On March 18, 25 Conservative party members were suspended from the party for posting Islamophobic or racist content online and 15 of these members have now been reinstated into the party. Some of them had described Saudis as “sand peasants” and there was content comparing Asians to dogs.
In a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, mayor of London Sadiq Khan expressed “deep concern” about the rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in the Conservative party.
He said- “The party needs to do much more to send the clear message that Islamophobia is totally unacceptable.
“I myself have repeatedly been subject to Islamophobic abuse from Conservative members and supporters. I have lost track of the number of Conservative councillors and members that have been suspended or faced legal action as a result of making Islamophobic comments towards or about me.”
A Conservative spokesman in a statement to The Guardian has said that the party has acted “swiftly, suspending members and launching immediate investigations,” after being made aware of these attacks.
“Our complaints process is rightly a confidential one but there are a wide range of sanctions to challenge and change behaviour, including conditions to undertake training, a period of suspension and expulsion, and these are applied on a case-by- case basis,” the spokesman said.
