our weekly newsletter <\/a>for exclusive and original coverage from ITV News. Direct to your inbox every Friday morning. <\/p>\nThe Muslim Council of Britain had written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood last week, stating that granting Gomez a visa was a double standard when others, like West, had been refused. <\/p>\n
“People who propagate hate speech and division should not be given free entry to the United Kingdom,” the Muslim Council of Britain said on Monday. <\/p>\n
“This decision is the right course of action by the UK government, and this should be a precedent for others who choose to promote disinformation and hatred.”<\/p>\n
Gomez, who has more than 540,000 followers on Instagram, gained notoriety through a series of anti-Islamist and anti-LGBTQ+ stunts, including using a flamethrower to burn both the Quran and LGBTQ+ inclusive books. <\/p>\n
Last year, Gomez called for the UK to appoint a prime minister who would send Muslims “back to their Sharia nations” while speaking at Unite the Kingdom, an anti-immigration march, alongside Robinson.<\/p>\n
Baroness Shaista Gohir urged the government to deny Gomez entry on Sunday, sharing a statement on X from the charity the Muslim Women\u2019s Network UK. <\/p>\n
Gomez responded to the statement by writing: “If you keep speaking without being spoken to, I\u2019ll have your husband mohamed discipline you.” <\/p>\n
“Others have been denied entry to the UK for rhetoric directed at other faith groups,” the Muslim Council of Britain wrote in its letter to Mahmood. <\/p>\n
“The inconsistency raises serious concerns about whose speech is deemed unacceptable and whose is permitted”. <\/p>\n
Rapper West, who also goes by the name Ye, made an application to travel to the UK earlier this month after he was booked to headline the London festival Wireless. <\/p>\n
His application was blocked on the grounds that his presence would not be conducive to the public good, following his history of antisemitism. <\/p>\n
The rapper has voiced admiration for Adolf Hitler and made numerous antisemitic remarks in the recent past, including releasing a song called Heil Hitler and advertising a swastika T-shirt for sale. <\/p>\n
In January, he took out a full-page advert in the Wall Street Journal to apologise for his actions, titled: \u201cTo Those I\u2019ve Hurt”, where he blamed his bipolar disorder, linked to an undiagnosed brain injury. <\/p>\n
Last week, Homelessness charity Centrepoint cut ties with TV personality Sharon Osbourne after she expressed support for the Unite the Kingdom rally in May. <\/p>\n
The march, organised by Robinson, was last attended by between 110,000 and 150,000 people in September. <\/p>\n
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