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Leading Muslims hit out at Trevor Phillips’s role in Covid-19 BAME deaths inquiry

Objections raised to inclusion of man suspended from Labour over Islamophobia allegations

The selection of Trevor Phillips to investigate why Covid-19 is killing more Black, Asian and minority ethnic people has sparked a row after leading Muslims criticised his appointment as “insensitive”.

Phillips, the former chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, was asked by Public Health England to provide expert support to an inquiry into why increasing numbers of victims of the coronavirus pandemic are from BAME backgrounds.

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from Islam | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2xP2216

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