Posted on 02/16/2025 9:54:50 PM PST by RandFan
Angela Rayner is set to appoint a pro-Remain former Tory MP to lead a new body to advise on Islamophobia.
Dominic Grieve, who previously served as Attorney General, has been recommended to chair a committee of 16 people set up to define anti-Muslim prejudice.
Mr Grieve wrote the foreword to a 2018 report on Islamophobia by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims co-chaired by Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
Its definition, later adopted by the Labour Party, specified that Islamophobia is 'rooted in racism' and 'targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness'.
In his foreword, Mr Grieve said the report was 'an important contribution' to the debate as to how anti-Muslim discrimination could be addressed, however some argue the definitioni is too wide and potentially prohibitive of legitimate criticism.
The former Tory minister also led the Citizens' UK Commission on Islam, which was set up to promote cooperation between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick branded the all-party group's analysis a 'Trojan horse for a blasphemy law' and the definition 'deeply flawed'.
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Don't let them tell you otherwise.
May his daughters be groomed (if there is such a thing)
A rational concern based on facts and observation is not a phobia.
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