https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tory-mp-bob-blackman-hosts-anti-muslim-extremist-5qlwzbxvm
A Tory MP hosted in parliament an anti-Muslim extremist who has called for the UN to control the birth rate of Muslims, praised the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, and said Muslims should be forced to leave their religion if they come to a western country.
Bob Blackman, a Conservative member of the communities and local government committee, hosted Tapan Ghosh, an Indian Hindu-nationalist, in the Commons during an event called “Tolerating the Intolerant”.
Mr Ghosh, an activist from West Bengal, was the keynote speaker at the meeting organised as part of Diwali celebrations by the National Council of Hindu Temples (UK). He told the meeting in committee room 12 on October 18 that he had created a “Hindu Defence Force” in his state to protect Hindu communities against Muslim violence.
He said: “Your girls and daughters are threatened by grooming but in our country our land is threatened and our existence is threatened.”
A video of Mr Ghosh appeared to show him defending alleged “human rights violations” against Muslims by his supporters by saying: “We have to protect our land, we have to protect our civilisation, our villagers and so we have to build a defence force.”
Mr Ghosh was pictured with the UK far-right leader Tommy Robinson at a meeting “on demography and global resistance against Islamic violence and aggression” in London on Monday.
