Yousaf accuses Musk of inflaming racial tensions

Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s former first minister, has accused X proprietor Elon Musk of attempting to inflame racial tensions after he posted concerning the homicide of a Glasgow schoolboy.

Musk shared a put up concerning the racist killing of Kriss Donald in Pollokshields in 2004 by a gang of Scottish Asian youths, saying it was the primary time he had heard of the case.

Yousaf advised ORIONEWS Scotland Information that the billionaire tech entrepreneur had amplified the homicide as a result of he “appears to focus on instances that contain solely individuals of color or Muslims”.

Musk has beforehand dismissed accusations of discrimination from the previous SNP chief, with every accusing the opposite of racism in a long-running row.

Yousaf stated: “Elon Musk’s motivation for highlighting such instances is just not compassion for the victims, however solely to propagate far right-conspiracy.”

He additionally repeated accusations that Musk was sympathetic to white supremacists.

Requested if he believed the X proprietor and Trump ally was attempting to stoke racial pressure, the SNP MSP stated “in fact” he was.

Yousaf, who stepped down as first minister final 12 months, referred to as the homicide of Kriss Donald “one of the crucial horrific race killings” in Scotland throughout his lifetime.

He added: “These heinous, evil killers, I hope they rot in jail fairly frankly.”

In his preliminary on-line response to Musk, Yousaf pointed to the function of then-Glasgow Central MP Mohammed Sarwar.

A Scottish-Pakistani and father of present Scottish Labour chief Anas Sarwar, he was integral in seeing the perpetrators delivered to justice.

Yousaf advised ORIONEWS Scotland Information he needed to remind Musk it was Sarwar who travelled to Pakistan, “rattled just a few cages and managed to get them introduced again house to face the complete power of the legislation”.

He stated Musk’s opponents may both ignore him, or confront him and promote a “way more hopeful ideology the place communities can exist in cohesion”.

Yousaf stated he believed the billionaire businessman had “no curiosity” in a dialog about their variations.

Kriss, 15, was repeatedly stabbed and set on hearth after being kidnapped by a gang led by Imran Shahid.

Trial decide Lord Uist stated Kriss had been focused at random as a result of he was white, describing the homicide as “an abomination” which had “rightly shocked and appalled the general public”.

The homicide adopted an assault on Shahid at a nightclub the earlier night. Kriss was not concerned within the assault.

Daanish Zahid was jailed for homicide in December 2004 whereas Zahid Mohammed, 20, was sentenced to 5 years for assault and abduction.

The three remaining suspects – Shahid, his brother Zeeshan Shahid and Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq – fled to Pakistan after the killing.

Mohammed Sarwar performed a key function in guaranteeing the three suspects had been extradited again to Scotland to face punishment.

Shahid, his brother Zeeshan Shahid and Mushtaq had been discovered responsible of homicide and jailed for all times in November 2006.

The case was the primary conviction for a racially-motivated homicide in Scotland.

Yousaf’s feedback come after repeated interventions by Musk in UK politics.

The X proprietor – who has been appointed as an effectivity tsar in Donald Trump’s incoming US administration – has attacked Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour authorities, in addition to criticising former prime minister Gordon Brown.

The world’s richest man has backed Nigel Farage’s Reform get together. Nonetheless, he subsequently referred to as for Farage to get replaced.

Earlier this week, First Minister John Swinney urged MSPs to again his authorities’s finances to thwart “forces of anti-politics”.

He stated if parliamentarians fail to take action it could play “proper into the arms of Elon Musk and different populists”.