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?

Women and girls over the age of 12 have been banned from taking part in a charity fun run by a mosque, The Mail on Sunday reports.

The 5km event, held in an East London park today and billed as ‘inclusive’ and ‘family friendly’, is open to boys and men of all ages, but organizers insist teenage girls and women may be banned from attending.

The fundraising event, called the Muslim Charity Run and organized by the East London Mosque, is being held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets.

The local authority is run by the Aspire Party, founded by Bangladesh-born politician Lutfur Rahman, a former Labor councillor, who was sacked for election fraud in 2015 but was re-elected in 2022.

Bordering trendy Hackney, the area is a frequent destination for the capital’s hipsters and artists.

But the move by the East London Mosque to ban women over the age of 12 from the event comes as concerns grow in communities across the country about sharia values ​​taking precedence over British law and custom.

Last night, after being alerted by The Mail on Sunday about the Muslim Charity Run’s discrimination rules, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it would consider the case.

Furious campaigners said banning some women was ‘blatantly illegal’ and ‘backward sexism’ and accused organizers of being more ‘conservative’ than Saudi Arabia.

The move by the East London Mosque (pictured) to ban women over 12 from attending the event comes amid growing concerns that sharia values ​​take precedence over British law

Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE, chief executive of the UK Muslim Women’s Network, said the East London Mosque behind the event was likely to breach the Equality Act.

Kellie-Jay Keen, founder of feminist group Party Of Women, said: ‘Banning women and girls over the age of 12 from attending a public charity event is patently illegal… and reinforces regressive sexist attitudes towards the place of women in public life.

‘No charity should be allowed to operate under different rules because of religion or culture. Equality before the law should apply to everyone.’

The annual event, originally called Run 4 Your Mosque, has been held in Victoria Park since 2012 without facing any public criticism of its anti-women policy.

However, the MoS is aware of a woman who goes by the name ‘Farahyd89’ on social media and has repeatedly tried to raise the issue with the organisers.

She wrote on Instagram: ‘Why aren’t women allowed to join?’ and in another post he said: ‘Why don’t you even let women walk? Aren’t your grandmothers and mothers with strollers welcome too?’

The website claims the event is an ‘inclusive’ family day out, allowing ‘men, boys of all ages and girls under 12’ to take part.

When pressed by the MoS to say this meant young people and older women could not run for office, East London Mosque organizers confirmed they had been banned.

Runners took part in the Muslim Charity Run at Victoria Park in east London at this year’s event

Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE, chief executive of the UK Muslim Women’s Network, said East London Mosque was likely to breach the Equality Act

Despite this, mosque leaders last night insisted their policies did not contravene the Equality Act; This law makes it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their gender.

However, they were unable to explain why some girls (under the age of 12) attended the event and others did not.

The revelations will raise fears that there is a growing wave of ‘sharia’ values ​​in Britain; This concern was expressed by President Donald Trump at the UN last month.

The US President has issued a chilling warning, saying London wants to ‘move to Sharia law’ under the rule of ‘horrible’ mayor Sir Sadiq Khan.

Mr Khan, who responded to Mr Trump by calling him ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘racist’, did not respond to a request for comment last night on whether the Muslim Charity Run’s rules were acceptable.

Sharia values ​​vary around the world. However, concerns have been raised that stricter attitudes towards women and girls are restricting their access to education and sport.

Yesterday Ms Keen said: ‘The East London Mosque Trust reports annual income in excess of £5 million, of which £10,000 is from the Government, and claims to spend most of this on education, training, social welfare and community cohesion.

‘This raises serious questions about how much charitable activity may breach the Equality Act.

The statements will increase fears that ‘Sharia’ values ​​are increasing in the UK; This concern was raised by President Donald Trump last month but rejected by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan.

‘It is clear that this organization does not understand, or chooses to ignore, its legal responsibilities to women and girls.’

It’s not the first time the East London Mosque Trust has raised eyebrows, having raised £5,597,271 in revenue last year.

A formal warning was issued by the Charity Commission in May over the loss of £1 million in funding.

It had invested in an NHS-approved supplier which was forced into administration, and the commission found the charity’s “due diligence” was not “thorough enough”.

They also found that the trustees ‘did not have adequate control over the activities’.

Last night a spokesman for the East London Mosque said: ‘The claim that our event breached the Equality Act is completely false.

‘Single-gender sporting events are legal under Section 195 and Schedule 23 of the Act and are common across the UK, including the Women’s Running Series, the Nike Women’s 10K and gender-segregated swimming sessions at Orthodox Jewish venues such as the Manchester Jewish Community Centre.

‘The Muslim Charity Run operates under the same legal framework as these established events.’

An EHRC spokesman said last night: ‘We are assessing each one. [complaint] Be alert and take action when appropriate.’

KHADIJA KHAN: We are moving towards Islamic law despite Sadiq Khan’s claims

I wish I could say I was surprised by this shocking and embarrassing incident. But unfortunately I’m not. I see the exclusion of women from the Muslim charity bash in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, as the inevitable consequence of our obsession with multiculturalism.

This destructive belief has quietly normalized the oppression of women under the banner of Islam.

Last month, President Trump warned that Britain was drifting towards a sharia law culture; The claim was dismissed as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s spokesman.

And of course, there is no official sharia law in this country, but we are moving towards a society in line with its values.

Yes, misogyny exists everywhere. But whether it’s a sexist ad on the London Underground or discrimination in the workplace, we’re often quick to point it out.

But when it comes to Islamic misogyny, we remain silent and excuse it as a cultural problem.

Ask yourself this: How long can a Jewish or Christian race that excludes women continue without sparking national outrage? The fact that this event takes place in Hackney, the center of London’s progressive hipster community, adds to the injury.

The coconut cappuccino brigade will be first in line to boast about their feminist credentials, but not at a time when Muslim women are ostracized by their own society.

Last month, President Trump warned that Britain was drifting towards a sharia law culture; The claim was dismissed as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s spokesman

This is not only hypocrisy but also a betrayal. It’s a betrayal to these women who are denied basic freedoms that many take for granted. Unspoken claims that Muslim communities are somehow incapable of adapting to the secular, democratic values ​​of wider society are also infantilizing.

The Liberal Left may not want to hear it, but there is a straight line between a seemingly innocent charity campaign and the horrors of so-called honor killings and even grooming gangs scandal.

These are not isolated incidents. They stem from the same toxic ideology that women are inherently ‘less than’.

So yes, I am angry. But I also feel very sad; Because behind the headlines are thousands of women and girls still denied the freedom to run, swim, cycle or enjoy life’s simplest pleasures.

I know because I was one of them. Growing up in a strict Muslim family in Pakistan, I remember the joy of riding a bike on the street.

But when I complained to my father that a group of kids were making fun of me for being so permissive, he flatly told me that the problem was me and forbade me from ever riding a bike again. I was eight years old.

It would be another twenty years before I could ride a bike again, and it would be another twenty years before I moved to Germany in my late 20s, leaving both family and religion behind.

I cried while doing this. Because for me, this freedom symbolized everything I had regained and lost in the end.

So don’t be mistaken, although young girls today are in this ‘family’ race, the fact that their mothers do not join tells us exactly what fate awaits them.

Once they reach puberty, they will be expected to ditch their running shoes completely.

How can we tolerate this as a democratic society in the West?

If Sadiq Khan had a backbone, he would make a statement that makes it clear: People are free to follow the values ​​they choose, but when those values ​​conflict with the fundamental principles of the society in which we all live, they must be condemned without fear or favor.