(GB News) Labour’s plans for an official definition of Islamophobia will be used to object to police investigating Muslims for criminal offences, a lawyer claimed.
Prior to her resignation earlier this month, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner set up a group to advise the government on “appropriate and sensitive language” to use when discussing “unacceptable treatment, prejudice and discrimination against Muslims.”
Tom Cross KC has, however, said the definition could be seen as having an impact on decisions around sentencing.
According to the Times, Mr Cross said it is “reasonable to suppose that, beyond informing decisions provided for by statute, such a definition would in practice be relied on in objecting to the use of powers by the police and security services to investigate persons who happen to be Muslim for criminal offences, including of the most serious violent or sexual nature.”
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