webfact Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 London may elect first Muslim mayor, after ugly, 'dog-whistling' campaignBy Tim Hume, CNNLondon (CNN)Londoners will find out Friday if they have elected the first Muslim mayor of any major Western city, after an unusually bitter campaign in which race and religion have proven ugly flashpoints.The race between Labour's Sadiq Khan, son of a bus driver, and Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, son of a billionaire, has seen the latter accused of peddling "vile race politics" in his campaign against his rival.Khan, a 45-year-old lawyer and member of Parliament, is the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants, and a practicing Muslim in a city where his co-religionists comprise about 12% of the population.Full story: http://us.cnn.com/2016/05/05/europe/uk-london-mayoral-race/index.html-- CNN 2016-05-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomthai Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Perhaps the capital of political correctness is about to score another own goal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HLover Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 This news should shock none. Reaping what was sown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Well, Praise Be to Allah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 You'd rather vote in some millionaire Etonian who clearly couldn't give a toss about the interests of normal folk, because Muslims are scary? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 If elected will he change the name of London to Londonistan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 You'd rather vote in some millionaire Etonian who clearly couldn't give a toss about the interests of normal folk, because Muslims are scary? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Boris was also the descendant of Muslims and an apologist for Islam who believes, or did, that Turkey should be in the EU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 The attitude of most Muslims is embarassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 An inflammatory post has been removed. Edit: Make that two posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocacoc Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Londonistan comes true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgal Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) The attitude of most Muslims is embarassingYou won't find any of those prejudices in London area's like Kensington, Chelsea or Nothing Hill.The Christian, Jewish and Muslim community lives very peaceful over there... Reminds me another controversial European mayor of Rotterdam, Aboutaleb, from Morocco, and Muslim too. He was known to be very harsh towards his own people under the moto : accept the norms or leave. Edited May 6, 2016 by Thorgal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 The Labour party has been severely embroiled with ugly anti-Semite and racial slurs against Jews and Israel, so much so that as many as 50 members of the party, some in high positions have been either reprimanded or expelled... a shame on a party that racial comments and ugly slurs is it's platform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Fear is powerful tool when you want to manipulate people. Some of you are clearly very easily manipulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 What size must a city be before it is classed as a MAJOR western city ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I saw the headline and exactly knew, what would be the first responses here! You islamophob right wingers understand, that he will be the MAYOR of London...not the EMPEROR of London, right?! Well...probably you don't, so let me explain: no matter what faith he belongs to (Christianity, Islam, if he is a Jew or an Atheist or even a Pastafarian) he is bound to the constitution and to rules and laws! As sure as a Christian mayor can not turn London into a Christian- city, so can no Muslim- major impose Sharia law! Got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhFarangJa Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I saw the headline and exactly knew, what would be the first responses here! You islamophob right wingers understand, that he will be the MAYOR of London...not the EMPEROR of London, right?! Well...probably you don't, so let me explain: no matter what faith he belongs to (Christianity, Islam, if he is a Jew or an Atheist or even a Pastafarian) he is bound to the constitution and to rules and laws! As sure as a Christian mayor can not turn London into a Christian- city, so can no Muslim- major impose Sharia law! Got it? Yet....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgal Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 What size must a city be before it is classed as a MAJOR western city ??? Quote from link : "Until recently, there was no harmonised definition of ‘a city’ for European and other countries member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This undermined the comparability, and thus also the credibility, of cross-country analysis of cities. To resolve this problem, the OECD and the European Commission developed a new definition of a city and its commuting zone in 2011." http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/focus/2012_01_city.