Sunak told BBC Radio on Monday that comments by Conservative lawmaker Lee Anderson were unacceptable and that was why he had been suspended.
British Prime Minster Rishi Sunak has denied that his governing party has islamophobic tendencies.
Sunak told BBC Radio on Monday that comments by Conservative lawmaker Lee Anderson were unacceptable and that was why he had been suspended.
Anderson said on Friday the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was under the control of Islamists in widely condemned remarks that prompted the Conservatives to suspend him on Saturday.
"Lee's comments weren't acceptable. They were wrong, and that's why he's had the whip suspended," he added.
Khan, who regularly speaks of the importance of fighting antisemitism, misogyny and homophobia, has said he regarded Anderson's comments as racist and Islamophobic, and that they would "pour fuel on the fire of anti-Muslim hatred".
A survey conducted from February 16-18 by Savanta showed that 29% of Britons believed the Conservatives had a problem with Islamophobia, the most of any major British political party.