FATWA FEARS FOR BORIS
MP forced to beef up security
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BUNGLING Boris Johnson is getting an armed guard amid fears a fatwa has been issued against him.
The mop-headed MP has been given extra security after he compared Muslim women wearing burkas to “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”. Intelligence sources confirmed the Uxbridge MP now faces a very real threat from extremists offended by his comments about burkawearing women.
It is understood Mr Johnson,
54, and his family will be provided with police firearms officers responsible for his personal security.
The unit will begin guarding him now that he’s back from a family holiday.
As well as being protected by firearms officers 24/7, he will also have trained protection in order to prevent some sort of attack by Islamists within the UK.
The politician had a Met firearms team when he was Foreign Secretary, but they were withdrawn after he resigned from the Government last month.
One source said: “There has been intelligence to suggest a fatwa has been placed on Boris because of his comments about burkas.
“We have received intelligence from various agencies indicating Boris has made himself a target. “We have to be pre-emptive in situations like this.”
The last time a fatwa was issued against a high-profile figure was in 1988 following the publication of the book Satanic Verses by author Salman Rushdie, 71. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran gave the order for devout Muslims to kill Rushdie. It lasted
10 years, forcing him into hiding.
Our source added that Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick was “less than impressed” by Mr Johnson’s comments. He said: “The Commissioner is fully aware of how scarce a resource specialist firearms officers are. They’ll now have to be diverted away from real threats to guard Boris and that’s gone down pretty badly.”
Despite his controversial comments Mr Johnson has won support from party members and even some celebrities, including actor Rowan Atkinson, 63, who claimed his remarks were funny.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “We don’t discuss the security arrangements of MPs”.
Disciplinary action could lead to Mr Johnson being suspended or even expelled from the Tories, but would risk igniting civil war in a party many of whose members see him as the best option to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May, 61.
There have also been suggestions that he could be ordered to attend a diversity training course.
Last night, a Conservative Party investigation into his comments was denounced as a “show trial” by MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, 49.
He suggested the attacks on Mr Johnson were down to “envy” felt towards him because of “his popularity with voters and charisma”.
Mr Johnson’s comments on the burka have been branded “inflammatory and divisive” by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, but the watchdog made clear it was not launching an investigation.
Conservative MPs’ support for Mr Johnson has “shone a light on the underbelly of Islamophobia” within the party, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has said.
Harun Khan, MCB secretary general, said: “The impact of Boris Johnson’s comments are worrying and indicate the importance of a full, transparent and independent investigation, in particular given the lack of action in previous cases of Islamophobia in the party.
“The comments and belief by a number of Conservative MPs that not even an apology is required has shone a light on the underbelly of Islamophobia that is present within the party.”