Labour has been blasted over a policy labelling the term 'grooming gangs' racist against Muslims (Image: GETTY )
Labour has been blasted after allegedly suggesting that using the term “grooming gangs” is racist against Muslims.
The party included the term in its “definition and examples” of Islamophobia that it adopted following a 2018 report, reports The Times.
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The document, drawn up by an all-party parliamentary group (APPG) of MPs headed up by now Health Secretary Wes Streeting, contained the wording in inverted commas to suggest that it was racist.
It likened the referencing of “Asian grooming gangs” to “age-old stereotypes and tropes about Islam”.
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The report also mentioned that “sexual profligacy and paedophilia, or Islam and violence” threaten to “heighten vulnerability of Muslims to hate crimes”.
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Former MP Ann Cryer said she was labelled racist for using the term (Image: Getty)
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has blasted the government for its position, calling on Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the policy during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions.
She said: “This is exactly why people are scared to tell the truth.”
But Foreign Secretary David Lammy claimed on Thursday that the definition is not being used by the government as its position is still "being determined".
He told Times Radio: "That's a process that's underway and we've got to wait to see where that comes out, but I'm quite sure that that process will not lead to anything that is an impediment in going after paedophiles, whatever their background, religious background, ethnicity, or the colour of their skin. Very, very clear on that."
Andrew Norfolk, the reporter who uncovered the child sexual exploitation gangs in Rotherham, has reportedly been hit with claims of racism since exposing the scandal.
As has Ann Cryer, the former Labour MP who first expressed concerns about the issue.
She has alleged she was labelled racist in local meetings, claiming local authorities “were petrified of being called racist and so reverted to the default of political correctness”.
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