Labour Mayoral hopeful and MP for Tooting, Sadiq Khan, has repeatedly failed over the weekend to condemn a rally by Islamic hate preacher Anjem Choudary outside Tooting Broadway station. Khan has remained oddly silent while terrorist apologist Choudary declared 'Islam is Superior' to all religions and that all Muslims should not vote.
Constituents of Khan have been all over social media worried that Muslim extremists invaded a patch of Tooting on Saturday afternoon. Tooting Broadway is a particular diverse community and Choudary deliberately went there to stir up tension. Residents directly asked Khan to condemn this disgusting campaign. They haven't received an answer ...
@SadiqKhan why is this extremism allowed in the Tooting I love? Aggressive slogans do not promote debate #UK4All pic.twitter.com/BkPPb3gfoc
— Lee Davies (@welshboy166) July 25, 2015
Islamic Roadshow in Tooting set with a radical preacher and #no2democracyyes2islam - shocked observation, no fear mongering intended
— Phoebe McDowell (@PhoebeJMcD) July 25, 2015
Hmmm this does not fit into the #Tooting I love and know. We can all live side by side. There is no right or wrong pic.twitter.com/P3qIgwcFwi
— Jenny Mitton (@PRMitton) July 25, 2015
They're using the hashtag #No2DemocracyYes2Islam pic.twitter.com/wmb3JmPXsm
— Obi Wan Kenobae (@Alexwintermute) July 25, 2015
Khan, who is usually very responsive to praise on Twitter, better come up with a good reason for not condemning hate preachers in his own constituency. We'll keep you posted ...
Elliott Johnson is the Political Editor of Conservative Way Forward.
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