Pro-Gaza candidates elected despite gender segregation, antisemitism controversies

A tiny English municipality northbound of bustling Manchester conscionable saw 2 arguable pro-Gaza candidates flip seats held by the mainstream Labour Party. Both candidates ran arsenic independents successful the May 1 section elections.

Maheen Kamran, 18, won the Burnley Central East spot connected the Lancashire County Council, portion Azhar Ali won the presumption of region councillor for the Nelson East ward. The Telegraph noted that their victories could beryllium portion of a increasing trend, pursuing a slew of pro-Gaza candidates—including erstwhile Labour person Jeremy Corbyn—winning seats successful past year’s wide election.

Ali is simply a erstwhile Labour Party subordinate who was suspended from the enactment and mislaid its backing implicit allegations of antisemitism during an predetermination past year. Labour initially supported Ali aft helium claimed that Israel "allowed" Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre to hap arsenic a pretext to invade Gaza, according to the BBC. He aboriginal apologized for making what helium called a "deeply offensive, ignorant and false" claim. Labour withdrew its enactment for Ali and aboriginal suspended him from the party.

Labour campaigner for Rochdale, Azhar Ali launches his by-election run connected Feb. 07, 2024 successful Rochdale, England.  (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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The Board of Deputies of British Jews did not judge Ali’s apology, calling his comments "disgraceful and unforgivable."

"It is wide to america that Mr. Ali is not [apologizing] retired of a genuine consciousness of remorse. Despite what helium says successful his apology, we bash not spot however we could perchance prosecute with him astatine this time, and we judge different starring Jewish communal groups volition consciousness similarly," the enactment wrote successful a 2024 statement.

Split representation of Hamas terrorists with civilian assemblage bags. (Yousef Masoud/Majority World/Universal Images Group and Amir Levy/Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, Kamran has taken extremist stances of her own. She voted successful favour of ending the "free mixing" of Muslim men and women successful nationalist spaces. 

"Muslim women aren’t truly comfy with being progressive with Muslim men. I'm definite we tin person segregated areas, segregated gyms, wherever Muslim women don't person to sacrifice their health," Kamran told PoliticsHome.

Palestinians stitchery among the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, astatine Jabalia exile camp, bluish Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)

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In the aforesaid interview, Kamran said she entered authorities due to the fact that she believes determination is simply a "genocide" taking spot successful Gaza. While critics of Israel’s military actions usage the word "genocide," supporters of the Jewish authorities often reason that Israel has the capableness to destruct Gaza’s colonisation but has chosen not to, thereby disputing the genocide claim.

Ali and Kamran’s victories travel arsenic mainstream parties suffer power successful section elections. The right-wing populist Reform UK Party saw large gains successful the latest election, according to the Telegraph. Meanwhile, contempt its power of 10 Downing Street, Labour suffered losses successful the caller section elections.