"The newborn daughter of a British MP was the target of utterly depraved and sexist online abuse hours after her birth, her father has told the Guardian. The independent MP Adnan Hussain, who won his Blackburn seat in 2024 running on a pro-Gaza stance, said he and his newborn were subject to vile abuse after he posted a pixelated picture of her on X."
"Hussain, who became a father for the first time with the recent birth of his daughter, said he wanted to speak out about the abuse to which they had been subjected to highlight the very dark abyss of hatred and despair which he said was becoming increasingly common in the UK and required a force just as strong to combat it."
"Day by day, the atmosphere around us is darkening, be that online or out on the streets, and maybe even workplaces, he said, pointing to recent stories of people being harassed and attacked on racial grounds, including a rape in the West Midlands which police are treating as racially motivated. The hatred those in positions of leadership and power are allowing to fester and go unchecked is having very real, very dangerous, real-world consequences."
Adnan Hussain, the independent MP for Blackburn, posted a pixelated picture of his newborn daughter on X after taking steps to protect her identity and received many messages of support on Facebook and some on X. Hours after the post, racist and Islamophobic replies multiplied, questioning his Britishness and saying his daughter should be deported to an ancestral homeland. Hussain described the abuse as part of a growing atmosphere of hatred and despair in the UK and warned that unchecked hatred allowed by leaders has real, dangerous consequences. He cited examples of racially motivated harassment and violence, including a rape in the West Midlands.
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