Mosque in uber-liberal London enclave bans all females over 12 from charity park run... so where are the howls of outrage from the Wokerati? - "The 5km event being held in an East London park today – which has been billed as 'inclusive' and 'family-friendly' – is open to men and boys of all ages, but organisers insist that female teenagers and women can be forbidden from joining in. The fundraiser, called Muslim Charity Run and organised by East London Mosque, is being held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets... Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE, the chief executive of the Muslim Women's Network UK, said the East London Mosque, which is behind the event, was 'likely' in breach of the Equality Act. And Kellie-Jay Keen, founder of feminist group Party Of Women, said: 'Banning women and girls over the age of 12 from a public charity event is plainly unlawful… and reinforces regressive sexist attitudes towards women's place in public life. 'No charity should be allowed to operate under a different set of rules because of religion or culture. Equality before the law must apply to everyone.' The annual event, originally named Run 4 Your Mosque, has been held in Victoria Park since 2012 without drawing any public criticism of its anti-women policy. But the MoS is aware of one woman, who goes by the name 'Farahyd89' on social media, who has repeatedly attempted to raise the issue with organisers... Mr Khan – who responded to Mr Trump by calling him 'Islamophobic' and 'racist' – last night did not respond to a request to comment on whether Muslim Charity Run's rules were acceptable... 'The East London Mosque Trust reports annual revenues exceeding £5 million, including £10,000 from the Government, and claims to spend much of this on education,training, social welfare and community cohesion. 'It raises serious questions about how much of their charitable activity may also breach the Equality Act... It is not the first time that the East London Mosque Trust, which had an income of £5,597,271 last year, has raised eyebrows. In May it was given an official warning by the Charity Commission over a £1 million loss in funds."
ππ’π¨π‘ πππ«π ♛ ✡︎ on X - "When Trump blasted Sadiq Khan over London having Sharia laws, this is the kind of thing he meant. Allegedly an islamic "charity" banned women and girls over 12 from a "family friendly charity event" on religious grounds. This is like the Taliban. Any word from the mayor?"
Islamophobia!
Noa Hoffman on X - "The fact that a charity fun run in LONDON is banning women participating.... while women in Dubai can enjoy the wonderfulness of cocktails on the beach in a bikini... should give us all pause for thought about the state of extremism in Britain today"
Muslim women do not need saving, says female leader of mosque at centre of charity run row - "A female leader at a British mosque accused of excluding women from a charity run has said women in the community have a voice and do not “need saving” by critics who lack an understanding of Muslim values... The mosque said female attenders preferred to enter “women only” events, but on this occasion demand was too low to hold one. It said the biggest issue facing Muslim women in the community was hate crime, which had intensified against the mosque since the run was reported. Emails the mosque received include diatribes such as “get with our laws or leave, you animals”, as well as messages of support. Sufia Alam, the head of programmes for East London Mosque, also runs its Maryam Centre for women’s worship and said no one from the congregation had complained. “As a woman, it’s ridiculous that people think we need saving – people don’t really understand our religious values,” she said. Of the run, she said: “The format was designed for a specific community, taking into account that we wanted men and their children to participate. We did offer at the beginning to women, but I only got one or two. I can’t do a race with one or two women. “We haven’t banned people – this is what the community wanted. We’ve got a congregation of 10,000 – they’d be up in arms if we had done something that was not proper. “Critics think they’re sticking up for women’s rights, but they’re dismissing that we have a voice and a choice in what we do. Nobody asked us; they just assumed we were banned … but women feel comfortable in a women’s space.”... Alam said she “worked every day” with women who were “worried they could not go for a walk without being attacked” because of hate crime... Shaista Gohir, the cross-bench peer and head of the Muslim Women’s Network, said: “The disproportionate attention given to this charity run reflects the levels of hatred towards Muslims in Britain and has nothing to do with genuine concern for Muslim women’s equality – an issue I deeply care about – leaving me in a difficult position on whether to comment without fuelling further hatred."
Isn't it Islamophobic to say that gender segregation is a Muslim value? Time to arrest her
Clearly, obsessing over hate crimes and making Muslim women paranoid is the way to a more just society
Majority of public ‘does not want’ Labour’s Islamophobia definition - "Only one fifth of the public backs creating either a new definition of Islamophobia or of anti-Muslim hate, according to the survey of 1,500 adults. Labour has tried to shift the emphasis of the definition from Islamophobia to “anti-Muslim hatred” in face of a major backlash, with critics having warned that it will threaten free speech... the survey by pollsters JL Partners found that around a third opposed both definitions and only a fifth supported either of them, indicating that any change in terminology will make no difference to public opinion."
