Nigel Farage, a controversial right-wing figure and honorary president of the Reform UK party, was accused of generalizing about UK Muslims during an interview on Sky News.
When asked about young people in the UK who dislike British values, Farage suggested he was referring to British Muslims.
He cited a poll from the Henry Jackson Society that reported only one in four British Muslims believed Hamas members committed terrorist acts in Israel.
However, Phillips pressed Farage for evidence that all British Muslims hold such views, and Farage could not provide any.
The interview sparked controversy over Farage's comments and the accuracy of his claims.
Last year, around 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage in a violent attack in the south of the country.
During a television discussion, UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader
Nigel Farage compared British Muslims to people of British-Caribbean origin and questioned their loyalty to the UK.
He asked the host, who is of British-Caribbean descent, how many people in his community could not speak English.
The host replied that everyone in his community speaks English, and many British Muslims also speak the language.
Farage denied attacking Islam and instead criticized the two main British political parties and their immigration policies for the issue.
The speaker is expressing blame towards a specific community for a problem, which he labels as a fact, but clarifies that he is not making a generalization or assigning blame to the entire community.
He then shifts the focus of his conversation to the issue of population explosion being the biggest problem in the country, which he believes will not be addressed during the election due to both major parties, Labour and Conservatives, having contributed to the issue in the past.
He accuses the current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, of allowing a large number of people into the country who may not align with British values.