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Originally posted by Brando
Yay and nay at the same time tbh. Yay because labour, nay because muslim. London already suffers too much from overly religious muslim communities. Where as christians are long secular and harmless, muslims are still all up in their own butts about islam and their misogynistic, homophobic ways. It's backward and brings this beautiful city down. Don't need any more encouragement from having a muslim mayor tbh. Yes, it may sound ignorant, but you need to live here to understand. Just go to any muslim heavy areas and you will see why.
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I agree with you in many ways, though a lot of people here will likely brand you racist/a bigot.
I'm all for us being progressive etc, but the reality is that a LOT of muslim people, especially those in London are quite offensive and even outright disgusting with their views.
As you've said it comes down to living here, i think only those who live in London (or at least the UK and have witnessed these areas) can really understand and pass judgement. I know a couple of muslim girls who are good friends with my sister, they're lovely people (although they're not living in London currently). However unfortunately on the other side of the coin I've seen a LOT of hate speech from muslims, both from those in London and the surrounding areas, with extremely homophobic/sexist views and frankly it can be quite sickening at times.
So whilst I feel the 'progressive' side of this is something to be applauded - The fact can't be escaped that a lot of people who practice this faith are not very nice people purely because of what they believe their 'god' tells them.
Anyhow if the comments are true that this man is a liberal muslim (I've heard arguments for and against this so I'm not sure what's confirmed) who will vote for the gay people, women, and just overall going against what most muslims see as traditional views, then I'm very happy.