UK PM Johnson offers qualified apology for remarks on Islam

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a qualified apology for the offense caused by his past remarks about Islam, speaking in a critical report to his Conservative Party, which looked at discrimination, including complaints of Islamophobia.

A report conducted independently by Professor Swaran Singh, former equality and human rights commissioner, has found that anti-Muslim sentiment "remains a problem" within the ruling Conservative Party.

It cited several examples relating to Johnson, including a 2018 newspaper column in which he referred to women wearing burqas as "going around looking like letterboxes" and likened their appearance to bank robbers.

(With input from Reuters)