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{{Infobox MP
|name = Naz Shah
|image = Official portrait of Naz Shah crop 2.jpg
|caption = Shah in June 2017
|office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]]
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|majority = 21,902 (48.1%)<ref name="bbc2017result-bradford-west" />
|term_start = 7 May 2015
|predecessor = [[George Galloway]]
|term_end = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|birth_name = Naseem Shah
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Bradford]], England
|party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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|website = {{url|www.nazshah.org.uk|Official}}
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'''Naseem Shah''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|نسیم شاہ}}}}) (born 13 November 1973<ref name="HunterMcGlynn2010">{{cite book|first1=Rosemary |last1=Hunter|first2=Clare |last2=McGlynn|first3=Erika |last3=Rackley|title=Feminist Judgments: From Theory to Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHh6BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT279|date=30 September 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-84731-727-8|pages=279–}}</ref>) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician. She was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 2015|2015 general election]] as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]], and gained the seat from [[George Galloway]] of the [[Respect Party]].<ref name=2015e>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589|title=Bradford West Parliamentary constituency|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/13/yvette-cooper-profile-you-dont-have-to-choose-between-head-and-heart|title=Yvette Cooper profile: 'You don't have to choose between head and heart'|last=Brooks|first=Libby|date=13 August 2015|website=the Guardian|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>
'''Naseem Shah''' (born 13 November 1973) was elected at the 2015 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for [[Bradford West]], and gained the seat from George Galloway of the Respect Party.
In April 2016, Shah was suspended from the Labour Party following the emergence of a Facebook post she had shared from [[Norman Finkelstein]] suggesting the relocation of Israel to the US. She was reinstated in July 2016.<ref name="BBC270416">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36148704 |title=MP Naz Shah suspended from Labour|publisher=BBC News|date=27 April 2016|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Daily Mirror reinstatement">{{cite news|last1=Bloom|first1=Dan|title=Labour reinstates MP Naz Shah after suspending her over 'anti-Semitism' storm|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/labour-reinstates-mp-naz-shah-8356259|accessdate=5 July 2016|work=Daily Mirror|date=5 July 2016}}</ref>
==Early life and career==
Born in [[Bradford]],<ref name=telestanding/> Shah was abandoned by her father when six years old after he ran off with their neighbour's sixteen-year-old daughter. At age 12, she was sent to [[Pakistan]] by her mother, Zoora Shah.
Zoora Shah fatally poisoned a man she was having an affair with. She served 14 years in prison for four charges including murder, attempted murder, solicitation to murder and forgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/djetc/other_zoora.pdf|title=Regina v Zoora Ghulam Shah|last=Court of Appeal Criminal Division|first=Case No. No: 9400393/Y5|date=30 April 1998|website=|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4804176/MP-hyprocrisy-Naz-Shah-accused-racism-herself.html|title=MP for hypocrisy? Naz Shah is the high-flier praised by Corbyn for helping oust a colleague who spoke out on Asian child grooming gangs - but SHE'S been accused of racism herself|last=|first=|date=19 August 2017|website=Daily Mail|archive-url=|archivedate=|dead-url=|accessdate=}}</ref> While in Pakistan, Naz Shah had an [[arranged marriage]].<ref name="telestanding">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11458810/Murderers-daughter-Naz-Shah-tells-why-she-is-standing-for-Parliament.html | title=Murderer’s daughter Naz Shah tells why she is standing for Parliament | newspaper=The Telegraph | accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Green|first=Chris|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/naz-shah-bradford-wests-labour-candidate-pens-emotional-open-letter-explaining-why-she-wants-to-be-an-mp-10096426.html | title=Naz Shah: Bradford West's Labour candidate pens emotional open letter explaining why she wants to be an MP | work=The Independent | date=9 March 2015 |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref>
Before being elected as an MP, Shah was the chair of mental health charity, Sharing Voices Bradford, and had previously worked as a carer for disabled people, as an [[NHS Commissioning Board|NHS Commissioner]] and a director for a regional association supporting local councils.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-31700180 | title=Labour's Naz Shah is new Bradford West candidate | publisher=BBC News|date=2 March 2015 | accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> She has said that she voted for [[George Galloway]] at the [[Bradford West by-election, 2012|Bradford West by-election]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/meet-our-new-mps-naz-shah|title=Meet our new MPs – Naz Shah|publisher=The labour Party|date=26 June 2015|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pidd|first1=Helen|last2=Rhoden-Paul|first2=André|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/09/george-galloway-says-his-labour-opponent-tried-to-join-his-party|title=George Galloway says his Labour opponent tried to join his party|work=The Guardian|date=9 April 2015|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref>
==Political career==
Shah won the Bradford West constituency with a majority of 11,420 over George Galloway in May 2015.
