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A group of miscreants threatened UK Labor MP Rizwana Siddiq Tulip for not wearing hijab.
Tulip, granddaughter of Bangladesh father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, told UK’s Sunday Times, “I have had horrendous abuse… ranging from, ‘Why aren’t you wearing a hijab?’ to ‘If I could I would kill you’.”
The MP, who is from a Muslim background, gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in April. But, alongside many public messages of congratulations, she received criticism for having a baby during her first year in Parliament, the newspaper added. She said, “Women – or their Twitter profiles said they were women – said things like, ‘Make up your mind, you are either a mother or an MP, you can’t do both’.”
Tulip said, she first received online abuse during the general election campaign for Hampstead and Kilburn, when she was trolled because of her Bangladeshi heritage.
She claimed she was told, “The young people of Hampstead will never vote for someone with a name like yours”. She said she has considered using her married name online to deter some of the racist and religious insults she receives, “I do sometimes wonder if I was Tulip Percy on Twitter whether it would be as bad”.
The lawmaker said another barrage of abuse came when she spoke out against American presidential hopeful Donald Trump, calling for him to be banned from the UK after he had called for Muslims to be barred from entering the US. After her comments, she said she received tweets including, “Shut your mouth you silly woman, you look like a seven-year-old” and “Muslims should all burn in hell”.
Former Regent’s Park councilor Tulip said she believes the recent wave of virulent online abuse directed towards female MPs is in response to a new generation of strong-minded women entering the Commons.
A group of miscreants threatened UK Labor MP Rizwana Siddiq Tulip for not wearing hijab.
Tulip, granddaughter of Bangladesh father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, told UK’s Sunday Times, “I have had horrendous abuse… ranging from, ‘Why aren’t you wearing a hijab?’ to ‘If I could I would kill you’.”
The MP, who is from a Muslim background, gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in April. But, alongside many public messages of congratulations, she received criticism for having a baby during her first year in Parliament, the newspaper added. She said, “Women – or their Twitter profiles said they were women – said things like, ‘Make up your mind, you are either a mother or an MP, you can’t do both’.”
Tulip said, she first received online abuse during the general election campaign for Hampstead and Kilburn, when she was trolled because of her Bangladeshi heritage.
She claimed she was told, “The young people of Hampstead will never vote for someone with a name like yours”. She said she has considered using her married name online to deter some of the racist and religious insults she receives, “I do sometimes wonder if I was Tulip Percy on Twitter whether it would be as bad”.
The lawmaker said another barrage of abuse came when she spoke out against American presidential hopeful Donald Trump, calling for him to be banned from the UK after he had called for Muslims to be barred from entering the US. After her comments, she said she received tweets including, “Shut your mouth you silly woman, you look like a seven-year-old” and “Muslims should all burn in hell”.
Former Regent’s Park councilor Tulip said she believes the recent wave of virulent online abuse directed towards female MPs is in response to a new generation of strong-minded women entering the Commons.