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak2002003 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Anyone with religious views should not be allowed into politics. Religions should not come into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYJAYDEE Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 What size must a city be before it is classed as a MAJOR western city ??? Quote from link : "Until recently, there was no harmonised definition of ‘a city’ for European and other countries member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This undermined the comparability, and thus also the credibility, of cross-country analysis of cities. To resolve this problem, the OECD and the European Commission developed a new definition of a city and its commuting zone in 2011." http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/focus/2012_01_city.pdf if major means global then europe only has two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancid Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Wonder if he is pro or anti Muslim immigration? Immigrate, build the numbers till a political sensitive percentage, push for Sharia law, get your people elected, and then eventually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Benefits of your glorious empire, which is now deep in darkness (but the railway's there yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitrevie Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I saw the headline and exactly knew, what would be the first responses here! You islamophob right wingers understand, that he will be the MAYOR of London...not the EMPEROR of London, right?! Well...probably you don't, so let me explain: no matter what faith he belongs to (Christianity, Islam, if he is a Jew or an Atheist or even a Pastafarian) he is bound to the constitution and to rules and laws! As sure as a Christian mayor can not turn London into a Christian- city, so can no Muslim- major impose Sharia law! Got it? Yep here is another extremist who took over a major European city and set up his own caliphate etc. The Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam shocked a live television audience by telling Muslims who have a problem with Western culture to “pack their bags” and “f--- off.” The Muslim Labour politician Ahmed Aboutaleb made the remarks during an interview with a Dutch news program about the deadly attacks on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and is known for his tough stance on Muslim integration in Europe. I gather the UK has been electing Muslim politicians for some years now some good some bad some right wing some left wing just like any other group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I hope he wins. He seems like the less unpleasant of the candidates, and hopefully it would demonstrate that it doesn't mean your paranoid fantasies about sharia law are going to come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Fear is powerful tool when you want to manipulate people. Some of you are clearly very easily manipulated. it's called sharia law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 You'd rather vote in some millionaire Etonian who clearly couldn't give a toss about the interests of normal folk, because Muslims are scary? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Just another living example of how people in the world are so confused and anxious. In my humble opinion voters are showing their desperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 You'd rather vote in some millionaire Etonian who clearly couldn't give a toss about the interests of normal folk, because Muslims are scary? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. I'd sooner see the best person voted into the role of Mayor of London. Not based on his skin color, his religious views, his racial ethnicity, or how much money his dad's got and where he went to school and university. But this isn't being fought on that basis. We have Mr. Goldsmith of Jewish ethnicity representing the old established elite, of which Jewish immigrants did so well in joining, against Mr. Khan, a practicing Muslim, representing the revamped left wing Labor party who openly advocate the legitimacy of certain terrorist groups in their fight to destroy the one Jewish country. That's how the political activists, media, and lobbyists have positioned it. One hoping to cash in on the Muslim and left wing vote; the other on the anti Muslim and right wing vote. What is shocking is to see British politics being polarized in this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I don't think it's very helpful to reduce both candidates to nothing more than representatives of their religions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwct Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 The Brits are headed towards a bleak future! Who's going to pay the taxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotsira Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I saw the headline and exactly knew, what would be the first responses here! You islamophob right wingers understand, that he will be the MAYOR of London...not the EMPEROR of London, right?! Well...probably you don't, so let me explain: no matter what faith he belongs to (Christianity, Islam, if he is a Jew or an Atheist or even a Pastafarian) he is bound to the constitution and to rules and laws! As sure as a Christian mayor can not turn London into a Christian- city, so can no Muslim- major impose Sharia law! Got it? Yes very true DM07,but on the flip side to your statement, doesn't the mayor have the powers that be to authorise major construction projects in and around the city of London, and therefore have the power to be bias towards his own people if he so wishes. EG: Maybe more mosques to be built ? Maybe more muslim schools to be opened ? Maybe more muslim community centres ? Maybe more muslim influence in to the community? You get the picture now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I saw the headline and exactly knew, what would be the first responses here! You islamophob right wingers understand, that he will be the MAYOR of London...not the EMPEROR of London, right?! Well...probably you don't, so let me explain: no matter what faith he belongs to (Christianity, Islam, if he is a Jew or an Atheist or even a Pastafarian) he is bound to the constitution and to rules and laws! As sure as a Christian mayor can not turn London into a Christian- city, so can no Muslim- major impose Sharia law! Got it? Yes very true DM07,but on the flip side to your statement, doesn't the mayor have the powers that be to authorise major construction projects in and around the city of London, and therefore have the power to be bias towards his own people if he so wishes. EG: Maybe more mosques to be built ? Maybe more muslim schools to be opened ? Maybe more muslim community centres ? Maybe more muslim influence in to the community? You get the picture now! Yeah...well...no! Mainly because I assume (I am no Londoner, so I don't know the London -ways of governing), he also can't do that, going all solo! So...any better points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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