Naz Shah endorsed [[Yvette Cooper]] during the Labour leadership contest in 2015.
=== Selection controversy ===
Naz Shah was selected to stand for the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in March 2015, as Labour HQ's preferred candidate, after Amina Ali who won the original selection process unexpectedly stood down<ref name=2015e/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/09/naz-shah-survival-politics-women-labour-candidate-bradford-west | title=Naz Shah's story is one of survival. Politics needs women like her | work=The Guardian | accessdate=9 May 2015 | last=Moore|first= Suzanne}}</ref> amidst an increasingly "conflictual relationship"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31749227|title=Is Labour making a mess of Bradford West?|last=Kuenssberg|first=Laura|date=5 March 2015|work=BBC News|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> between the national [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and local party members.
In a secret ballot on 21 February 2015, 237 Labour Party members in Bradford took part in the selection vote which saw [[Amina Ali]] winning with 142 votes. Naz Shah received just 13 votes. However, after Ali resigned her candidacy within just seventy-two hours citing personal reasons<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/labour-candidate-hands-back-the-poisoned-chalice-of-bradford-west-38147|title=Labour candidate hands back the poisoned chalice of Bradford West|last=Akhtar|first=Parveen|work=The Conversation|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/25/labour-candidate-chosen-to-face-galloway-resigns-after-three-days|title=Labour candidate chosen to face George Galloway resigns after three days|last=Pidd|first=Helen|date=25 February 2015|website=the Guardian|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>, Naz Shah was imposed as the new candidate by the [[Labour Party National Executive]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.psa.ac.uk/insight-plus/blog/bradford-west-democracy-technicolour|title=Bradford West, democracy in technicolour {{!}} The Political Studies Association (PSA)|website=Bradford West, democracy in technicolour {{!}} The Political Studies Association (PSA)|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiansunday.co.uk/public-opnion-on-labour-prospective-parliamentary-candidate-for-bradford-west-naz-shah/|title=Public opinion on Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Bradford West Naz Shah|website=www.asiansunday.co.uk|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://labourlist.org/2015/03/naz-shah-selected-in-bradford-west/|title=Naz Shah selected in Bradford West {{!}} LabourList|date=2 March 2015|work=LabourList {{!}} Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> Controversy was further sparked by widespread rumours that despite her being the best performer at the hustings, the national party pressured Amina Ali to withdraw.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31749227|title=Is Labour making a mess of Bradford West?|last=Kuenssberg|first=Laura|date=5 March 2015|work=BBC News|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>
Fatima Patel, Editor of the [http://www.asiansunday.co.uk/ Asian Sunday Bradford], summed up the disputations:
{{quote|I am deeply concerned that Naz Shah’s selection has created wide cracks between Labour Central and the local party who feel undermined because they feel that they were sidelined in the candidate selection process. If local Labour Party members and councillors are saying they do not support Naz Shah’s candidacy, how is Bradford West’s interest going to be served if she wins the elections in the face of a divided local party?<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asian-standard.co.uk/editors-open-letter-to-bradford-west-constituents/|title=Editor’s Open Letter to Bradford West Constituents – Asian Standard Newspaper|website=www.asian-standard.co.uk|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>}}
Nevertheless, Naz Shah continued to enjoy favour from the national Labour Party - originally being dubbed one of the "stars of the new intake".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/13/yvette-cooper-profile-you-dont-have-to-choose-between-head-and-heart|title=Yvette Cooper profile: 'You don't have to choose between head and heart'|last=Brooks|first=Libby|date=13 August 2015|website=the Guardian|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> [[Harriet Harman]] reflected that Shah "will represent not just the people in her constituency, but all the people who feel they've had an absolutely terrible time and want somebody to fight for them".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fabians.org.uk/all-aboard-interview-with-harriet-harman/|title=All aboard {{!}} Fabian Society|website=fabians.org.uk|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref> [[Yvette Cooper]], during a campaigning visit to the region, declared that she was "so proud of the work Naz has been doing" and "all the people she has been talking to".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/elections2015/election2015/12934488.Labour_bullish_about_chances_in_/|title=Labour bullish about chances in Bradford|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
