Milei adviser links UK Islam claims to Falklands argument

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 11:08 · Archive

Argentina's president's adviser has cited the election of a Muslim MP to the UK parliament as reason for Argentina to take the Falkland Islands.

Santiago Caputo, chief adviser to Argentina's president Javier Milei, has argued on social media that Britain is being 'colonised by Islam' and used this claim to support Argentina's case for taking control of the Falkland Islands. He posted a video of newly elected Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali taking her parliamentary oath with her hand on the Quran, describing Britain as once the 'cradle of civilisation' but now facing an imminent Islamic threat. Milei shared Caputo's post. Caputo wrote that 'the West cannot afford the interference of an Islamic state' in the South Atlantic and that 'recovering the Malvinas is not solely a national cause. It is a cause of the West.' Abdi-Wali, who arrived in Britain as a refugee from Somalia during childhood, won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election this month, defeating Green Party leader Zack Polanski. The remarks come amid renewed diplomatic tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed South Atlantic territory. UK officials have said the intensity of Argentine pressure over the Falklands is at levels not seen since the 1982 war, when Argentina invaded the islands. Milei has sought to criminalise executives involved in the Falkland Islands' oil industry and threatened to target the fishing sector on which the islands' economy depends.

How it is being reported

• Javier Milei's ally claims Argentina needs the Falklands as Britain has been 'colonised by Islam'A senior aide to Argentina’s president Javier Milei has argued the country should regain control of the Falkland Islands, claiming Britain is being “colonised” by Islam amid an ongoing row over the sovereignty of the overseas territory. Santiago Caputo, one of Mr Milei’s closest political advisers, made the remarks in a social media post accompanying a video of newly elected Labour MP Sagal Abdi-Wali taking her parliamentary oath with her hand on the Quran. Mr Caputo described Britain as having once been the “cradle of civilisation”, but claimed the UK was now facing an imminent threat from…GB News · 16 Oct, 10:54
• Milei adviser claims UK being ‘colonised by Islam’ as Falklands row growsSantiago Caputo cites election of Sagal Abdi-Wali as MP and calls UK a threat to the west in post shared by Argentina’s president The chief adviser to Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has cited the election of Sagal Abdi-Wali to the UK parliament as evidence of the Islamisation of Britain and further reason for Argentina to take sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. In a post on social media, Santiago Caputo, who is reportedly taking a key role in Argentina’s strategy over the Falklands, suggested that the taking of the south Atlantic islands was necessary to prevent the “interference…Guardian World · 15 Oct, 16:00

In this story: Santiago Caputo · Javier Milei · Sagal Abdi-Wali · Argentina · United Kingdom · Falkland Islands

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