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UK Muslim MP Zarah Sultana receives racist hate mail amid bereavement
British Muslim MP has reported receiving racist hate mailtelling her to "go back to [her] country", in a tweet she postedon Thursday.
Sultana said she found the email on her returnfrombereavement leavefollowing her grandmother's .
"Go back to your country, you are in my country not yours, you do not belong here. Britain First [is] rising, we will soon get [our] heritage back and tough if you don’t like it," read the email, which made reference to the far-right貹ٲ.
Britain First registered as a political party last September after its application was approved by the Electoral Commission.
The far-right group'sleader, Paul Golding,was after conductinga campaign of hate against a group of British Muslims in 2018. He was alsowas found in May last year after refusing to give police access to his electronic devices on his return from a political trip to Russia, according to thePress Association.
Having spent a couple of days away on bereavement leave, I came back to my emails today. This is what I found. Muslim women in politics shouldn't have to tolerate this.
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana)
Sultana's tweet on Thursday promptedmessages of solidarity on the social media platform, including her fellow Labour MPs and .
Disgusting. Sending you love and solidarity Zarah. Keep going ❤️
— Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP)
Sultana has on her experiences of Islamophobia, stating at a last September that“to be a Muslim woman... and to be left-wing is to be subjected to this barge of racism and hate”.
In a separate incident this week, Oldham council's first female Muslim leader, Arooj Shah, revealed she has received regular death threats since taking up her role.
At an Oldham council meeting on Wednesday,the Labour councillor called for less hatred and personal abuse,"most of which is fuelled by lies and misinformation... by the colour of my skin, by my religion and by the fact I am a woman",TheOldham Times reported.
Shah was also targeted earlier this year when her car was firebombed outside her home in July.