=== Election controversy ===
Shah won the [[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]] constituency with a majority of 11,420 over George Galloway in May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/george-galloway-loses-bradford-west-seat-labour-naz-shah-respect|title=George Galloway loses Bradford West seat to Labour's Naz Shah|last=Pidd|first=Helen|date=8 May 2015|website=the Guardian|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>
On 10 May 2015, Galloway announced an intention to challenge the result, alleging that false statements and malpractice related to [[Postal voting|postal votes]] during the campaign meant that the result of the election should be set aside,<ref name="BBC100515">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32685844 | title=George Galloway to challenge Bradford West election result | publisher=BBC News | date=10 May 2015 | accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> but did not in fact launch a legal challenge.<ref>{{cite news|first=Helen |last=Pidd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/04/george-galloway-election-defeat-petition-deadline-expires |title=Deadline expires for legal challenge over George Galloway election defeat|newspaper=The Guardian|date= 4 June 2015|accessdate=}}</ref>
On the other hand while congratulating Shah on "her successful and resounding election", the [[Fawcett Society]] expressed concern that "the continued opposition of the unsuccessful [[Respect Party]] candidate [[George Galloway]], to Shah's election is the culmination of a sexist electoral campaign by Galloway".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/Blog/george-galloways-sexist-campaign-against-naz-shah|title=On George Galloway’s sexist campaign against Naz Shah|work=Fawcett Society|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
In July 2015, [[Jeremy Corbyn]] who also commented on Galloway's actions during the election, said that he thought "...the tactics he (George Galloway) used against our candidate, were appalling. I was quite shocked; it was appalling."<ref>{{cite news|last=Cowley|first=Jason|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/07/jeremy-corbyn-interview-i-think-we-have-think-terms-disillusioned-who-didn-t|title=Jeremy Corbyn: 'I think we have to think in terms of the disillusioned who didn’t vote'|work=New Statesman|date=29 July 2015|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref>
=== Parliamentary and political record ===
Naz Shah endorsed [[Yvette Cooper]] during the Labour leadership contest in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/08/150-women-back-yvette-cooper-lead-labour-party|title=150 women back Yvette Cooper to lead the Labour party|website=www.newstatesman.com|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
In March 2016, Naz Shah contributed to the special edition of Progress' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.progressonline.org.uk/campaigns/winning-with-women/|title=Winning with Women – Progress {{!}} Centre-left Labour politics|website=www.progressonline.org.uk|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
Shah was appointed as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[John McDonnell (politician)|John McDonnell]], the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, in February 2016<ref>{{cite news|last=Lowson|first=Rob|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14263763.Bradford_MP_appointed_to_new_parliamentary_role/
|title=Naz Shah to Become Parliamentary Private Secretary to Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell|work=Telegraph & Argus|location=Bradford|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> but was sacked only months later immediately after her antisemitic comments came to light.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/664560/Labour-MP-Naz-Shah-resign-John-McDonnell-anti-Semitism-Israel-relocated|title=Labour MP Naz Shah resigns aide role after calling for Israel to be ‘relocated’ to the US|last=Reporter|first=Greg Heffer, Political|date=27 April 2016|work=Express.co.uk|accessdate=25 March 2018}}</ref>
===Suspension from the Labour Party===
