NICOLA Sturgeon and Anas Sarwar have united to condemn the so called ‘punish a Muslim’ hate campaign.

The First Minister said the campaign was “sickening, disgusting and deeply disturbing”.

She said those responsible for spreading hate and inciting violence will not win and any attacks on the Muslim community was an attack on all Scots.

Ms Sturgeon responded after Glasgow Labour MSP, Anas Sarwar, outlined the full details of the material being distributed promoting violence against Muslims, to humiliate Muslim women and threatening to kill Muslims and burn down mosques.

The Scottish Parliament fell silent as Mr Sarwar listed the catalogue of vile acts that were being encouraged by the campaign and the sick points based system of ‘rewards’ for each act.

reading the list he said :” Ten points: Verbally abuse a Muslim, twenty-five points: Pull the head scarf off a Muslim ‘woman’ “Fifty points: Throw acid in face of a Muslim. 100 points: Beat up a Muslim “Two hundred and fifty points: Torture a Muslim using electrocution, skinning, use of a rack “Five hundred points: Butcher a Muslim using gun, knife, vehicle or otherwise “One thousand points: Burn a mosque”

Mr Sarwar said the First Minister to send out a message to the Muslim community that “this is your home and we will stand with you.”

He said it was “shocking, shameful and sickening” and asked fellow MSPs to imagine how it must feel to be a Muslim woman or child when they see these threats.

He urged the parliament to take a stand against the so called campaign.

Mr Sarwar said: “Send a message to haters that an attack on one Scot regardless of faith or race is an attack on all Scots and we will not let you win.”

He was applauded by members of every party for his stand.

Ms Sturgeon said: “Can I say I utterly condemn this disgusting so called campaign.”

“I find it difficult to find words that are adequate to describe or condemn what Anas Sarwar just read out.

“It is sickening, appalling, disgusting and deeply disturbing. It is all of that and more, but none of that does it justice and it certainly does not do justice to what I feel and what I know we all feel about it.

“We must all stand together against such hate and be clear that in this Scotland we will always challenge prejudice and discrimination.”

She said ministers had discused it with Police Scotland.