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Islamophobia: PM's burka comments suggested Tories 'insenstive' to Muslims A PROBE into islamophobia within the Conservative party has found that Boris Johnson’s comments gave the impression the party was ‘insensitive’ to Muslims. A 44,000 word report by Professor Swaran Singh, published today, examined the handling of complaints about Islamophobia within the UK Conservative party. It found that the Prime Minister’s comments about women who wore burkas suggested the Tories were “insensitive to Muslim communities” but did not find that claims of “institutional racism” wit...

Boris Johnson’s controversial comments about burka-wearing women gave the impression the Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, according to an independent review into alleged discrimination in the party. The inquiry found anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels but claims of “institutional racism” were not borne out by evidence of the way complaints were handled. Tory party chairwoman Amanda Milling apologised to “anyone who has been hurt by discriminatory behaviour of others or failed by our system”. On behalf of the Conservative Part...

There is no evidence that the Tory party is 'institutionally racist', but Boris Johnson's comments about burkhas making women look like 'letterboxes' and 'bank robbers' have given an impression it is 'insensitive to Muslim communities', an independent review found today. The inquiry into alleged Islamophobia and discrimination in the Conservative Party concluded that anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels. However, it said that claims of 'institutional' issues were not borne out by the way complaints were handled. In a pointed message to Mr Johnson, the re...

Former Tory chairwoman Baroness Warsi has repeated her claim that the party is “institutionally racist” and warned it would take years to undo the damage done by allegations of Islamophobia. An independent report concluded anti-Muslim sentiment remained a problem in the party but the allegation of institutional racism was not borne out by the evidence of the complaints system. Lady Warsi said the report did not go far enough and called for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to investigate. Current Tory chairwoman Amanda Milling apologised on behalf of the party “to anyone w...

A DAMNING report has identified widespread Islamophobia in the Tory Party as well as failures to investigate internal allegations of racism. The long-awaited review into discrimination in the Conservative Party published today found that two thirds of all such complaints related to Islamophobia.  Report author Professor Swaran Singh said comments made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson comparing women wearing burkas to letterboxes and bank robbers gave the impression of being “insensitive to Muslim communities.” Complaints were handled by an under-resourced and inadequately trained te...