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Sir Keir Starmer has been urged not to give in to a 'dangerous' set of demands from a Muslim pressure group.
The Labour leader was hit with the extraordinary list of 18 orders by The Muslim Vote after he promised to win back the trust of voters alienated by his stance on the Middle East conflict.
He was told he must apologise for his failure to back a ceasefire last autumn and for 'greenlighting a genocide' when he appeared to say Israel had the right to cut off water and power in Gaza.
On foreign policy, he was told he must recognise the state of Palestine, impose sanctions on Israeli politicians and cut military ties with the country.
Domestically, the group said he must ensure Muslim pupils can pray at school, ditch a new Government definition of extremism and guarantee 'Sharia-compliant' pensions are available in every workplace.
Senior MPs have urged Sir Keir Starmer not to give in to a 'dangerous' set of demands from a Muslim pressure group
Tory MP Andrew Percy called some of the demands 'outright dangerous' for the security of the UK 'and the future of our democratic values'
The Muslim Vote has issued 18 demands to Sir Keir Starmer after he promised to win back the trust of voters alienated by his stance on the Middle East conflict
The Muslim Vote – which is endorsing pro-Palestine candidates ahead of the general election – said if Sir Keir 'can't commit' then the Green Party or Liberal Democrats 'would be happy to take the votes'.
Labour has not yet responded to the group publicly and last night declined to say if it would do so.
