Why the Tories are being accused of Islamophobia

Muslim Council of Britain calls for independent inquiry over ‘more than weekly incidents’

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The Conservatives must launch an urgent independent inquiry into alleged Islamophobia within the party, the Muslim Council of Britain has said.

In an open letter to party chair Brandon Lewis, the Muslim unbrella group claimed that there were “more than weekly incidents” of Islamophobia from candidates and representatives of the Tories.

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