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Church minister who heckled Jeremy Corbyn about 'Islamic jihad scarf' suspended

The minister who heckled Jeremy Corbyn about wearing an 'Islamic jihad scarf' has been suspended by the Church of Scotland.

As the Labour leader was entering the Heart of Scotstoun community centre in Glasgow on Wednesday, he stopped to tell reporters about a scarf he was wearing, which had been given to him by representatives of the Who Cares Scotland charity.

But he was interrupted by Richard Cameron, the minister at Scotstoun Parish Church, who shouted: "I thought you'd be wearing your Islamic jihad scarf."

He added: "Who's going to be the first terrorist invited to the House of Commons when you're prime minister?"

Heckler Richard Cmaeron confronted Jeremy Corbyn in Glasgow (BBC)

After footage of the encounter attracted attention online, Labour pointed to a series of controversial past tweets from Mr Cameron, who posted that "homosexual behaviour is a sin" and "allowing children to change their gender is wicked".

In September he tweeted: "Christ has the power to help and change anyone. Obviously many gays hate this because want to carry on in their perversion."

He also shared a series of controversial views on Islam, describing terrorism as "a problem Islam needs to deal with", a full face veil as "oppressive and unBritish" and the prophet Muhammad as "a violent man".

The Labour Party leader did not respond to the preacher's comments (BBC)

A Church of Scotland statement said: "In accordance with our procedures Rev Richard Cameron has been administratively suspended.

"This sis to allow us to carry out an enquiry in relation to the incident which took place earlier this week and the subsequent complaints about his social media use.

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