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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 revealed today.
The 5km event, held in an East London park today and billed as ‘inclusive’ and ‘family friendly’, was open to boys and men of all ages but organizers insisted teenage girls and women were banned from taking part.
The fundraising event, called the Muslim Charity Run and organized by the East London Mosque, was 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 that sharia values are 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.
In light of this, we ask Mail readers whether London Mayor Sadiq Khan should take action against the charity campaign.
Yesterday’s survey asked Mail readers the following question: ‘7 October Should NHS staff who belittle Hamas atrocities be sacked?Of the 9,988 votes, 93 percent said ‘yes’ and 7 percent said ‘no’.
