George Galloway's recent special election victory has highlighted a growing sense of alienation among British Muslims that's come to a head with Israel’s war on Gaza.
George Galloway's recent special election victory has highlighted a growing sense of alienation among British Muslims that's come to a head with Israel’s war on Gaza.The new Workers Party Member of Parliament for Rochdale, George Galloway poses for a photograph outside his campaign headquarters in Rochdale, northern England on March 1, 2024, on the day he was elected as MP following a by-election .by voters in the northern British town of Rochdale on a largely pro-Palestinian platform.
of the UK’s population supports a ceasefire, including people from all racial and religious backgrounds, according to the research group YouGov. But Muslim representatives say the Rochdale result reflects how out of touch Britain’s political establishment is with their communities’ specific values.a coalition of Muslim organisations that aim to mobilise the community politically and help select and endorse candidates that best represent it.
But while political analyst Taj Ali agreed that Israel’s onslaught has been a defining moment for the five-million strong community, he also pointed to a broader problem British Muslims have had with the Labour Party for some time. , Ali said,"Over the past few years, the level of support for the party among British Muslims has waned."
One such area is Ilford North in east London. Campaigners there hope to mobilise its 75,000 residents — a third of which are Muslim — to remove the current MP Wes Streeting in favour of Leanne Mohamad, a British Lebanese independent candidate., Vaseem Ahmed, one of the founders of the Redbridge Community Action Group, which was set up for the task, said his aim is to bring about change at a local level.
Concerns about a lack of representation in government are also growing further afield. In Europe, mass protests in support of a ceasefire suggest that Muslim communities there, too, are experiencing a similar sense of alienation and marginalisation.
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