Criticism of Islam is a protected belief, judge rules - "The view that Islam is problematic and should be criticised is a protected belief under equalities law, a judge has ruled. Patrick Lee, 61, was found guilty of misconduct by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) last April over posts on X. After a four-year disciplinary process, he was banned from the professional body and ordered to pay nearly £23,000 in costs. The trade body ruled that 42 of his posts that criticised Islam, including calling the Prophet Mohammed a “monster”, were “either offensive or inflammatory or both”, adding that 29 were “designed to demean or insult Muslims”. But following an employment tribunal hearing, the actuary has won legal protection for his beliefs. It is the first time a court has ruled that “Islam-critical” beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Previous claimants had been told such views were not “worthy of respect in a democracy”. The decision follows a 2021 ruling that Maya Forstater’s gender-critical beliefs were protected under the same law. Ms Forstater later won her discrimination claim and her case has reshaped public debate on gender ideology. Mr Lee, whose final hearing in February will decide whether his posts on X were an expression of his protected belief and whether the regulator discriminated against him, thinks his case could have a similar impact. He told The Sunday Telegraph: “I hope that it will embolden other people to speak up, and it will stop employers and regulators from gagging people when they’re making valid criticisms of Islam.” On Saturday night, Lord Young of Acton, the head of the Free Speech Union, said the decision was an “important victory”. “This landmark judgment will make it much harder for the Government to roll out an official, state-approved definition of ‘Islamophobia’,” he said. Mr Lee, an atheist who has long criticised abuse carried out in the name of religion, argued that his view “that Islam, particularly in a traditional form – rather than a reformed, modernised, moderate and Westernised form – is problematic and deserving of criticism” qualified as a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act... He claimed that the cover-up of child sexual exploitation by Pakistani men in Rotherham showed the danger of avoiding scrutiny over cultural sensitivity concerns... Mr Lee submitted that his belief was based on “reasoned analysis rather than prejudice”, citing his record of charitable donations to causes helping predominantly Muslim communities, including around £30,000 to Iran Aid in the 1990s and early 2000s. More recently, he has donated to the UK charity Free From Fear, which assists Afghans fleeing the Taliban... his tweet included a Hadith passage apparently describing the Prophet ordering the mutilation and blinding of thieves left to die in the sun. In his witness statement, Mr Lee cited figures from Winston Churchill to historian Tom Holland and Yasmine Mohammed, a Canadian human rights activist, to show his views were part of a “broader intellectual tradition of critically examining religious doctrines and their compatibility with democratic values”... Mr Lee countered that “in the absence of a blasphemy law, I do not understand on what basis my criticism of Islam cannot in a democracy be protected”. He said that to suggest otherwise “would be advocating for a blasphemy law to protect Islam that does not exist, and which should not exist in a democracy”. Mr Lee added: “Moreover, if someone described Christianity as ‘morally bankrupt’, a ‘dangerous cult’ and a ‘2000-year-old con trick’ or described Jesus Christ as a ‘monster’ then I doubt many in authority would bat an eyelid.”... Douglas Murray, an author whose books are also quoted in Mr Lee’s witness statement, welcomed the ruling: “If Mr Lee had made the same comments about a Jewish or Christian prophet, he would never have found himself in any trouble. In fact, he’d have probably been offered a book contract and a slot on Thought for the Day. “But our society has lived for years with a de facto blasphemy law when it comes to Mohammed and the foundations of the Muslim faith.”"
Stereotyping Muslims as child groomers could fall foul of Islamophobia definition - "“Prejudicial” stereotyping or racialisation of Muslims designed to incite racial hatred is said to be one strand of a definition drawn up by a working group."
Wanjiru Njoya on X - "How does Nicole Hannah Jones not care that Mansa Musa was the greatest slaver of all time? The brazen hypocrisy surrounding slavery never ceases to amaze me. She wrote that whole NYT project about how America is guilty of slavery, but she venerates African slaver-kings."
Sarah Stock ✟ on X - "Some of the best, most loving people I know make the edgiest jokes and have the most controversial opinions. Some of the worst, most selfish people I know constantly pretend to be appalled at those jokes and opinions. Everyone I know who does not actually care about others has the least transgressive political views because it benefits them. They’re willing to throw friends of 10+ years under the bus, not because they actually care about their views or the jokes they make but because they care about looking bad. No loyalty, no courage, and no original thoughts"
CaitlinSinclairTV on X - "Reminder: Trump picked Scott Bessent—highest-ranking openly gay official in U.S. history. Kamala skipped Buttigieg because he’s gay. Tell me again which party is “inclusive”?"
