SADIQ Khan and journalist Saima Mohsin address the Iftar event at Trafalgar Square.—X/mayoroflondon • Badenoch defends shadow justice secretary for calling public prayer ‘an act of domination’ • Labour accuses Tories of ‘divisive politics’; Starmer says party seems to have ‘a problem with Muslims’ • Controversy centres on popular ‘Open Iftar’ event LONDON: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch defended her party’s shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, after he described Islamic prayers held in public spaces as “an act of domination”, triggering sharp criticism from political opponents and community leaders. The controversy erupted after Timothy shared images on social media showing prayers during a Ramazan gathering at Trafalgar Square in London. He wrote that mass public prayer was “an act of domination” and “straight from the Islamist playbook”. Amid criticism, including from Mayor Sadiq Khan, Timothy restated in The Daily Telegraph that expressions of non-Christian faith pose a “challenge”. Even Prime Min...