Anti-Islamophobia group Tell Mama should face inquiry, says Muslim peer

Lady Shaista Gohir, the chief executive of the Muslim Women’s Network UK, accused Tell Mama of a ‘lack of transparency’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

A leading Muslim peer has called for an inquiry into the Islamophobia monitoring group Tell Mama over concerns about a “lack of transparency” on how it is spending public money.

Shaista Gohir, the chief executive of the Muslim Women’s Network UK, has also accused Tell Mama of failing to provide detailed data on anti-Muslim hate crimes, being “silent” when politicians have targeted Muslims, and questioned whether the Tories used it as a vehicle to monitor extremism.