A poster girl for the SNP’s new hate crime laws is a member of an organisation with “Islamist beliefs” that “engages in hate speech and antisemitic conspiracy theories”, according to a probe by the Scottish Mail on Sunday. Here’s an excerpt:
A video uploaded to a Scottish Government website ahead of new anti-prejudice legislation coming into force next month shows a Muslim woman called Linsay Taylor discussing the impact of Islamophobic attacks.
Yet a probe by the Scottish Mail on Sunday can reveal the organisation Ms. Taylor works for, Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), may fall foul of the laws she has been enlisted to promote.
Last week, U.K. Community Secretary Michael Gove used parliamentary privilege to name MEND as one of five extremist groups that could be banned from receiving taxpayer cash or contact with ministers and civil servants under a new crackdown. …
Fiyaz Mughal – who was forced to stand aside from the position of the U.K. Government’s Islamophobia tsar due to a widespread backlash from extremist groups – expressed deep concern at the Scottish Government’s decision to use a senior MEND employee to promote its new hate laws.
Mr. Mughal, who is founder of Muslims against Antisemitism, said: “One of the groups that created a whipping-up on social media against me was MEND.” …
He added: “People who are associated with the divisive group MEND should be reviewed in terms of their past comments before they are recruited onto any public sector campaign.” …
The Scottish Mail on Sunday can reveal she works as Head of Community Development and Engagement at MEND.
According to think tank the Henry Jackson Society, MEND has been accused of promoting “antisemitism and demonisation of Israel” and “engaging in hate speech and antisemitic conspiracy theories over social media”.
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