Criticizing Quranic teachings on women, raising alarms about Islamist influence or using phrases such as ‘illegal migrants’ could invite Islamophobia complaints against British Green Party members in the future under a ridiculously wide-ranging guide published by the party’s Muslim wing. The document stretches the concept of religious prejudice into virtually every corner of political debate, from border controls and LGBTQ rights to candidate selection and even the choice of venue for a party social event.
The document has been proposed for inclusion in the Green Party of England and Wales’ ethics framework, and its central premise is essentially that ‘Islamophobia’ encompasses not merely discrimination against Muslims but also ‘biases against the religion of Islam itself’. By contrast, even the Labour government’s already highly controversial March 2026 definition of Islamophobia expressly protects criticism and ridicule of Islam.
Among the guide’s examples of Islamophobia is the suggestion that Quranic teachings are ‘backward and reductive to women’. Elsewhere, however, it solemnly declares that criticism of religious doctrine and misogyny remains permissible. How members are supposed to reconcile those instructions is left unexplained. Apparently, one may challenge oppression, but not the religious texts invoked to justify it.
‘Even discussing a criminal suspect’s immigration background would face restrictions’
The same selective approach to religious criticism appears in the document’s treatment of homosexuality. Under the heading ‘homonationalism’, the guidance attacks the supposed exploitation of LGBTQ rights to portray Islam as hostile to homosexuality and attributes the ‘vast majority’ of anti-gay legislation across former colonies in Asia, Africa and the Middle East to British imperialism.
While Britain did export such laws, the guide conveniently overlooks the independent role of Islamic law in criminalizing homosexuality. Nigeria retains colonial-era prohibitions alongside Sharia-based penalties in its northern states, while Iran, which was never colonized by Britain, punishes certain same-sex acts with death under its Islamic Penal Code.
The immigration provisions identify ‘illegal migrants’, ‘foreign criminals’, ‘failed integration’, ‘parallel communities’, ‘no-go areas’ and ‘Sharia law’ as potentially Islamophobic coded language, making it practically impossible to debate immigration within the party.
Green representatives would be prohibited from describing migration as an ‘invasion’, ‘swarm’ or ‘flood’, while immigration proposals would undergo so-called anti-Islamophobia assessments before publication. Even discussing a criminal suspect’s immigration background would face restrictions. Debate on border policy would likewise be subjected to ideological vetting.
Within the party itself, excluding candidates out of fear that ‘extremists/terrorist sympathisers’ could take over party structures is identified as an example of Islamophobia, without clearly distinguishing religious stereotyping from credible concerns about political entryism. The guidance also says Muslims must not be required to condemn grooming gangs, terrorism, misogyny or antisemitism.
Organizing all social events around alcohol in a way that excludes observant Muslims, or gathering vaguely defined electoral data that ‘undervalues’ Muslim communities, also makes the list. Candidates would face mandatory digital anti-Islamophobia training, and even messages shared in private WhatsApp groups would come under scrutiny. The Muslim Greens also recommend training and local events for November’s Islamophobia Awareness Month.
‘Candidates would face mandatory digital anti-Islamophobia training’
The proposals have emerged amid an increasingly bitter struggle over the party’s ideological direction, driven explicitly by growing Muslim influence. On 4 October, the Greens adopted a policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’ by 1,022 votes to 813, despite opposition from four of the party’s five MPs. Deputy leader Mothin Ali supported the motion, while Green MP Ellie Chowns warned against capture by ‘extremists and racists’. Labour has since threatened to terminate local agreements with Greens who refuse to reject the policy.
Senior Greens are now openly warning about extremist influence within their own ranks, precisely the sort of concern their Muslim wing’s proposed guidance risks turning into an accusation of Islamophobia. A party already battling over antisemitism and ideological entryism is considering rules that would make criticism of Islamic doctrine, immigration and Islamist political activism potential matters for internal discipline.
Whether the guide is actually adopted could be highly significant for the future of the Greens: whether they remain, at least in some minimal sense, true to their British political identity or fully transform into an Islamic party.
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