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Christian MPs blast 'Nazi-like' Sun column

Conservative, Gary Streeter and Labour's Marsha De Cordova (pictued above, left) joined 107 politicians in total, in condemning an opinion piece by Trevor Kavanagh.

Mr Kavanagh's article used the term "The Muslim Problem" when claiming the race of a Pakistani grooming gang in Easter was glossed over in the interests of political correctness.

In response, the politicians said: "There is little doubt (especially with the capitalisation of the three words) that Kavanagh was intentionally comparing Muslims to the 'The Jewish Problem': a phrase used in the last century, to which the Nazis responded with the 'Final Solution' - the Holocaust..."

Jeremy LeFroy (Con. Picture above, right), David Lammy (Lab), Rachael Maskell (Lab), Chuka Umunna (Lab) and Jonathan Reynolds (Lab) were other Christian MPs to sign a letter to the Sun which was seen by the Independent. The letter was organised by the Labour MP Naz Shah.

The note continued: "It is shocking that in the 21st century a columnist is using such Nazi-like terminology about a minority community.

"Muslims currently face threats from far right and neo-Nazi groups in the UK and your publication of this article can therefore only be seen as an attempt to further stoke up hatred and hostility against Muslims."

Referring to the convictions of 18 people over the grooming gang, Mr Kavanagh said: "The common denominator, almost unsayable until last week's furore over Pakistani sex gangs, is Islam."

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Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem and Green politicians subsequently united in saying they were "truly outraged by the hate and bigotry" Mr Kavanagh displayed.

They called upon the Sun to retract the article and no longer publish future articles by Mr Kavanagh, the paper's former political editor.

A Sun spokesman told the Independent: "We strongly reject the allegation that Trevor Kavanagh is inciting Islamophobia. He is reflecting the links between immigration, religion and crime in the context of a trial of largely Pakistani sex gangs."

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