Tory Islamophobia: Equality watchdog gives party one month to respond to complaints

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Conservative spokesperson said: “The Conservative Party will always be happy to work with organisations who support equality, tolerance and human rights.” The letter comes amid a recent Islamophobia row within the party. Speaking in the Commons, Labour’s Naz Shah, a Muslim MP, accused Conservatives of being a “party in denial” that is “not serious about the safety and security of British Muslims”. “If it is down to women to define the experience of feminism, the experiences of people of colour to define racism, the experience of Jews to define antisemitism, the experience of the LGBTQ+ communities to define homophobia, I ask the minister how dare he tell the British Muslims that our experiences cannot define Islamophobia,” she said. “If that isn’t a pernicious form of racism then what is it?” Ms Shah “I ask, which Muslim’s life must go next for us to simply recognise and understand Islamophobia?” she said.