The toxic political situation in the UK incorporates anti-Muslim rhetoric and 'Islamophobia'. I have covered some of this in my X feed, but for the record am placing some other elements below. Just a reminder - there are multiple opinions here, the posts below are for information and subsequent analysis, and inclusion never does not imply endorsement. The language is not adjusted and can be 'loaded' at times:
This tweet is magnificent.
— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) March 11, 2024
The Hard-Right have weaponised the murder of Lee Rigby for years, to justify anti-Muslim hatred BUT denied hating Muslims.
Yet here's hard-right mouthpiece Mahyar Tousi attacking Lee Rigby's widow for telling people not to hate Muslims.
MAGNIFICENT pic.twitter.com/rLrGz1E9Me
Conservative MP Mike Fabricant believes that Islamophobia from an MP does not even need to be apologised for...
— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) March 12, 2024
Seriously. https://t.co/7BEvZeWwH9
Sadiq Khan, "We have another example, of a senior Conservative, a Conservative donor, making comments that are clearly racist and clearly misogynistic"
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) March 12, 2024
"What Rishi Sunak needs to do. Is to grow a backbone. To have courage. He failed to call out the Islamophobia, the anti-Muslim… pic.twitter.com/6CKehK0jR6
Gove who once described the indigenous population of over seas colonies as Fuzzie Wuzzies - has decided to hand pick an Islamophobia advisor. Mr Mughal - whose skill sets include : telling his pay masters what they want to hear, criticising his own community incessantly and… pic.twitter.com/Sshl7IS5y0
— Akunjee 🖋 (@mohammedakunjee) March 9, 2024
Yet another desperate attempt to smear the First Minister of Scotland, and his family.
— Zara Mohammed (@ZaraM01) March 9, 2024
It seems the leadership shown by @HumzaYousaf to get urgently needed aid to 2.2million starving Gazans must be viewed with suspicion, I’m sure his being Muslim has nothing to do with it? https://t.co/TIz4COXXTL
Archbishops of Canterbury and York warn against new extremism definition. Clerics say Michael Gove’s anti-extremism strategy risks targeting Muslims and may threaten freedom of speech and peaceful protesthttps://t.co/BEFKhJF8KW
— William Dalrymple (@DalrympleWill) March 13, 2024
There should never be a hierarchy of racism. But under this government there clearly is.
— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) March 11, 2024
Islamophobia body has not met for 4 years, despite the rise in anti-Muslim hate crimehttps://t.co/0FDv3fqsAU
🧵1/10 Apparently, the government are going to appoint Fyaz Mughal as their “anti-Muslim hatred” adviser! A thread on why this is gaslighting of the highest order, even for this government!! (more to follow) pic.twitter.com/xog00AN3lG
— MEND Community (@mendcommunity) March 8, 2024
For months Sunak and many of his cabinet pushed divisive commentary against the Muslims community. He now talks about tackling anti Muslim hatred rates of which his party directly contributed towards. Disgusted by it but disappointed that a mosque just let him waltz in. Shameful https://t.co/mICn30zs5C
— Bushra Shaikh (@Bushra1Shaikh) March 12, 2024
STATEMENT ON REPORTS THAT FIYAZ MUGHAL IS TO BE THE NEW ANTI-MUSLIM HATRED TZARhttps://t.co/mGezYmmSyH pic.twitter.com/f7f9SGtIOX
— MEND Community (@mendcommunity) March 8, 2024