Amidst an ongoing controversy in the Labour Party about [[anti-Semitism]], Shah was discovered by blogger [[Paul Staines]] in April 2016 to have reposted a Facebook meme in August 2014 supporting the relocation of Israel to the USA.<ref name="Parveen">{{cite web | last=Parveen|first=Nazia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/bradford-labour-mp-naz-shah-quits-john-mcdonnells-pps-antisemitic-facebook-posts | title=Bradford MP Naz Shah quits as McDonnell's PPS after antisemitic posts | work=The Guardian | date=26 April 2016 | accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> Shah also commented on the post, suggesting the plan might "save them some pocket money".<ref name="Wright">{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Oliver|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/naz-shah-calls-for-jeremy-corbyn-to-expel-labour-mp-over-her-backing-of-relocate-israel-to-north-a7002276.html |title=Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to expel Labour MP over her backing of 'relocate Israel to North America' plan|work=The Independent|date=26 April 2016|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> In July 2014, she wrote on Facebook about a newspaper poll concerning alleged Israeli war crimes in the [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict|Gaza conflict]] that, "The Jews are rallying to the poll", and in September appeared to compare Israeli policies to those of [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dysch|first=Marcus|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/157371/naz-shah-steps-down-private-secretary-after-facebook-posts-about-israel-and-jews|title=Naz Shah steps down as private secretary after Facebook posts about Israel and Jews|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=26 April 2016|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref>
Shah asserted that her views on Israel had moderated in the 20 months since the post, and on 26 April 2016, she stepped down from unpaid post as [[John McDonnell|John McDonnell's]] PPS.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/27/naz-shah-suspended-labour-party-antisemitism-row|title=Naz Shah suspended by Labour party amid anti-Semitism row|last=Stewart|first=Heather|date=27 April 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref>
[[Jeremy Corbyn]] condemned the remarks an "offensive and unacceptable", and Naz Shah was suspended from the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] on 27 April 2016.<ref name="BBC270416" />
Her views were described as normal politics in Bradford in an article by Ben Judah in ''[[The Independent]]'', in which he described being punched in the head and called a "fucking Jew".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/you-wouldnt-be-surprised-by-naz-shahs-remarks-if-you-knew-more-about-the-town-she-came-from-a7005336.html|title=You wouldn't be surprised by Naz Shah's remarks if you knew more about the city she came from|last=Judah|first=Ben|date=28 April 2016|work=The Independent|accessdate=30 March 2017}}</ref>
In an interview with [[Vanessa Feltz]], former London mayor [[Ken Livingstone]] said that while Shah's comments were "over the top", they were not anti-Semitic. He was also suspended from Labour for "bringing the party into disrepute" as a result of remarks made during that interview, i. e., that "when Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism – this before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-anti-semitism-row-full-transcript-of-ken-livingstones-interviews-a7005311.html|title=Labour antisemitism row: Read the Ken Livingstone interview transcripts in full|last1=Stone|first1=Jon|date=29 April 2016|work=The Independent|accessdate=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/livingstone-suspended-in-antisemitism-row-6dplmq8w0|title=Livingstone suspended in antisemitism row|last1=Fisher|first1=Lucy|date=28 April 2016|work=The Times|accessdate=28 April 2016|publisher=News UK}}</ref>
Shah kept her seat on the [[Home Affairs Select Committee]] investigating the rise of anti-Semitism in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/26/bradford-labour-mp-naz-shah-quits-john-mcdonnells-pps-antisemitic-facebook-posts|title=Bradford MP Naz Shah quits as McDonnell's PPS after antisemitic posts|last=Parveen|first=Nazia|date=26 April 2016|website=the Guardian|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
On 5 July 2016, Naz Shah's suspension was overturned, and she was reinstated. Labour's National Executive Committee gave her a formal warning, told her to apologise for bringing the party into disrepute, and warned that if there was another incident, she would be expelled.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43539774|title=How the Labour anti-Semitism saga unfolded|last=Scott|first=Jennifer|date=26 March 2018|work=BBC News|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref>
