‘Those who think we should leave Labour, I disagree’: Labour Muslim candidate | Afzal Khan

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Middle East Eye

Middle East Eye

Күн бұрын

“Being inside [Labour] gives you an opportunity to make that change.”
We sat down with Afzal Khan, a prominent Muslim member of the UK’s Labour Party and the candidate for Manchester Rusholme, to discuss the anger and anti-Labour sentiment within the Muslim community and beyond regarding Labour's stance on Gaza.
Khan, first elected as an MP in 2017 and re-elected in 2019, made headlines in November when he and several other MPs resigned from the shadow cabinet to vote for a Gaza ceasefire in parliament, defying Keir Starmer and the Labour leadership.
Recent reports indicate that Labour lost a third of its vote share in Muslim-majority areas during the recent local elections, likely due to its stance on Israel's war on Gaza.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Resigning from shadow cabinet
10:16 What does resigning say about Muslims inside Labour?
14:26 Ever questioned your affiliations with Labour?
16:04 Are you satisfied with Labour’s Gaza stance?
16:42 Labour accused of complicity in Israel's war on Gaza
23:04 Muslim community's criticism towards Labour
27:12 should the UK continue arming Israel under Labour?
27:49 Thoughts on The Muslim Vote campaign
32:28 Independent candidates want to ‘punish Labour’
35:28 Response to calls to resign from Labour
37:15 Could Muslims finding a new political home?
39:59 Is Labour taking Muslim voters for granted?
41:34 Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen
45:02 What do your constituents say about Gaza?
47:14 Anger towards Labour members
50:09 A backbencher for the first time
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@basfinnis
@basfinnis 3 күн бұрын
He's there to split the vote. Why would you vote for or be in a party that is run and controlled by the Israeli embassy?
@leymoonl4297
@leymoonl4297 3 күн бұрын
This Guy is traitor
@GuinessOriginal
@GuinessOriginal 2 күн бұрын
💯. He’s campaigning and canvassing for massive Zionist and totally corrupt Andrew Gwynne, who’s taken over part of his constituency
@skmr-14cq
@skmr-14cq 3 күн бұрын
Muslims shouldn’t listen to him not only for Gaza but also for the complete moral bankruptcy of the Labour Party in general.
@alib7489
@alib7489 3 күн бұрын
'Disagreement in the family?' Yes, it's abandon a family member of they were pro genocide
@LightSaber12345
@LightSaber12345 3 күн бұрын
Either he is a traitor or an infiltrator
@Lonyw
@Lonyw 3 күн бұрын
Do not vote Labour
@sueyourself5413
@sueyourself5413 3 күн бұрын
What a coconut.
@TheOnlyReligionOfMonotheism
@TheOnlyReligionOfMonotheism 4 күн бұрын
Never forget the Palestinians, Uyghurs, Syrians, Rohinja and all oppressed Muslims! As often as possible ask for help for them in du'a.
@TheOnlyReligionOfMonotheism
@TheOnlyReligionOfMonotheism 4 күн бұрын
JazakaLlahu khair
@reallymakesyouthink
@reallymakesyouthink 3 күн бұрын
Uyghurs aren't oppressed. It's made up. Putting them in the same category as those others is an insult to people who really suffer.
@mohammednayheemaldin56
@mohammednayheemaldin56 3 күн бұрын
This guy is modern version of a Munafiq. Just thinking about himself how he will look in the new government.
@HassanAli-xl8kr
@HassanAli-xl8kr 4 күн бұрын
Labour is family of kier stammer and its like mind lackey this interview shows the mindset of afzal Khan people of Rusholme should not vote for him
@harriskhan7671
@harriskhan7671 3 күн бұрын
what about falistenien hostages abused and ra//p=ed in ecrali con camps.
@charminanavaratnam6603
@charminanavaratnam6603 2 күн бұрын
He is terrible, Kier did not call for ceasefire, no regard to Palestinian rights hence the whole problem which has been for 75 years. One does not have to be a muslim (I am not) to feel for the humanity or justify all lives matter.
@HassanAli-xl8kr
@HassanAli-xl8kr 3 күн бұрын
Well Afzal Khan runaway from the Faiza Shaheen question when he himself know she was punished because she was Muslim
@Bobby0505
@Bobby0505 3 күн бұрын
Traitor
@inspiremotivatekids2544
@inspiremotivatekids2544 2 күн бұрын
He sounds like a politician🤢
@blackmagic20vt
@blackmagic20vt 2 күн бұрын
Khabeeth... when you align yourself with a organisation you can't pick and choose a manifesto and policies.. does he support their lgbt policies. Munafiq.....whe his kids come home as gay he is probably one of those that will be looking to reform the deen to suit himself may Allah deal with these munafiqs accordingly ..
@HassanAli-xl8kr
@HassanAli-xl8kr 4 күн бұрын
Interviewer was too soft
@khatijaundre7803
@khatijaundre7803 3 күн бұрын
No
@salimbaasba6159
@salimbaasba6159 23 сағат бұрын
Did Afzal apologized to take a photo next to Palestinian flag.
@abidnasar7708
@abidnasar7708 2 күн бұрын
Coconut 🥥
@Ashlie-te9cn
@Ashlie-te9cn 4 күн бұрын
Each contribution adds a new layer of richness to the discussion. It's like watching a tapestry being woven before my eyes.💞
@muradbali
@muradbali 3 күн бұрын
