Conservative MP Nick Timothy defends his Muslim prayer event comments | BBC Political Thinking

Описание: Conservative MP Nick Timothy has defended his comments where he described a mass Muslim public prayer as an "act of domination and division".

Timothy was referring to prayers which took place at an open iftar event in London's Trafalgar Square in March.

Speaking to Nick Robinson on the BBC's Political Thinking, the shadow justice secretary claimed he "didn't think" the event "was acceptable".

At the time of the row, former PM Keir Starmer urged Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to condemn Timothy's comments on social media, which he claimed showed her party had a "problem with Muslims".

But Badenoch backed her party colleague, saying she "didn't like what I saw" in footage she had seen from the event.

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