Lab-Man on X - "Yep. The big difference is that Trump picked Scott because he is competent, not because he is gay. Kamala got picked because she is a black woman not because she was competent. See the difference? We are not the same."
xjs007 on X - "The best part is I think Bessent is fantastic and I had no idea he was gay until someone else made that a discussion point today. I didn’t care before and still don’t care, he’s done a great job and that’s what matters."
Thread by @ArtemisConsort on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "A great explanation for white wokeness I heard: upper-middle-class whites desperately want to express sneering, classist contempt, and lower-class whites are the only socially acceptable target. In the past, these people would have been church ladies condemning rap and metal music, comic books, etc to set themselves apart. Now it’s Christians and conservatives, but the personality profile is basically the same."
Meme - "London looks like nazi germany, but gay. Sad *Tons of Trans Pride flags lined up in a row*"
Cash-strapped Labour council spends £35k on LGBT zebra crossings - "A debt-stricken Labour council spent £35k on rainbow road crossings. Blackpool council installed the crossings in the colours of the Pride flag last year to celebrate “the long-established LGBTQ+ history and diversity” of the Lancashire seaside town. But the Christian Legal Centre is considering bringing a legal challenge in the form of a judicial review to have the six crossings in Blackpool removed or redesigned, claiming they constitute a violation of political neutrality laws under the Local Government Act 1986. The crossings cost £35,598.83 despite council debt currently running into hundreds of millions of pounds. Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, told The Telegraph: “The council appears to be pursuing a politically correct agenda while essential public services are struggling for funding... Blackpool council cut almost £9m from its budget for the 2025-26 financial year. The savings come mostly from adult social care and children’s services, while council tax bills also increased by 5 per cent, meaning residents living in an average band D property in Blackpool are paying £115 more this financial year."
The same left wingers who claim that wasting money on pushing the left wing agenda is not a problem because the amount is insgnificant compared to the budget, get very upset about CEO pay when it's a fraction of corporate revenue
Right Angle News Network on X - "BREAKING - Leftist journalists from Teen Vogue and Wired are being ruthlessly mocked after attempting to strong-arm their head of HR to reinstate dissolved departments focused on “climate” and “LGBT” justice, only to get fired themselves. These are who run the media."
Amala Ekpunobi on X - "Woke leftist complains about being laid off from Teen Vogue, but her speech inadvertently ends up explaining everything that was wrong with Teen Vogue."
Meme - "We all like to make jokes about these freaks getting fired but it's actually very very fucked up and weird that Teen Vogue, a literal fashion magazine for teenybopper girls to drool over pictures of Taylor Lautner, was transformed into a straight-up communist agitprop rag"
Lex Mcmennamin: "You may know me otherwise as Comrade Teen Vogue."
How To Sell Luxury Beliefs with Luxury Goods - "Comrades: Conde Nast is the agitprop slop factory for the limousine liberal longhouse literati... The core customer of Conde Nast is the AWFL PMC: Affluent White Female Liberal Professional Managerial Class. Their glossy magazines stroke the erogenous zones of vapid consoomerism, inane gossip, and solipsism. Articles promoting luxury beliefs are intermingled with ads promoting luxury goods. Vote blue, buy Gucci! Any heterodox reporting or quality writing is long gone. The perfect Conde Nast Resistance(TM) cover girl: AOC wearing a TAX THE RICH gown to Wintour’s exclusive Met Gala. She was fined $3,000 in ethics violations for failing to disclose that she was comped a $35,000 ticket. Conde Nast is normalizing socialism by making it look cool. If you consoom their goodthink, you are a hip commissar. Their recent covers would make Pravda blush... The Newhouse family has built out the entire propaganda stack. In 1964, they donated the founding gift for the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The school churns out 500 hacks every year. Many of these bootlicking striver “journalists” work at Conde Nast and other establishment hives to defend the good billionaires. Predictably, all Newhouse institutions continue to push DEI... In 2006, Conde Nast acquired Reddit to expand its digital presence and maintains a 30% ownership after a 2013 spin-out. Reddit is a hub of leftist domestic terror and censorship. While it clamps down on conservatives, it permits celebrations of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and calls for violence against Trump/ICE. Reddit’s founder Alexis Ohanian virtue signaled that his mother was an illegal. He is married to the wealthy athlete Serena Williams, who shrieked racism about cotton plants adorning her luxury hotel. They are Reddit brain in human form. Reddit is now the top source for AI LLMs - what could possibly go wrong? The best way to subvert subversion is to starve the human centipede of slop. End the mimetic cycle. Steer young women away from all Conde Nast rags. Vote with your wallet. Stop giving money to people who hate you. Support higher quality arts and culture:"
This explains Reddit's left wing bias
