Yiannopoulos’ nomination as the Russell Group university’s rector has met wide condemnation after he pledged to call for the Muslim Students Association to be shut down in favor of LGBT people.

But one student from Glasgow University claimed the former Breitbart UK editor’s real motive for banning the Muslim group lies in his “Islamophobic” views.

Hollie Hallam, who has set up a petition to ban Yiannopoulos from campus, which has garnered 3,600 signatures, told the Independent: “It is absolutely not his genuine motive.

“His recent comments about Glasgow being full of ‘spiky-haired lesbian comedians’ and his remarks about trans people show it is not about LGBTQ students, it’s about Islamophobia.”

Yiannopoulos, a fond supporter of US President Donald Trump, has already been banned from Twitter for describing Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones as “barely literate,” and recently resigned from Breitbart News after making comments apparently defending pedophilia. It also cost him a book deal with publishers Simon & Schuster.

Hallam also pointed out that Yiannopoulos’ comments are contradictory, as he has attacked the LGBT community in the past.

“I think it’s a disgusting, provocative notion and I can’t see it getting past the senate.

“I don’t think he is in any position to accuse anyone else of not looking out for trans rights,” she told the paper.

“What’s more, LGBTQ students and Muslims are not mutually exclusive groups, there are LGBTQ Muslims.”

Milo Yiannopoulos wants to ban Muslim group on Glasgow campus ‘to protect LGBT students’