After revelation of UAE funded plot against its former president, MAB urge UK government to take a firm stand

The Muslim Association of Britain today, Thursday, issued a statement expressing its absolute horror by the ITV News’s revelation that a UAE-funded mercenary ran a covert surveillance operation against Dr Anas Altikriti, its former president, on British soil. Dr Altikriti’s home, office, and daily route to work were all logged and shared like target data, report revealed.

The MAB statement read: “This is what happens when a foreign state believes it can act with impunity on British soil. This is the same regime that used Pegasus spyware on a device inside 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s own office. The pattern is consistent: covert operations against British citizens and British institutions, run from Abu Dhabi, with no expectation of consequence.

“That impunity cannot continue. We are calling for an urgent, independent investigation into the full extent of UAE interference in the UK, from covert surveillance to political funding.

“Britain cannot go on treating this relationship as business as usual. Our government must say, without hedging, that no ally is above the law when it turns Britain into a hunting ground for its critics. British citizens deserve to know their government will protect them from a foreign regime, not make excuses for it.”

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