Britain's Muslim Council on Wednesday called on candidates and political parties in the country to pledge to fight "Islamophobia" and racism in order to win the votes of Muslim voters.
"Islamophobia is the biggest electoral issue for Muslims," the council, the country's largest Muslim organization, said in a statement.
The statement added, "We surveyed the views of more than 500 Muslims and more than 74% of them said they want to take a strong and clear position to address the issue of Islamophobia by the next government."
He explained that "many Muslims have serious concern about the failure of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's party to address that issue and eradicate from within his party."
"Unfortunately, Islamophobia is widespread in many aspects of public life, but it is a particular concern for its presence within political parties."
Conservative leader Boris Johnson has defended the party and said members convicted of Islamophobia "are being deported," the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Last year, the council called on the Conservative Party to conduct an independent investigation into the rise of Islamophobia in the party and documented "weekly incidents" of the phenomenon.
The council then urged the Conservative leadership to take action against party members "who were outspoken in their hostility to Islam."
That letter was strongly supported by a wide range of segments of UK society who supported calls for an investigation.
Newspaper editorials for The Times of London and The Observer supported these calls, and senior politicians, including Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn, backed the council's calls for an investigation, as well as several local NGOs.