An alarming video has surfaced of a Green Party councillor celebrating his election victory to Leeds Council by shouting “Allahu Akbar” and declaring the victory a “win for the people of Gaza”. The Mailhas the story.
Mothin Ali, 42, who won the Gipton and Harehills seat with 3,070 votes, said in his rowdy victory speech people are “fed up” of being “let down” by the Labour council.
He shouted: “We will not be silenced. We will raise the voice of Gaza. We will raise the voice of Palestine. Allahu Akbar!”
Throughout the video there is arguing between the Green members and the other parties at the count – with people heard swearing and told to “shut up”.
Mr. Ali, who regularly posts videos on his TikTok account, said his phone has been “ringing off the hook” since the win.
Mr. Ali is a qualified mufti, which is a Muslim legal expert who is empowered to give rulings on religious matters. …
He was one of dozens of candidates who ran on a Gaza ticket at the local elections and managed to defeat a Labour candidate.
Naheed Zohra Gultasib held her seat in the Pleck ward of Walsall. The politician was one of six Labour councillors in the local authority who quit the party in November over Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to back a ceasefire in Gaza.
She said in her victory speech: “This is for Gaza, this is for Palestine. You showed [Labour] that they cannot take your vote for granted.”
Akhmed Yakoob, a pro-Palestinian independent candidate running for West Midlands Mayor, secured nearly 20% of the vote in the Birmingham area.
Labour support plummeted in areas with a high Muslim population across the country.
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