A PRISON officer and his sniffer dog have been moved after a Muslim inmate complained he had named it Allah.
Chris Langridge, 28, who served at Britain’s top high-security jail, insisted his labrador was called Ali, not Allah – which is the name of Muslims’ God.
But the prisoner – in Belmarsh, South East London, for burglary – made an official complaint and the dog handler was switched to another prison.
One Belmarsh officer said: “This is political correctness gone mad.”
The Category A nick houses some of Britain’s most notorious extremist Muslims, including hook-handed Abu Hamza.
It also has the highest proportion of Muslim prisoners of any jail in Britain.
A source said: “Muslims don’t like dogs and it would have been an insult to their religion if the dog had been called Allah, which is sacred to them.
“It is disgraceful the way the management kow-towed to them despite Chris’s denial.”
Mr Langridge and his dog, who swept Belmarsh for drugs, now work at Swaleside jail on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
A Prison Service source said last night: “There is no suggestion that he did call the dog Allah but, on balance, it was thought better to transfer him.”
The Prison Service claimed the move was for “training purposes”.
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