Cocaine trafficking sentence halved for Jamaican facing deportation - "Police caught Roosevelt Rush, a 32-year-old who was living in Brampton, with 55 grams of cocaine after he was released from custody on bail in December 2022 before sentencing took place for his fentanyl trafficking and gun convictions. The Ontario Court of Justice heard Rush was wearing a GPS monitoring device when authorities tracked him to Belleville, where he was caught with the cocaine... The mitigating factors the judge mentioned include Rush’s guilty plea, his “sincere level of remorse,” his young age, his race and the likelihood the father of three will be deported. “The social context evidence in the form (of) an Impact of Race and Cultural Assessment supports that Mr. Rush’s life choices and opportunities have been informed by systemic discrimination as has his engagement in the criminal justice system as a young Black man,” Horton said... Rush’s “experiences as he attempted to earn an income to be able to survive are inextricably linked to his entity as a Black man within western culture,” said the decision, which notes “that for Black men in middle adulthood, their sense of manhood is often tied to their ability to fulfill roles such as provider, husband, father, employee and community member. However, they face systemic obstacles that hinder success in these roles. For instance, historically, they have earned below 75 per cent of white men’s wages.” Men “of African descent are five times more likely to be incarcerated than their white counterparts,” said the decision. “Black people now account for over nine per cent of federal inmates, while comprising only four per cent of the overall population,” said the decision... Horton accepted that “Rush experienced systemic and personal discrimination as a Black man, and that this has certainly played a role in his criminality.”"
Kemi Badenoch: We must give the young a nation they’d be proud to fight for - "A nation is only a nation when people are prepared to defend it. And it is both tragic and concerning that many people in Britain today no longer feel that call. Only 10 per cent of Britain’s 18- to 28-year-olds say they would fight for their country. And while it may be tempting to see this through the lens of entitlement – typical of a generation that doesn’t know how good they have it – I think it goes much deeper. I’m sure many of you will have seen the heartbreaking interview this week of 100-year-old WW2 veteran Alec Penstone, saying that many of his friends who made the ultimate sacrifice all those years ago, wouldn’t think it was worth it if they saw Britain today. Collectively, we are losing a sense of who we are and what we’re fighting for. We are suffering from a slow erosion of pride in our schools, our institutions, even parts of our media where the story of Britain is too often told through shame. Why would young people want to fight for their country when they are told that where they come from is wicked? That their inheritance is racist. How many people now, when they think about Britain, picture this as the country that stood alone against Hitler, led the fight against Soviet tyranny and has a longer history of stability and democracy than any other major power? This is the country that spent a fortune to end slavery in the world. Our history is something to be proud of. And to those in Britain who say it’s not their history, I say they don’t know the history of the Commonwealth. The wars we remember were not won by Britain alone, but by troops across national and ethnic divides fighting side by side to defend liberty and democracy and oppose tyranny. There’s a reason Remembrance Day is a moment of collective reflection across 56 Commonwealth nations and beyond. More than 2.5 million Indian soldiers volunteered in the Second World War. The principal British-led force in the Pacific was one of the most remarkable multinational armies in history. The Victoria Cross has been bestowed on heroes from Australia, Canada, Fiji, Grenada, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Rhodesia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. Tens of thousands sacrificed their lives or were injured while willingly serving Britain, prepared to make a shared sacrifice for our way of life. And they did so because they had a shared ideal. A sense of being part of something bigger than themselves. When we forget about the sacrifices of those who came before us, we allow political agitators and revisionists with their false narratives to rewrite history; to present patriotism as divisive and to tarnish the peace, security and freedom for which so many fought. We must combat this historical amnesia. When we remember the soldiers from across the Commonwealth who fought under one flag for the same cause, we see that loyalty to Britain is not limited by colour, faith or birthplace. Sense of duty transcends differences if you give people a clear enough picture of what they’re fighting for. That is what we must do in Britain today. Because a nation is not a random collection of individuals doing their own thing with not much in common. It is, at its heart, a shared purpose. And why would you want to stand behind a purpose you’re told is wicked? Why would you want to integrate into a society which even its own institutions agree is shameful? We must end this sustained campaign of demoralisation by cultural and educational institutions. Too often, this government does things that act against the creation of a single united nation and in favour of splintering into identity groups. We are told again and again that diversity is our strength, when in reality, the opposite is true. It is putting our differences aside and standing behind a shared national story which makes us stronger."
National Association of Scholars | Facebook - "BREAKING: Researchers ran 2,309 students through a structural oppression calculator and discovered: having parents who read books = problematic. This latest Groundbreaking Scholarship™ from the Journal of Diversity in Higher Ed explains that not being food insecure is actually a form of whiteness."