This interview was nothing but to give afzal the floating board! Soft journalism! . It's like wash afzal sort of interview!
@maureenharris3845
@maureenharris3845 4 күн бұрын
Yes! If they don't then they are in colusion!
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 16 сағат бұрын
This guy is delusional. Starmer doesn't listen.
@user-qp3ht9pm9u
@user-qp3ht9pm9u 4 күн бұрын
I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who brought us to this situation. By Allah Almighty, I did not write this appeal out of distress and distress. Poverty, O world, they have felt it So, I hope for you. By Allah Almighty, Lord of the Great Throne, he ate what I had in the house. By Allah, my brothers, he is my brothers by sitting in the house. Who has no food? By God, we are in a very difficult situation. We have 6 people entering the house, and my father has died, and there is no one who can depend on us and who lives in it.We live in a rented house because we cannot pay the rent we owe. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''' My brother, my first words are: I swear to God that I will not lie to you or deceive you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced from the war. My family and I live in a rented house in Al-Shahrab 15,000 Yemenis among us, and now we owe 45,000 for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of the people who does not have mercy, by God, my brother. He comes every day, insulting us, talking about us, and moving from the house to the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and came back.They came back to talk to the neighbors and we were given the weekend. So we made him swear by God. He will take us out into the street. Have mercy on him and us. Our country is due to this war and we do not find food for our day, and my brothers and I live in a difficult life. Our father died, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world who was with us in these harsh circumstances. My younger brothers went out into the street and saw...The neighbors eat and stand at their door in order to give them bread even if they break it. By God, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back crying. They are dying of hunger. No one has mercy on them and a holiday is returned. I have made a living, and now if one of us helps us with a kilo of flour, I swear to God, I am dying of hunger. My brother, I am an alien to God. Then, I ask you to help me for the sake of God. I ask you, by God, to love goodness and to help me, even if you can, by messaging me on WhatsApp.On this number +967717354582 and ask for the name of my card and send it and do not be late and may God reward you with all the best, my brothers Sagar, see how they are and help us and save us before they throw us out in the street, you will be lost or we will die of hunger. My family and I ask you, by God, if you are able to help us, do not be late and may God reward you well..`/--~«««~-♡~♡~♡~~•~•~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡♡♡~~~: ~:~¡~¡~¡~;I.i.i.i.i.i. i.I.|-..............
@frankiedowds4202
@frankiedowds4202 3 күн бұрын
SCAMMER
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 16 сағат бұрын
Starmer is the human rights lawyer who refuses to acknowledge that Israel is an apartheid state.
@reallymakesyouthink
@reallymakesyouthink 3 күн бұрын
There are a few Labour seats with left wing people running so if in those areas by all means vote Labour. Everywhere else don't.
@GuinessOriginal
@GuinessOriginal 2 күн бұрын
This isn’t one of them. He’s campaigning and canvassing for the massively corrupt huge Zionist Andrew Gwynne
@LynetteRaveling
@LynetteRaveling 4 күн бұрын
The quality of discourse here is unparalleled. It's like nourishment for the curious mind.🌺
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 16 сағат бұрын
Starmer ignored the Forde Report into racism in the Labour Party.
@celestecanyon
@celestecanyon Сағат бұрын
Give your vote to the highest polling ANTI genocide candidate in your constituency
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 17 сағат бұрын
Starmer threw out many Jews from the 'Labour Family'.
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 16 сағат бұрын
Starmer and his front bench said it was ok for Israel to withhold food and water. Are you hoping to get your seat back once Labour is in.
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 17 сағат бұрын
That 1% allows F-35s to fly.
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 17 сағат бұрын
Has he read the Forde Report?
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 16 сағат бұрын
Stop the genocide.
@ElcabrondelBronx
@ElcabrondelBronx 3 күн бұрын
🇵🇸✊🏽
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers 16 сағат бұрын
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@Tamsyn-fm6qp
@Tamsyn-fm6qp 4 күн бұрын
Ce fil témoigne de la puissance de la technologie pour nous connecter sur de vastes distances. C'est vraiment une merveille de l'ère moderne.💞
@sajidkhan3355
@sajidkhan3355 3 күн бұрын
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