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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Simon Murphy

Ex-Tory MEP on his Islamophobia claim: ‘It was a political exercise to use my religion to undermine me’

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After Sajjad Karim first raised an allegation of Islamophobia against a serving minister he says he was told by Tory HQ that he would be contacted by the party inquiry to share his evidence. More than two years later, he is still waiting for a call.

The former ConservativeMEP - who spent 15 years in Brussels representing north-west England - spoke out in September 2019 amid a series of Islamophobia claims piling up against the party.

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