UK Political Parties and previous allegations of Islamophobia British political parties have long faced criticism over their failure to tackle Islamophobia within their organisations. In May 2021, the Independent Investigation into Islamophobia within the British Conservative party was released (see Euro-Islams report on Islamophobia within the British Conservative party: The Inquiry Findings). Whilst the report urged for a complete overhaul of the current complaints procedure and the re-opening of cases falling short of expected standards, the conclusion that the allegations of institutional racism could not been evidenced1, led to criticisms that the investigation had failed. For example, Sajjad Karim, who served as a Conservative MEP argued “the manner in which this inquiry has been conducted means it is nothing but an attempt to whitewash deep-rooted issues out of sight”
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