The mental health advantages of privilege: How whiteness and parents’ education protect students from food insecurity and psychological strain.
iamyesyouareno on X - ">claims whites are the most violent & oppressive group of people
>be confronted with the facts & statistics
>oh
>noooo not those statistics, you’re racist!
There’s no fixing this."
Meme - "Swedish Politician Who Fought for Equality and Open Borders Is Beheaded in Congo. Zaida Catalan was a Swedish Green Party politician who believed in open borders."
Wilfred Reilly on X - "Every left wing cause is basically "Hamas." I.e. - there exists a ~mutual-fault conflict between two groups of people - say Black criminals and cops - one of the groups is objectively much worse than the other......and libs cheer for the worse group (criminals, hobos, illegal aliens, foreign enemies, 4B feminists, Islamists, potnographers) because failure "must" be due to oppression."
How can Denmark afford everything that America can't? : r/AskEconomics - "To commentators, unsourced "the denmark welfare state is only possible because of cultural homogeneity" will be removed. Source here means "peer reviewed in reputable journal""
"Your comment demands peer reviewed papers that support the idea that more homogeneous states have a higher level of support for social programs and taxation. (You also use Wikipedia as one of your sources, which I don’t think meets your self imposed threshold of “reputable, peer reviewed journal… but I digress”"
Left wingers see no problem with isolated demands for rigor, because there is a high evidence threshold for "harmful" ideas. Naturally, this is one of the mods of the subreddit
Math teacher says he was called ‘ideologically violent’ for supporting standardized testing - "While studying at one of the “top” higher education institutions in the U.S., a new author recalls how he was described as “ideologically violent” for arguing in favor of standardized testing. This incident and other concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion in education inspired him to write a book. His book “Unbalanced: Memoir of an Immigrant Math Teacher,” written under the pen name “Yellow Heights,” raises concerns about the ideologically-driven focus of higher education. “Unbalanced” was released on Amazon and recently won a Maxy Award, an honor for indie and self-published books... “This book recounts his Kafkaesque experiences at education school, where he was labeled a white supremacist simply for asking questions,” according to the book’s Amazon page. “He shares firsthand accounts of teaching math at a public and a private school, offering a panoramic view of the issues surrounding wokeness, coddling, and the lack of accountability in education.”... Although he did not name the school, he said it was one of the top 10 education institutions in the U.S... Once, he said he and a fellow classmate asked some “learning related questions” only to end up “being labeled white supremacists by the instructor and the students.” In another case, after the George Floyd protests, he said one “very kind, very well intentioned teacher” encouraged the students to continue class after giving them about 20 minutes to mourn — “and she was attacked. She was accused of lacking empathy at all and she was made to cry.” Another incident occurred when Yellow Heights defended standardized testing. “I didn’t say it’s perfect. I just said we probably need some objective assessment of learning outcomes and we can improve it rather than just say it’s … evil itself.” In response, the author said he was called “ideologically violent.” As for how he would like to change the education system, Yellow Heights said, “I see three main issues with education right now.” “The first one is ideology…I learned very few things about how to teach, but every day I was taught how to be an equity teacher,” he told The Fix. “The second one that I see is there…is almost a culture of fragility for students. It’s an imbalance between supporting students and also challenging them,” the author said, adding that teachers can become “afraid to challenge” students. The third issue is “a lack of accountability” for “student learning outcomes.” Teachers assess students themselves but lack access to outside assessment, like standardized test scores or previous grades, he said... On his decision to self-publish, he told The Fix: “The traditional publishers I contacted all turned me down. I understand…the industry is not doing well…[and] I have no prior credentials or experiences. Also, some seem to take issue with the topic I’m writing about. It’s rather sensitive.”... The book was endorsed by two scholars—Sarah Williams who serves as director at Sophie Hicks Agency and is a faculty member of the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford University, Exeter College, and Wenli Li, an economist and lecturer at Princeton University."
When left wingers talk about "violence", you can't take them seriously
Meme - Wilfred Reiley: @wil_da_beast630: "I think this was an incredibly minor backlash to 9/11. There was about one HC for ever five people burnt alive."
Rowan Fornow @rowanfornow: "hot take I think this was bad"
"Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Per Year 1998-2010 *spike in 2001 and somewhat numbers than in previous years after*"
Meme - Soyjak: "I dont understand how Black people can vote conservative"
Normal person: "And I don't understand how White people can vote liberal"
Soyjak: "That is so racist"
Normal person: "So you do know how you sound"
