Speaking on Good Morning Britain the former boxer said that the growing wariness towards Muslims ‘scares’ him: ‘I am Muslim and I never want to be looked at – if I’m on the bus or train I don’t want them pointing at me saying, “we don’t want to be on the train with you”.’
Khan is from Bolton, in the Greater Manchester area, and his comments came in the days after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday night.
A Muslim man himself, Khan added that now that he has his little girl he can see the racism more: ‘It’s getting worse and worse, and people will be pointing a finger at her and thinking “you’re a Muslim”, and [terrorists] give all Muslims a bad name.’
He added: ‘I think Muslims all have to stick together; in all different religions there is always good and bad – killing innocent people is not in the Koran, we all should stick together.’