The former UK equality watchdog chief, Trevor Phillips, has been suspended from the Labour Party over allegations of Islamophobia and faces threats of being expelled.
The anti-racism campaigner is being investigated over his comments in 2017 about Pakistani Muslim men sexually abusing children in northern British towns, according to the Times. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi in a recent report has accused Mr Phillips to be far removed from the 'actual' concept of race relations, after these allegations.
But critics have pointed out this step may have come allegedly after 'Corbinystas' wanted to take a revenge on Mr Phillips because he was among the 24 public figures who wrote to The Guardian last year refusing to vote for Labour because of the allegations of anti-Semitism.
However speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Phillips stood by his previous assertions that Muslims were "different", adding: "Well, actually, that's true. The point is Muslims are different and in many ways I think that is admirable."
The Muslim Council of Britain accused Mr Phillips of making "incendiary statements about Muslims that would be unacceptable for any other minority,” reported The Times.
