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British MP says she was ousted from government because Muslim
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British MP says she was ousted from government because Muslim

Former British deputy transport minister Nusrat Ghani claimed on Sunday that she was removed from office during a government reshuffle in 2020 because her “Muslim” faith posed “a problem”, reigniting accusations of Islamophobia within the Boris Johnson's Conservative Party already under pressure. • Read also: Four options to counter inflation • Read also: COVID 19: singer Adele postpones her series of concerts in Las Vegas • Read also: British police officer sentenced to three years in prison for voyeurism Nusrat Ghani, 49, told The Sunday Times that a Conservative Party executive explained to him in February 2020 that “his origins and his faith” had been instrumental in his ousting from government. "I was told that at the Downing Street reshuffle meeting...