Sayeeda Warsi
@SayeedaWarsi
@UKHouseoflLords ProVC @BoltonUni. Podcast @amuslimandajew Former Cabinet minister Author Muslims Don’t Matter &The Enemy Within https://tinyurl.com/bdhexf92
“Be challenging, be authentic, be brave” My interview @bbcworldservice Witness History, Britain's first Muslim in Cabinet Listen here 👇🏽 bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
Exactly this Wes. And for the record there are many secular/ atheist / non practising Muslims - many who face racism and bigotry not for their beliefs but their perceived identity and beliefs. The obsession with undermining the work on defining anti Muslim racism ( Islamophobia)…
Protecting believers, not beliefs. For example: bacon pinned to mosque doors, bricks thrown through mosque windows, hijabs being pulled from women’s heads, abuse directed at people because of their religion. All things that have happened to my Muslim constituents.
Absolute rubbish Nick and you know it. The work on a non legally binding working definition of anti Muslim racism ( Islamophobia) just like the non legally binding working definition of anti Jewish racism ( antisemitism) is about protecting people not religions. All the work done…
This is a useful warning about “Islamophobia”. No argument against what Kevin said. Just an implication that he’s racist because he dared to disagree. This is how the “Islamophobia” definition will work: shutting down legitimate opinion. See my next tweet to fight back.
For a cohesive nation we need to clearly say that in our country all our citizens are equal All communities deserve the same protections. We are all equal before the law and policy is made and applied equally. Equal treatment not special treatment.
Kevin, these very same arguments of free speech were made at the time of the adoption of the Antisemitism ( anti Jewish racism) definition. Geoffrey Robertson KC a Founding Head of Doughty Street Chambers, and an expert on free speech penned this legal opinion. 🔗…
Kevin, these very same arguments of free speech were made at the time of the adoption of the Antisemitism ( anti Jewish racism) definition. Geoffrey Robertson KC a Founding Head of Doughty Street Chambers, and an expert on free speech penned this legal opinion. 🔗…
Sayeeda, please could you clarify exactly what I said that “isn’t true”? There are no “double standards” here. I am “genuinely committed to protecting freedom of speech” - not selectively, but consistently. Your point about anti-semitism v Islamophobia is key. Let’s look at the…
Yeeeesss 🙋🏽♀️ And the Lord’s Prayer Multiple hymns and Christmas carols….loved it ❤️ And menopausal me who can’t remember what she went to the kitchen for remembers them all word for word 😂
Hands up if you went to a Church of England primary school and banged out Kumbaya my Lord every morning assembly for six years 😅
Every…single…day… @DavidLammy @Keir_Starmer
Every single day, starving innocents are being massacred. How many more thousands have to die before our Western governments take firm action? At least 32 Palestinians killed in Gaza as IDF fires on crowds seeking food. Witnesses say scenes near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid…
Every single day, starving innocents are being massacred. How many more thousands have to die before our Western governments take firm action? At least 32 Palestinians killed in Gaza as IDF fires on crowds seeking food. Witnesses say scenes near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid…
Clean Up Britain featured in @Telegraph today @SayeedaWarsi telegraph.co.uk/gift/0c1c5b5a2…
Aaaannnndddd breathe. 😮💨 “Explaining over and over again your reason for being” Off to spread some love and kindness in the real world rather than trying to reason with closed minds in Twitter world. 👋🏽
“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head…
“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head…
You raised the issue of “white Muslims” as a group that could not be racialised because they are white - you are wrong on this. The racialisation of a group or racism towards them isn’t linked to religious practice or “Muslim belief” as many including our former Home Sec Sajid…
Why are you talking about Jews? Everyone knows Jewish identity is ethnic and not only religious. Muslim identity - like Christian identity - is not ethnic. You're either confused or you're trying to protect religious beliefs from criticism. Not good. x.com/SayeedaWarsi/s…
Agree with @PennyMordaunt & @LordJohnMann re growing problem of people holding British Jews responsible for actions of Israeli Government. The inverse - those who criticise that Government being accused of anti-semitism - also wrong. Stop equating the two telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/1…
Seriously Nick you think the racialisation of a group is based on skin pigment 🤦🏽♀️ Read the reams of academic research and reports quoted in the work done on anti Jewish and anti Muslim racism. Just because many jews are white doesn’t mean they can’t be racialised or have racism (…
If "Islamophobia" is "anti-Muslim racism", can I be "Islamophobic" to a white Muslim convert? And you're wrong about free speech. The 2018 definition says eg it's "Islamophobic" to say Islam was "spread by the sword". See tweet below to fight back. x.com/SayeedaWarsi/s…
ENGLAND HAVE WON THE THIRD TEST BY JUST 22 RUNS! 🤯 The ball rolls onto Mohammed Siraj's stumps off the bowling of Shoaib Bashir!
Wow Kevin! Who are you? I don’t even recognise the decent young man who came to Dewsbury and was selected as our parliamentary candidate many years ago. What you said at the despatch box isn’t true. You too have supported the work of the @APPGBritMuslims and if you are…
Spare us the performative outrage. Angela Rayner still won’t commit to publishing the Islamophobia report - despite serious concerns it could pave the way for a backdoor blasphemy law. Let’s be real: the Government’s definition is already stitched up to win votes. The bare…
👇I believe a few apologies will prove to be owed to @Muhbeenhussain
In 2014, I led the first-ever demo by British Pakistanis/Muslims against grooming gang offenders—mostly Pakistani men. I didn’t shy away, and I didn’t think others should either. Those politicising this now, would do well to research the facts. (1)
For those who genuinely care about victims of child sexual exploitation read this.👇🏽 So many of us were raising this issue back in 2012, urging colleagues to tackle CSE and do more to protect victims ( all on public record ). Unlike those who are today using the issue to score…
My colleagues along with others were part of a nasty onslaught yesterday Spreading lies and making defamatory statements This is not the behaviour of serious politicians - it’s populist rabble rousing nonsense, it’s dangerous and must stop. Claire has deleted, now others must do…
Very interesting that @ClaireCoutinho deleted this post following the threat of legal action by Muhbeen Hussain. Similar posts by Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick remain up. One to keep an eye on.