"Shah's apologies appeared to be heartfelt. She seemed genuinely contrite" wrote [[John Rentoul]] in ''The Independent''. "If she has seen the error of her ways, then the best way to try to persuade others that anti-Semitism is wrong might be to enlist her to the cause, not cast her to the outer darkness."<ref>{{cite news|last=Rentoul|first=John|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ken-livingstone-has-gone-now-were-waiting-for-jeremy-corbyn-to-speak-a7005201.html|title=Ken Livingstone has deservedly gone – but Naz Shah made a genuine apology we should be prepared to accept|work=The Independent|location=London|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=28 April 2016}}</ref> Henry Zeffman of the ''[[London Evening Standard]]'' similarly wrote that Shah had in her apology "showed a genuine engagement with the anti-Semitism that has found a happy home on parts of the left, and a desire to stamp it out".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zeffman|first1=Henry|title=If Labour wants to stamp out anti-Semitism, it should take a lesson from Naz Shah|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/04/if-labour-wants-stamp-out-anti-semitism-it-should-take-lesson-naz-shah|accessdate=2 May 2016|work=[[New Statesman]]|date=28 April 2016}}</ref>
=== 2017 general election ===
At the [[United Kingdom general election, 2017|general election in June 2017]], Shah was re-elected with an increased vote share, and an increased majority of 21,902 votes over the second-placed [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate.<ref name="bbc2017result-bradford-west">{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000589 |title=Election 2017: Bradford West |newspaper=BBC News |date = 9 June 2017 |accessdate = 9 June 2017}}</ref>
===Rotherham sexual abuse comments controversy===
In August 2017, Shah retweeted and liked a tweet from an [[Owen Jones (writer)|Owen Jones]] parody account. A spokesman for Ms Shah said: "This was a genuine accident eight days ago that was rectified within minutes."<ref name=yahoosun>{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/labour-mp-shares-message-telling-rotherham-sex-abuse-victims-shut-sake-diversity-114807910.html|title=Labour MP shares message telling Rotherham sex abuse victims to "shut up for sake of diversity"|publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref><ref name=tanda>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15497126.Petition_calls_for_MP_to_resign_over_Twitter_row/|title=Petition calls for MP to resign over Twitter row|last=|first=|date=25 August 2017|website=Telegraph & Argus|accessdate=}}</ref> The tweet read: "Those [[Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal|abused girls in Rotherham]] and elsewhere just need to shut their mouths. For the good of [[Multiculturalism|diversity]]". Shah deleted the retweet, and unliked the tweet.<ref name=rotherham>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Sam|title=MP Naz Shah "should resign" after sharing tweet telling sex abuse victims to "keep their mouths shut"|url=http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/view,mp-naz-shah-should-resign-after-sharing-tweet-telling-sex-abuse-victims-to-keep-their-mouths-shut_23593.htm|accessdate=26 August 2017|work=Rotherham Advertiser|date=25 August 2017}}</ref> Shah was quoted in the ''Rotherham Advertiser'' that she had been working for "over 20 years on the issues of child abuse, violence against women, and grooming".<ref name=rotherham/>
Shah was criticised by the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] chief executive Rebecca Hilsenrath, who said the MP "should know better",<ref name=yahoosun/> and the controversy led to a campaign to have Shah resign or be removed from her job.<ref name=tanda/> A survivor of the Rotherham abuse called for Shah to make a public apology and resign.<ref name=rotherham/>
===Winnie Madikizela-Mandela comment controversy===
[[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela]] died on 2 April 2018. Following her death, Shah paid tribute to her on Twitter, she tweeted an image of Mandela with Mandela's quote: "Together, hand in hand, with our matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country."<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour MP Naz Shah's 'necklacing' Winnie Mandela tweet denounced|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labour-mp-naz-shah-s-necklacing-winnie-mandela-tweet-denounced-mxld502s2|date=4 April 2018|work=The Times}}</ref> The practice of [[necklacing]] is the summary execution and torture carried out by forcing a rubber tyre, filled with petrol, around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire. Shah has deleted the tweet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Labour MP Naz Shah deletes unfortunate tribute to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|url=http://talkradio.co.uk/news/labour-mp-naz-shah-deletes-unfortunate-tribute-winnie-madikizela-mandela-18040325311|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Talkradio}}</ref>
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