An MP says she has been “subjected to a barrage of hate” since being elected two years ago.
(BBC) Zarah Sultana, Labour MP for Coventry South, recounted her experiences during a debate on Islamophobia.
In an emotional speech, she said she had been called a “terrorist sympathiser”, and described being treated by some people “as if I were an enemy of the country I was born in”.
She added she had also been addressed in a letter as “scum of the earth”.
Speaking at Westminster Hall on Thursday, the 27-year-old said: “Before being elected I was nervous about being a Muslim woman in the public eye.
“Growing up, I had seen the abuse prominent British Muslims were subjected to – I knew I wouldn’t be in for an easy ride.
