Boris Johnson’s burqa comments gave impression Tory party ‘insensitive to Muslims’ | ITV News

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Boris Johnson’s comments describing women who wear the burqa as looking like “letterboxes”, have given an impression the Tories are “insensitive to Muslim communities”, an independent review into alleged Islamophobia and discrimination in the Conservative Party has said.

Anti-Muslim sentiment was seen at local association and individual levels, the inquiry found.

Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/2021-05-25/boris-johnsons-burqa-comments-gave-impression-tory-party-insensitive-to-muslim-communities-report-finds

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