Lord Ahmed

Labour Peer Quits Party Over Anti-Semitic Allegations

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Politics

A peer has resigned from the Labour Party days before he was due to face a hearing over allegations that he made anti-Semitic comments in a TV intervi...

Mehdi Hasan

Lord Ahmed Apologises For 'Jewish Conspiracy' Remarks

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Politics

Lord Ahmed has "completely and unreservedly" apologised to "the Jewish community, to the judiciary, to the newspaper owners" for blaming Jewish-owned ...

Mehdi Hasan

'I'm Embarrassed And I've Embarrassed My Friends'

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK Politics

I have a confession to make. It isn't often that I describe a public figure's remarks as "bigoted and stupid" and then get an email from said figure i...

Anti-Semitism? Not at Our Dinner Table

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Politics
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

While I support Mehdi for ‎taking a stand against anti-Semitism and urging Muslims to be as diligent in denouncing it as ‎they are Islamophobia, I reject the presumed community complicity implied by his reference to ‎‎"our dirty little secret". ‎

Lord Ahmed Suspended From Labour Over 'Jewish Conspiracy' Comments

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK Politics

Ed Miliband has suspended Lord Ahmed from the Labour Party following reports he blamed his prison sentence on a Jewish conspiracy. In 2009 the pee...

Lord Ahmed Dismisses Accusation He Offered A £10m Bounty For Capture Of Obama

Posted 16.04.2012 | UK Politics

Lord Ahmed has dismissed the allegation that he put a £10m bounty on President Obama's head as a "complete lie". The Labour peer was suspended fro...

Labour Peer Suspended After Offering '£10m Bounty For Capture Of Obama And Bush'

Posted 16.04.2012 | UK Politics

A Labour peer has been suspended from the party after he was reported to have put a bounty out on the heads of President Obama and President George W....