A British Holocaust charity has hit back at comments made by a UK Muslim leader comparing Tony Blair’s treatment of Muslims to Hitler’s actions against the Jews.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Mohammed Naseem, chairman of the Birmingham Central Mosque said he sees “similarities”.

Naseem was commenting on new powers put into place by the British prime minister allowing foreign clerics who condone terrorism and preach hate to be thrown out the country.

Blair’s anti-terror measures, revealed at the end of last week, include a ban on radical Islamist organisations Hizb ut-Tahrir and al-Muhajiroun..

Showing his distaste for Blair, Naseem said: “He [Hitler] was democratically elected and gradually he created a bogey identity, that is, the Jewish people, and posed to the Germans that they were a threat to the country.

“On that basis, he started a process of elimination of the Jewish people. I see the similarities. Everything moves step by step. I am saying these are dangerous times and we must take note of this.”

Naseem, who stood as a parliamentary candidate for the Respect-Unity Coalition in Birmingham in May, recently questioned whether Muslims were responsible for the London bombings.

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