Nigel Farage argued on Sky News that a “growing number” of young Muslims in the UK do not subscribe to British values.
Reform UK’s honorary chairman told Sky News Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips: “We have a growing number of young people in this country who do not subscribe to British values.
“In fact, we hate a lot of what we stand for. I think we see them on the streets of London every Saturday.”
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Asked if “we are talking about Muslims here”, Mr Farage said: “We are. And I’m afraid I found some recent polls saying that 46% of British Muslims support Hamas – supporting a terrorist organization that is banned in this country.”
The former leader of UKIP and the Brexit Party was citing research commissioned by the Henry Jackson Society in April which revealed that one in four British Muslims believe Hamas committed murder and rape in Israel in October 7th last year.
Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took more than 250 hostages in the attack on southern Israel. Since then, Israel’s response in Gaza has killed more than 35,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health – and the war has become a contentious issue in British politics.
‘Can you imagine how offensive that is?’
Farage also stated: “No one in history has allowed in more people who would potentially actually fight against British values than Mr Sunak.”
The reformist president said there was a contrast between Muslims and those who came from the West Indies, who he said had a shared heritage with the United Kingdom.
But Sir Trevor, whose parents were part of the Windrush generationchallenged him and said that British culture was imposed on them by their British slave owners.
“You’re trying to tell me, ‘You’re not like these other guys,’” Sir Trevor said.
“Can you imagine how offensive this is to British Muslims?”
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Farage responded by asking how many people “in your community didn’t speak English?” – to which Sir Trevor said: “We all speak English” – before adding that many British Muslims did too.
The director of Reform UK said he was “not here to attack the religion of Islam” and insisted he was not doing so.
“I’m blaming elements of this community. I’m not blaming them. I’m stating a fact,” Farage said.
“All I’m doing is stating that no one dares to tell the truth about this anymore.
“On the broader issue, the biggest problem facing this country is the population explosion. And this will not be debated in these elections.
“Why? Because the Labor Party started it and the Conservatives accelerated it. It led to a problem on an unimaginable scale”
Farage blamed Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson for the rise in immigration
Farage defends consequences of Brexit
Farage also denied being responsible for the rise in immigration after Brexit – a lifelong campaign of his.
“The biggest group of shoemakers I’ve ever heard of in my life,” he said.
“What we did by leaving the European Union was change a policy that meant we discriminated against the rest of the world, often against talent, in favor of an open door with the EU.
“What Brexit has done is give us back control over ourselves.”
He accused Boris Johnson of “setting the barriers and tiers at the lowest possible level” and allowing students to bring their dependents when “we don’t have the space”.
“If you want mass immigration, vote Conservative, if you want mass immigration, vote Labour,” he added.
Farage announced earlier this week that he would not stand in the general election.
He told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that he chose not to do so because he would “have to start from scratch” and six weeks was not enough for him to campaign.
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