophobia. The letter has been signed by 26 …