Fury as Corbyn activist says ‘Jihadis fight for freedom’

JEREMY Corbyn faced outrage last night after it was revealed a leading supporter had described Islamic terrorists as ‘freedom fighters’.

Activist Barbara Ntumy tweeted a claim that ‘one mans [sic] Jihadist/ Terrorist is another mans Freedom Fighter’, adding ‘#JustSaying.’

Mr Corbyn faced further outrage after supporter Daniel York, an actor who starred with Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach, described ‘Chinese and Indians’ as ‘clueless’ minorities who ‘suck up to the white colonial establishment’. Ms Ntumy, a member of the National Union of Students’ executive, introduced Mr Corbyn when he launched his ‘race and faith manifesto’ last week.

Her remark about terrorism was made on Twitter in July 2014, just hours after a Taliban suicide bomber killed 17 in Afghanistan. Last night, Ms Ntumy told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I absolutely 100 per cent condemn terrorism.’

Mr York, who is half Chinese, said: ‘I was talking about the Conservative Chinese, not all Chinese.’