Trolls told me 'all Muslims should burn in hell': Islamic Labour MP Tulip Siddiq says she has received death threats for over a year

Tulip Siddiq, the Hampstead and Kilburn MP, received 'horrendous' abuse
The online threats, which began last year, said 'If I could, I would kill you'
She has set up a support group to help other new female Labour MPs

Published: 13:28 EST, 5 June 2016 | Updated: 14:49 EST, 5 June 2016

A female Muslim Labour MP has revealed she received death threats from vile online trolls telling her 'Muslims should all burn in hell'.

Tulip Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, claims she was told, 'If I could, I would kill you' in a torrent of abuse which began when she started campaigning for the north London seat last year.

The 33-year-old added that she has formed an unofficial support group with several other new female Labour MPs to deal with the threats.

Tulip Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, has revealed she received death threats from vile online trolls telling her 'Muslims should all burn in hell' and 'If I could, I would kill you'

Siddiq was allegedly told last year: 'Why aren't you wearing a hijab' and 'the young people of Hampstead will never vote for someone with a name like yours'.

She said: 'Online abuse and can be really frightening and upsetting for some women.'

The second wave of abuse came after she made comments about Donald Trump, she told The Sunday Times ^[2].

She had branded the Republican frontrunner 'corrosive' during a debate on banning the tycoon from Britain over his 'racist' views in January.

Siddiq argued that Trump should not be allowed the enter the UK due to his 'violent ideology.'

'His words are not comical, his words are not funny, his words are poisonous,' she added. 'They risk inflaming tension between vulnerable communities.'

'Hate crime is being inflamed and stoked by the words that Donald Trump is using,' she said.

After her comments, she claimed people sent her death threats and tweets like: 'Shut your mouth you silly woman, you look like a seven-year-old' and 'Muslims should all burn in hell.'

In May Labour MP Jess Phillips revealed she received 600 rape threats in just one night - days after launching a campaign to end online sexist bullying

She alleged that the most recent abuse came after the birth of her daughter Azalea nearly two months ago - in which people told her to: 'Make up your mind, you are either a mother or an MP, you can't do both'.

The MP, who said she no longer replied to Tweets as it exacerbated the situation, admitted she sometimes felt an urge to send a 'sarcastic' response.

She has called for social media sites to provide 'abuse buttons' so threats can be reported and wants Twitter to require users to provide their contact details so they can be traced.

It comes as several high-profile female Labour MPs have been targeted by online trolls.

In May, Labour MP Jess Phillips revealed she received 600 rape threats in just one night - days after launching a campaign to end online sexist bullying.

The Birmingham Yardley MP hit out at Twitter for allowing 'mass bullying' to take place and said their business model is 'totally flawed'.

She told her 25,000 Twitter followers: 'To see the attack of a pack on here check out my mentions 600 odd notifications talking about my rape in one night. I think twitter is dead.'

She said this morning that many of the abusive messages she received told her she wasn't worthy of being raped.

Ms Phillips revealed earlier this year she was sexually assaulted as a teenager and she has spearheaded campaigns to highlight sex abuse, domestic abuse and online bullying since being elected an MP in last year's General Election.

Her campaigning on Ms Phillips has been a regular target for Twitter trolls. The wave of abuse she received yesterday appears to have been launched after she replied to one person who told her: 'I wouldn't even rape you'.

Jess Phillips, the Birmingham Yardley MP, hit out at Twitter for allowing 'mass bullying' to take place and said their business model is 'totally flawed'. She told her 25,000 Twitter followers last night: 'To see the attack of a pack on here check out my mentions 600 odd notifications talking about my rape in one night. I think twitter is dead'

Jess Phillips said that many of the abusive messages she received told her s he wasn't worthy of being raped

Jess Phillips has received thousands of abusive messages on Twitter since she launched the 'Recl@im the Internet' campaign last week

She has previously been subjected to rape threats online after she laughed at Conservative Philip Davies when he called for a discussion in Parliament to coincide with International Men's Day last October.

Speaking about the recent abuse, the Labour MP told BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme: 'I could nev er block them - you would need someone employed full time to block the amount of people who have been in touch with me over the weekend.

Last year Daniel Labacik, 38, was given a suspended sentence for threatening Drewsbury MP Paula Sherriff with a Facebook message that read: 'Dead girl walking. Hope you get raped. We got your phone number and details'.

The MP was subjected to rape and death threats from the father-of-four from Nottinghamshire, after calling for her local community to unite in the wake of the attack by Britain's youngest suicide bomber.

Sherriff had appealed for the West Yorkshire town to come together after local teenager Talha Asmal carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq.

Craig Wallace, 23, (pictured) of Willesden Green, north London, converted to Islam while serving a jail term for attempted robbery and said he wanted to bomb Tory MP Charlotte Leslie's house

Just three weeks after he was released from prison he launched a tirade of abuse at the Bristol North MP on a thread of comments on the UK Truth Movement Facebook page (pictured Tory MP Charlotte Leslie)

Craig Wallace, 23, (pictured left) of Willesden Green, north London, converted to Islam while serving a jail term for attempted robbery and said he wanted to bomb Tory MP Charlotte Les lie's (right) house

Speaking at the time, Ms Sherriff said: 'It's horrible. It was a difficult day for everybody concerned with Dewsbury yesterday.

'I'm here to represent the constituents and clearly these are very emotive issues but no-one should have to tolerate comments of this nature whether they are an MP or not.'

The MP added: 'The comments were made in a direct message to the 'Paula Sherriff Fighting for Dewsbury' page.

'I didn't see it until late last night as it had been a long day in Parliament. I felt sick. It was just a horrible feeling and it is worrying.'

And in December last year a white Muslim convert trolled a Tory MP Charlotte Leslie on Facebook and said he would 'show her what it's like to murder innocents, you dirty pig f*****g whore' h as been jailed for eight weeks.

Craig Wallace, 23, of Willesden Green, north London, who converted to Islam while serving a jail term for attempted robbery, said that he wanted to bomb Leslie's house.

Just three weeks after he was released from prison he launched a tirade of abuse at the Bristol North MP on a thread of comments on the UK Truth Movement Facebook page.