US EditionPro-Gaza candidate calling for segregation of the sexes wins council seat
- Maheen Kamran, 18, won the Burnley Central East seat on Lancashire County Council, while Azhar Ali secured the Nelson East councillor position during the May 1 local elections.
- Both candidates ran as independents, with Ali previously suspended from the Labour Party over antisemitism allegations and apologizing for offensive comments regarding Israel.
- Kamran supports gender segregation in public areas for Muslim women, stating they are not comfortable with 'free mixing' with men.
- The elections reflected a decline in mainstream party influence, with significant gains made by Reform UK and losses for Labour, despite being in government.
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Four pro-Hamas candidates win county seats in UK
Three ran as independents and one was a Greens Party candidate. By Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News Four pro-Hamas candidates won in elections in Lancashire County in Great Britain Thursday, three of them while running as independents. Eighteen-year-old Maheen Kamran was elected a councillor for Burnley Central East with 1,357 votes, beating out the populist, right-wing Reform UK candidate by fewer than 300 votes. A devout Muslim, she told med…
Pro-Gaza candidates elected despite gender segregation, antisemitism controversies – Your Capital Minds
A small English town north of bustling Manchester just saw two controversial pro-Gaza candidates flip seats held by the mainstream Labour Party. Both candidates ran as independents in the May 1 local elections. Maheen Kamran, 18, won the Burnley Central East seat on the Lancashire County Council, while Azhar Ali won the position of county councillor for the Nelson East ward. The Telegraph noted that their victories could be part of a growing tre…
Pro-Gaza candidates elected despite gender segregation, antisemitism controversies – Democratic Accent
A small English town north of bustling Manchester just saw two controversial pro-Gaza candidates flip seats held by the mainstream Labour Party. Both candidates ran as independents in the May 1 local elections. Maheen Kamran, 18, won the Burnley Central East seat on the Lancashire County Council, while Azhar Ali won the position of county councillor for the Nelson East ward. The Telegraph noted that their victories could be part of a growing tre…
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