Tapan Ghost Invitation To Speak In UK Parliament Labelled Anti Muslim
Storm In UK Over Invitation To Tapan Ghosh To Speak On An Event
A TORY MP hosted a meeting in Parliament addressed by an anti-Islam activist who thinks “all Muslims are jihadis”, The Sun can reveal.
Tapan Ghosh made the keynote speech at an event in a Commons committee room last week.
The meeting sparked outrage among Muslim groups and MPs because of the speaker’s track record of inflammatory rhetoric.
Mr Ghosh has called on the UN to stop Muslims having children and blamed the Rohingya of Burma for their own genocide.
Harrow East MP Bob Blackman today refused to apologise for hosting last Wednesday’s meeting.
He pointed out that Mr Ghosh was invited by the National Council of Hindu Temples (UK), who organised the event.
Mr Blackman told The Sun: “We have a range of groups who host events – they’re responsible for inviting the speakers.
“I didn’t invite the particular gentleman to Parliament. I don’t endorse his views.”
He said that he would happily host another NCHTUK event at Parliament, describing the group as “a responsible and respectable organisation”.
Mr Blackman added: “I believe passionately in free speech and giving people the opportunity to challenge those views if they wish.”
At last week’s event, Mr Ghosh suggested that the increase in India’s Muslim population is similar to the grooming of underage girls by Pakistani men in Britain.
He said: “I see that you are very much worried about the issue of grooming. That means your wives, your daughters are threatened.
“But in our country our land is threatened, our very existence is threatened.”
The same night, he went to a Diwali celebration in Parliament which was also attended by Cabinet ministers Amber Rudd and Priti Patel.
A few days later, he held a meeting with Tommy Robinson, the far-right extremist who founded the English Defence League.
Mr Ghosh has a long history of making vicious anti-Muslim comments.
Last year he said that “all Muslims are jihadis” as he accused Islamic men of seducing non-Muslim women to grow their religion.
In May, he wrongly claimed that Muslim Paedophiles in Britain had abused 1million white children.
A month ago, he said that the UN should “try to control birth rate of Muslims world over”.
And he said the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Burma was the fault of the victims because they have too many children.
Labour MP Wes Streeting said politicians should “take particular care” about giving a platform to controversial speakers in Parliament.
He told The Sun: “Tapan Ghosh has form – both in making inflammatory and bigoted remarks about Muslims and in holding connections with the far right in the UK and in India.
“He is not someone that deserves a prestigious platform in Parliament and I hope that colleagues will disassociate themselves from his hatred towards Muslims.”
