THE TORIES have suspended a number of members, including six councillors, after they were named in a dossier of Islamophobia pulled together by Hope Not Hate.
The party has refused to say how many supporters have been sanctioned, it’s also not clear if any Scots are among those who’ve had their membership revoked.
In the dossier, one online post allegedly from an ex-councillor says: “Moslems do not deserve ‘Human rights’ as we understand them, partly because of their animal-like behaviour and partly because they reject our Western value system”. They added: “... it is now time to deploy the machine guns”.
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A former council candidate commented on the death of a Muslim shopkeeper: “1down, 1.6 million to go”. In another post, they said: “Muslims go away back to pakistan or from where ever you came from u are NOT in a muslim country and are NOT wanted here”.
A local councillor claimed there was a “dangerous Muslim agenda for world domination in the name of Allah”; as well as stating: “Wake up Britain or it will be too late we will ALL be Muslim!”
A former council candidate stated it would not be a “bad thing” if Muslims left the UK.
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Following the election of US President Donald Trump, a councillor posted: “Congratulations America!! The wall is coming up! Muslims not allowed in and Hispanic and illegal immigrants sent home!”
A former council candidate said they were “disturbed by the fecund Islamic population”.
A donor to a Conservative MP who called for “Lynch mobs in South Manchester” in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing.
The group’s campaigns director, Matthew McGregor, said the Tories “need to take much more seriously its obligation to Muslim members, and to the wider community”.
“That means tougher sanctions, and more transparency about its processes and decisions,” he added.
In response, a Tory spokesperson said: “All those found to be party members have been suspended immediately, pending investigation.
“The swift action we take on not just anti-Muslim discrimination, but discrimination of any kind is testament to the seriousness with which we take such issues.”
Yesterday saw the publication of Hope Not Hate’s annual “State of Hate” report, which details what the far right has been up to.
One group coming under the spotlight, is The Order of Nine Angles (O9A).
The bizarre organisation, which was founded in the UK but is now international, “blends Satanism, paganism and Nazism” and aims to reduce the population of “mundanes” through “culling”.
The Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Labour’s Yvette Cooper has branded the new evidence “deeply disturbing” and called on the Home Secretary to “immediately refer it to the Government’s Proscription Review Group.”
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Four Nazis convicted of terrorist offences have been linked to O9A in the last 12 months.
Hope not Hate said the group’s membership could be as high as 2000. It said O9A “is having a resurgence amongst the most extreme far-right terror groups in the UK”.
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