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Lynn Love

Jeremy Corbyn heckled as 'terrorist sympathiser' by church minister in Glasgow

Jeremy Corbyn was heckled by a Church of Scotland minister as he visited Glasgow today.

Whilst on his 48-hour tour of Scotland, Rev Richard Cameron can be heard saying to the Labour leader , 'I thought you'd be wearing your Islamic Jihad scarf, Mr Corbyn.'

The comment was made as Corbyn entered the Heart of Scotstoun community centre in Glasgow.

Before the heckler interrupted, Corbyn had stopped to tell broadcasters about a scarf he was wearing, which had been given to him by representatives of the Who Cares Scotland charity.

After his scarf comments, Rev Cameron, from Scotstoun Parish Church, could be heard saying: "Do you think the man that is going to be Prime Minister of this country should be a terrorist sympathiser?"

After stopping and staring at the heckler, Corbyn was then moved inside the Glasgow community centre.

Furious Rev Cameron then shouted: "Who’s going to be the first terrorist invited to the House of Commons when you’re prime minister?

“Aye, he’s running away."

Corbyn was in Glasgow on Wednesday campaigning and is due to also visit two Lanarkshire constituencies.

The Church of Scotland has issued a statement on what happened.

A spokesperson said: “The Church of Scotland as an organisation has a long history of engaging with politicians through a number of different channels.

“Whilst we may occasionally robustly challenge policy issues with which we disagree, we always intend to do that in a way that is polite and measured and allows for reasoned debate.”

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