"He said the event, organised by the Ramadan Tent Project and attended by Sadiq Khan, London's mayor, was an open, deliberate, wilful attempt, not at the private observance of a different religion, but the attempt to overtake, intimidate and dominate our way of life."
"We wouldn't want to stop individuals praying but mass prayer is banned in many Muslim countries in the Middle East itself. So, yes, we have to stop this kind of mass demonstration, provocative demonstration, in historic British sites."
"Nigel Farage seems to have no issues with Christian prayer, Hannukah, Vaisakhi or Diwali all being celebrated in Trafalgar Square. He only has a problem with Muslims praying. There is a word for that, bigotry."
Nigel Farage, speaking at Reform UK's Scottish parliament election manifesto launch, called for banning mass public prayer by Muslims in the UK, specifically referencing a Trafalgar Square prayer event organized by the Ramadan Tent Project before Eid celebrations. Farage characterized the gathering as an attempt to intimidate and dominate British culture, comparing restrictions to those in Middle Eastern countries. Muslim leaders and politicians, including former SNP first minister Humza Yousaf, condemned the remarks as bigoted, noting Farage raises no objections to Christian, Jewish, or Hindu celebrations in the same location. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch questioned whether such events fit British cultural norms, drawing further criticism for mainstreaming discriminatory rhetoric.
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