Home Office blocks entry of US-based anti-Islam influencer into UK
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\nA US-based anti-Islam influencer has been blocked from entering the UK by the Home Office, BBC reported.<\/p>\n
Valentina Gomez, who has unsuccessfully sought election in Missouri and Texas on an anti-Islam platform, previously filmed herself burning a copy of the Quran in a campaign video on social media.<\/p>\n
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood decided that Gomez’s presence in the country “would not be conducive to the public good”.<\/p>\n
Gomez wrote on social media last week that she would be speaking at the Tommy Robinson-organised Unite the Kingdom rally in London on 16 May.<\/p>\n
Responding to the ban, she suggested she would attempt to enter the UK on a small boat, and dared the government to stop her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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