UK inquiry finds no clear evidence of Islamophobia in minister's 2020 sacking


FILE PHOTO: MP Nusrat Ghani speaks during a session in Parliament in London, Britain May 12, 2021. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - An ethics adviser to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he had found no clear evidence of Islamophobia to back up allegations by a lawmaker that she was sacked from her ministerial job in 2020 partly because of her Muslim faith.

Nusrat Ghani, 50, said last year that she had been told by a whip - an enforcer of parliamentary discipline - that her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable and was a factor in her sacking as junior transport minister in February 2020.

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