Ex-Tory MP to lead review of Islamophobia definition

Labour has appointed erstwhile Conservative lawyer wide Dominic Grieve to pb a reappraisal into creating a caller explanation of Islamophobia.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner launched a caller moving radical tasked with knowing and defining hatred transgression targeted against Muslims.

Labour person promised a caller definition, aft the past Tory authorities rejected a cross-party connection successful 2019.

Critics warned the existent explanation is excessively wide and could curb escaped speech.

Grieve, who served arsenic Tory MP from 1997 to 2019, said helium hoped the reappraisal would "help enactment affirmative alteration successful our country".

Grieve said: "We cognize Islamophobia is arsenic challenging to specify arsenic its beingness is undoubted.

"We request to equilibrium addressing the lived acquisition of those who are victims of it and the close of British Muslims to consciousness heard and protected arsenic adjacent citizens of our country, with the unwavering request to support state of thought and look nether instrumentality for all.

"I americium hopeful that this committee volition travel up with principles successful defining Islamophobia which are compatible with those requirements and tin frankincense assistance enactment affirmative alteration successful our country."

Any projected explanation volition beryllium non-statutory but volition usher the authorities and others connected favoritism against Muslims.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group connected British Muslims projected a caller explanation of Islamophobia successful 2019.

The government, led by erstwhile Prime Minister Theresa May, said the suggested explanation had "not been broadly accepted" and the substance needed "further cautious consideration".

The contented has been picked up by the Labour authorities pursuing a emergence successful reported incidents of anti-Muslim hatred transgression successful England and Wales.

Anti-Muslim hatred successful the UK surged to grounds levels past year, according to Tell Mama - which tracks Islamophobia.

Tell Mama confirmed astir 6,000 reports of anti-Muslim incidents - much than treble the fig 2 years ago.

Men were targeted much than women for the archetypal clip since the assemblage was founded successful 2012.

In its report, the organisation said determination had been a "surge successful rhetoric that falsely portrays Muslims arsenic terrorists oregon violent sympathisers" pursuing the Israel-Gaza struggle and Southport murders.

The caller moving radical led by Grieve volition supply "guidance to authorities and different bodies to enactment further enactment connected tackling religiously motivated hate".

Announcing the caller review, Rayner said: "The emergence successful anti-Muslim hatred transgression is unacceptable and has nary spot successful our society.

"That's wherefore we've committed to defining Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia, arsenic a important measurement guardant successful tackling it and creating a nine wherever everyone feels harmless and welcome."