An expert tells Press TV that the release from jail of a top racist and Islamophobic figure in Britain is a ploy to legitimize the Islamophobia campaign in the country.
Catherine Shakdom, who serves as director of Shafaqna Institute for Mideast Studies in London, said Thursday that a court’s decision to release Tommy Robinson on bail a day earlier was in line with the general political agenda in Britain and other Western countries to stigmatize the Muslims.
“How else would you want to understand his release other than somehow legitimization of Islomophobia,” said Shakdom, calling Robinson a fascist who constantly spreads hate against Muslims and other minorities.
Shakdom elaborated on the fact that there was a huge public and political pressure, especially from the alt-right camp in the United States, to have Robinson released, claiming that the court and the British judicial authorities had been influenced by the pro-Robinson…