Tory MP repeats false Hamas claims about British imam in parliament

A Conservative MP has repeated the false claim that a British imam supported the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on Israel - despite a Labour MP having previously clarified that the accusation is wrong.

Nick Timothy levelled the accusation against Imam Adam Kelwick on Monday during a parliamentary session.

Kelwick, who is imam at Liverpool's Abdullah Quilliam Mosque, told Middle East Eye on Tuesday that Timothy had abused parliamentary privilege to make "false and defamatory" claims, and urged him to retract them.

But parliamentary privilege means MPs cannot face legal action for defamatory statements made in the House of Commons.

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