A Tory leadership hopeful has accused his rival of being "unwise and insensitive" after saying those who shout Allahu Akbar should be "immediately arrested". Mel Stride took aim at his fellow Tory Robert Jenrick over the comments, telling Sky News: "I think the suggestion of wholesale criminalisation of the words Allahu Akbar is unwise and insensitive. "Any threat in the use of these words can only ever be implied in the very rarest of circumstances.
"Context clearly matters hugely here." The comments come as Labour's Angela Rayner accused Mr Jenrick of "stirring up" the riots. Asked about his comments, the deputy prime minister said: "People like Robert Jenrick [have] been stirring up some of the problems that we've seen in our communities.
Actually, what we want to see is communities coming together." Mr Jenrick made the remarks in relation to the policing of protests against the war in Gaza, which started after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October last year. More on Angela Rayner 'Beautiful' housing rule blocked development, claims Angela Rayner Angela Rayner plays down prospect of Labour MP backlash against housing push - as new towns task force launched 'Controversial' new 370,000 a year mandatory housing target announced by government Related Topics: Angela Rayner He told Sky News: "You know, I thought it was quite wrong that somebody could shout Allahu Akbar on the streets of London and not be immediately arrested, or project genocidal chants on to Big Ben and that perso.