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Boris's comments about burkas make Tories seem anti-Muslim, says report The inquiry found anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels but claims of “institutional racism” were not borne out Updated Boris Johnson Subscribe today to get the latest headlines straight to your inbox with our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have m...

Boris Johnson remarks on burqa showed Tories 'insensitive to muslim communties' BORIS Johnson’s comments about women wearing the burqa gave the impression Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, an independent investigation has said. The review led by Professor Swaran Singh said the leadership of the Conservative Party “ought to set a good example for appropriate behaviours and language”. The Prime Minister was cleared by a majority on an independent panel over a complaint he broke the party’s code of conduct following a Daily Telegraph column in 2018 which described...

The report said high profile cases such as Johnson’s and the controversial London mayoral campaign run by Zac Goldsmith against Sadiq Khan in 2016, during which the Tory accused his Muslim Labour rival of associating with extremists, “give the impression to many that the party and its leadership are insensitive to Muslim communities”. The inquiry found anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local party association and individual levels but claims of “institutional racism” were not borne out by evidence of the way complaints were handled. But it acknowledged that “anti-Muslim sentiment ...

SNP accuse Boris Johnson of 'overt racism' after Islamophobia report THE SNP have accused the Prime Minister of “overt racism” following a report which found his remarks about burqa-wearing women were insensitive towards Muslims.  Kirsten Oswald, the party’s deputy leader in Westminster, said the findings of Professor Swaran Singh’s report into Islamophobia within the UK Conservative party “should come as no surprise at all”. Johnson wrote in a Daily Telegraph column in 2018 where he described Muslim women who wear the burqa as looking like “letter boxes” and “bank ro...

Islamabad:Prof Swaran Singh from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, has said that the democratic and demographic dividend of South Asia was under threat from the coronavirus and supported...