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Tuesday, 18 June 2019

'Disappointing and deluded': Imam lambasts Tory hopefuls on Islamophobia

Teacher Abdullah Patel singled out Boris Johnson, who forgot his name, and urged candidates to accept role in stoking hate speech

The imam who questioned Conservative leadership candidates about Islamophobia during Tuesday’s TV debate has called responses from the MPs “disappointing and deluded”.

Abdullah Patel, who is also deputy head of a primary school in Gloucester, asked a question via videolink from Bristol about the impact of Islamophobia, saying: “Do you accept words have consequences?”

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Have to thank @MuslimCouncil and @MatesJacob because it was their detailed document which gave me the backing to ask the Q on #BBCOurNextPM

My name is Abdullah btw @BorisJohnson pic.twitter.com/08eFuwo5Ku

5/@Jeremy_Hunt used the chance to speak about how he can't be racist because he has an immigrant wife, and @RoryStewartUK forgot that this is also OUR country. The only positive from the debate was @sajidjavid making them all commit to an independent investigation into...

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from Islam | The Guardian http://bit.ly/31RfUlA

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