Jeremy Corbyn: ‘If women are abused because they are wearing a headscarf, then it is a wrong against them and it is a wrong against all of us.’ Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to refute Islamophobia
Source: The Guardian
By Harriet Sherwood, Religion correspondent
Labour leader highlights Islamophobia as ‘real problem in our society’ during open day
Muslim women are facing routine racist abuse on the streets of the UK, Jeremy Corbyn has said while visiting mosques participating in a nationwide open day to build bridges across communities.
“Islamophobia is a real problem in our society, as is other forms of racism like antisemitism and racism against people of Afro-Caribbean heritage,” the Labour leader said at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London.
“I’ve held meetings with Muslim women who have told me horrific stories of routine racist abuse on our streets. If women are abused because they are wearing a headscarf, then it is a wrong against them and it is a wrong against all of us.”
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