Asim claimed that Muslims have “borne the brunt of discrimination” and went on to say that “Muslims and mosques continued to be attacked during 2016 across the UK and Europe. Islamophobia gained particular validation and legitimacy this past year.”

Asim reeks of Islamic supremacy with his all-too-familiar wailing about so-called Islamophobia with nary a mention of the grave problems being inflicted upon Europe and in fact the world by Muslims.

Asim is one of two “leading imams” who have been asked by the Conservative government to advise a panel tasked with investigating whether Sharia is being used to persecute women in Britain. As such, he will be offering theological and religious opinion on matters pertaining to the practice of Sharia.

Last month a Muslim woman was forced to return to her abusive, rapist husband after passing through Britain’s sharia court.

Gita Sahgal, a human rights activist, indicated that “many Muslim women are being denied their legal rights by Sharia courts which are bypassing the UK’s justice system and telling women British civil divorce does not count in the eyes of Islam.”

The U.K. Express states that “there are thought to be around 100 Sharia Law courts operating throughout the UK, dispensing Islamic justice outside the remit of our own legal system.”

“Imam Advising Govt on Sharia Lauds Radical Islam Apologists Hope Not Hate”, by Donna Rachel Edmunds, Breitbart News, January 3, 2017: