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Muslim ruling London, and then the World, Song Boh?

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Anjing Babi Dogs n Pigs Not Allowed.

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London set for Muslim mayor as elections shake UK parties
POSTED: 07 May 2016 00:38 **UPDATED: 07 May 2016 01:20

Britain's Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan (R) and his wife Saadiya pose for photographers as they leave a Polling Station in south London on May 5, 2016, after casting their votes. (Photo: AFP/Jusitn Tallis)

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LONDON: London was poised to become the first EU capital with a Muslim mayor on Friday (May 6) as Sadiq Khan took the lead in elections that saw his opposition Labour party suffer nationwide setbacks.

Khan was well ahead of his main opponent, Conservative Zac Goldsmith, in first preference votes after a bitter campaign during which the Goldsmith camp sought to link Khan to Islamic extremists.

The race to replace Boris Johnson pitched two very different candidates against each other - Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver and a seamstress, against Goldsmith, whose father was a wealthy financier.

A Khan victory would offer some cheer for embattled Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn after local election losses elsewhere in England failed to dispel questions over the veteran socialist's leadership.

Corbyn, who has faced opposition from centrists in his party since becoming leader last year, insisted his party had "hung on" and surpassed expectations.

"All across England last night we were getting predictions that we were going to lose councils. We didn't," he said. "We hung on and we grew support in a lot of places."

With results in from 110 out of 124 councils, Labour had 55, down one, and 1,176 seats, down 25.

Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives had control of an unchanged 30 councils and 650 seats, down 23.

A BBC projection suggested that Labour would win 31 per cent of the vote share nationally compared to 30 per cent for the Conservatives.

"The Labour Party is in serious trouble, although the likely election of a Labour candidate to be London mayor will distract from that," said Matthew Goodwin, politics professor at Kent University.

"The Labour Party is now third in Scotland for the first time since 1910 and it has failed to make a serious impression in southern England".

'PERSUADE NOT DIVIDE'

North of the border, Nicola Sturgeon, head of the Scottish National Party (SNP), will lead the separatist party into its third successive government, with devolved powers over most domestic policy issues.

However, she played down talk of a fresh independence referendum to follow the unsuccessful one in 2014 after the SNP lost its outright majority, which will force it to work with a smaller party like the Greens.

"The SNP will always make our case with passion, with patience and with respect but our aim is to persuade not to divide," Sturgeon said.

Aside from the SNP's win, the other big story in Scotland was the success of the Scottish Conservatives, who came second with 31 seats.

The party has been deeply unpopular in Scotland since the 1980s premiership of Margaret Thatcher but its fortunes have turned around under current leader Ruth Davidson.

Davidson is a charismatic and openly gay 37-year-old whose cheery, no-nonsense style and proficient use of social media has fuelled her party's success.

'DOG WHISTLE' CAMPAIGNING

The voting day dubbed "Super Thursday" in which 45 million Britons were eligible to vote came after a bitter few weeks of sniping between the Conservatives and Labour.

Corbyn set up an inquiry into anti-Semitism and racism in Labour after former London mayor Ken Livingstone was suspended for claiming Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler supported Zionism.

Several other Labour politicians were also suspended.

Cameron is also grappling with deep splits in his party ahead of the Jun 23 referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

But the prime minister sounded an optimistic note as he met activists on Friday.

He called the results "remarkable" and accused Labour of being "so obsessed with their left-wing causes" that they had "lost touch" with voters.

The mayoral campaign has been especially ugly, with Khan, a former human rights lawyer, strongly denying he misstepped by appearing alongside alleged Islamic extremists.

Goldsmith, meanwhile, was accused of "dog whistle" campaigning, including by some from within his own party.

"He started to equate people of conservative religious views with sympathising with terrorism," Andrew Boff, leader of the Conservative group in the London Assembly, told the BBC.

"That sent a message out to many of the communities in London that's very difficult to justify."
- AFP/ec
 

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'Alah Hu Akbar'!




From now on London's Big Ben will not strike Westminster Chimes, it will be the Mecca Prayer instead.






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London elects first Muslim mayor
POSTED: 07 May 2016 00:38 **UPDATED: 07 May 2016 07:40

Britain's Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan arrives at City Hall in central London on May 6, 2016. (Photo: AFP/Leon Neal)

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LONDON: Opposition Labour lawmaker Sadiq Khan was elected mayor of London, final results showed Saturday (May 7), making him the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital.

Khan, the son of a Pakistani immigrant bus driver, won 1,310,143 votes against 994,614 for his main rival Zac Goldsmith, a multimillionaire environmentalist from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party.

"Congratulations Sadiq Khan. Can't wait to work with you to create a London that is fair for all!" Corbyn wrote on Twitter ahead of the publication of final results.

The race to replace the charismatic Conservative Boris Johnson pitched Khan, the son of a bus driver and a seamstress who emigrated from Pakistan in the 1960s, against Goldsmith, whose father was a wealthy tycoon.

Khan's victory offered some cheer for Corbyn after Labour's performance in elections across Britain in the wake of a row over anti-Semitism in the party failed to dispel questions over the veteran socialist's leadership.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was among the first to tweet his congratulations to "fellow affordable housing advocate, @SadiqKhan. Look forward to working together!"

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo added on Twitter that Khan's "humanity, progressivism will benefit Londoners."

There was no immediate reaction from Goldsmith, although his sister Jemima, the ex-wife of Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan, said Khan's victory was a "great example to young Muslims".

In reference to the negative tone of the race, she said her brother's campaign "did not reflect who I know him to be - an eco friendly, independent-minded politician with integrity".

The victory was also hailed in Tooting, a multi-ethnic area of south London where Khan lives.

"Sadiq Khan will have a unifying factor because he is Muslim, an immigrant, he is from working class, so he understands the working class people and he can associate with them," said Shahzad Saddiqui, a local businessman.

LABOUR LOSSES EVERYWHERE

Khan's party fared less well in other local and regional elections on Britain's "Super Thursday", in which 45 million Britons were eligible to vote.

For first time in decades, Labour came third in elections for the devolved government in Scotland, behind the Conservatives, in a vote won by the incumbent pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP).

The party retained its grip on power in the Welsh assembly, although it lost one seat.

But it failed to impress in local elections in England. With results in from 115 out of 124 councils, Labour had control of 57, down one, and 1,265 seats, down 19. Cameron's Conservatives had control of an unchanged 31 councils and 708 seats, down 18.

Corbyn, who has faced opposition from centrists in his party since being elected last year, insisted his party had "hung on" and surpassed expectations.

But critics point to the long tradition of opposition parties benefiting from mid-term elections, and noted Labour had bucked that trend.

Matthew Goodwin, politics professor at Kent University, said the party was in "serious trouble". "The Labour party is now third in Scotland for the first time since 1910 and it has failed to make a serious impression in southern England," he said.

'PERSUADE NOT DIVIDE'

SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will lead the separatist party into its third successive government in Edinburgh, although the party lost its outright majority.

She announced she would lead a minority administration, and played down talk of a fresh independence referendum to follow the unsuccessful one in 2014.

"The SNP will always make our case with passion, with patience and with respect but our aim is to persuade not to divide," Sturgeon said.

The other big story in Scotland was the success of the Scottish Conservatives, who came second with 31 seats.

The party has been deeply unpopular in Scotland since the 1980s premiership of Margaret Thatcher but its fortunes have turned around under current Scottish leader Ruth Davidson.

Davidson is a charismatic and openly gay 37-year-old whose cheery, no-nonsense style and proficient use of social media has fuelled her party's success.

Cameron, who is grappling with deep splits within his party ahead of the Jun 23 referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, said the party's showing across the elections was "remarkable".
- AFP/Reuters/ec
 

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Pork, dogs and chinese prohibited in all major restaurants would be a huge progressive step forward for london.
 

Debonerman

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Pork, dogs and chinese prohibited in all major restaurants would be a huge progressive step forward for london.

Would lingerie and dildoes be prohibited? I know Muslim women are the top customers. Be retro Islamic on the outside and a willing whore on the inside.......LOL
 

syed putra

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Would lingerie and dildoes be prohibited? I know Muslim women are the top customers. Be retro Islamic on the outside and a willing whore on the inside.......LOL
Most of the products are made in china so its not halal for muslims to buy these things.
 

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This is what happens when a country is slowly destroying itself by the cult of political correctness. Despite the flag burning and street protests which have been going on for years, and even just recently when immigrants actually told born and bred British to get out of London because London "belongs to them", if they still elect a Muslim mayor I say they are done for. Finished. Kaput. And only barely 20 years after the last great British crown colony was lost. From global empire with entrepôts at all far flung reaches of the globe to a country that is wrecking itself on the iceberg of political correctness.
 

Reddog

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Londonistan to be ruled by a muslim is natural.

USA and western nations have democracies, human rights, political correctness and a wish for self destructions. Good for Asia.
 

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Only 45% of all approved voters managed to cast their votes. I'm sure more than 90% of Muslims voted and we know who they will vote. They would have voted bin Laden if they could. There will be serious civil war in Europe within two decades.
 
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