On the professional networking site LinkedIn, NHS doctor Abdul Qader Ismail describes himself as a ‘human being, Muslim, Son, Brother, Husband, Father and Humanitarian’.
That last term is a bit rich coming from a man who promotes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Israelis ‘harvesting Palestinian organs’, describes Hamas‘s October 7 terror attacks as legal ‘armed resistance’ and justifies the medieval practice of stoning.
The Oxford-educated paediatrician, who has worked in hospitals across the East Midlands, has spread his controversial views in talks, social media posts and writings over recent years, including books aimed at teenagers.
Dr Ismail’s troubling positions only emerged last week after
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