The Independent - London, October 20th, 2001
THE TORY leader, Iain Duncan Smith, was under pressure last night formally to discipline Lord Tebbit after the former party chairman used an extreme right-wing website to call for a "civilisation" test for British Muslims. The Tory peer infuriated anti-racism campaigners by arguing that British Muslims should "stand alongside the forces of civilisation against barbarians born into Islam". Lord Tebbit made his controversial remarks on a website belonging to Right Now!, a magazine with links to racist groups in America. Mr Duncan Smith has banned Tory MPs from associating with the magazine, an...
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