Boris Johnson promised an inquiry into Tory Islamophobia 500 days ago – where is it?

The failure to hold an inquiry into Islamophobia only serves to highlight how British Muslims are ignored and neglected by our own government (Picture: Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images) During the Conservative Party leadership election in June 2019, Boris Johnson committed to commissioning an independent investigation into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, an issue that we as Muslims had been pleading with the government to address for years would be taken seriously. Or so we thought. Now, just over 500 days on, it has become abundantly clear that the Government’s response to widespread Islamophobia within its own party has been anything...