Source: The Huffington Post

David Cameron has condemned an “appalling” campaign against plans to build a mosque in his rural Oxfordshire constituency.

The Prime Minister, who is the Conservative MP for Witney, spoke out in response to a “scaremongering” leaflet which said he should be voted out for backing the scheme.

The “mosque alert” warning – bearing the name of the Nationalist Alliance – urged locals not to re-elect Mr Cameron at the next general election.

It claimed that not only was he a supporter of the proposed new place of worship for Muslims, but he had also “set up a special task force to ensure your children kneel before Allah”.

One leaflet was received by local councillor Tahirul Hasan, whose previous plan to build a mosque in the market town was thwarted by threats to burn down the premises he had planning permission to use, the Cotswold Journal reported.

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