.... He said he’s received 75 emails since calling on Johnson to resign. Fifteen were complimentary, while the rest included “offensive language” and “horrible things, obscene things about the Prophet Muhammad”. Johnson’s comments have caused a rift in the Tory Party, who are currently investigating dozens of complaints against the former London Mayor.
Tory chairman Brandon Lewis is among those calling on him to apologise. And a letter signed by around 100 Muslim women who wear the burka or niqab has been sent to Mr Lewis calling for the former Foreign Secretary to lose the party whip. They accused him of making a deliberate choice to “inflame tensions in a way which makes it easier for bigots to justify hate crimes against us”. [inews.co.uk] Read more
