Mosque in uber-liberal London enclave bans all females over 12 from charity park run… so the place are the howls of concern from the Wokerati?

Women and ladies over the age of 12 have been banned by a mosque from participating in a charity enjoyable run, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The 5km occasion being held in an East London park immediately – which has been billed as ‘inclusive’ and ‘family-friendly’ – is open to males and boys of all ages, however organisers insist that feminine youngsters and ladies will be forbidden from becoming a member of in.

The fundraiser, referred to as Muslim Charity Run and organised by East London Mosque, is being held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets. 

The native authority is run by the Aspire Party, arrange by Bangladesh-born politician Lutfur Rahman, a former Labour councillor who was faraway from workplace for electoral fraud in 2015, however re-elected in 2022. 

Bordering on fashionable Hackney, the realm is usually frequented by the capital’s hipsters and artists.

But the transfer by East London Mosque to ban females over 12 from the occasion comes amid rising issues concerning the rise of sharia values taking priority over British legal guidelines and traditions in communities throughout the nation.

Last night time, after being alerted to the Muslim Charity Run’s segregation guidelines by The Mail on Sunday, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) stated it will assess the case. 

Outraged campaigners stated banning some girls was ‘plainly illegal’ and ‘regressively sexist’ – and accused the organisers of being extra ‘conservative’ than Saudi Arabia.

Women and ladies over the age of 12 have been banned by East London Mosque from participating within the Muslim Charity Run, The Mail on Sunday can reveal

The transfer by East London Mosque (pictured) to ban females over 12 from the occasion comes amid rising issues concerning the rise of sharia values taking priority over British legal guidelines

Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE, the chief government of the Muslim Women’s Network UK, stated the East London Mosque, which is behind the occasion, was ‘possible’ in breach of the Equality Act.

And Kellie-Jay Keen, founding father of feminist group Party Of Women, stated: ‘Banning girls and ladies over the age of 12 from a public charity occasion is plainly illegal… and reinforces regressive sexist attitudes in the direction of girls’s place in public life. 

‘No charity ought to be allowed to function below a special algorithm due to faith or tradition. Equality earlier than the regulation should apply to everybody.’

The annual occasion, initially named Run 4 Your Mosque, has been held in Victoria Park since 2012 with out drawing any public criticism of its anti-women coverage.

But the MoS is conscious of 1 lady, who goes by the identify ‘Farahyd89’ on social media, who has repeatedly tried to boost the problem with organisers. 

She wrote on Instagram: ‘Why aren’t girls allowed to affix?’ and in one other submit she stated: ‘Why are you not permitting girls to even stroll? Your grandmothers and moms with prams additionally not welcome?’

On its web site, the occasion claims to be an ‘inclusive’ household time out that permits ‘males, boys of all ages and ladies below 12’ to participate.

When pressed by the MoS if that meant teenagers and older girls couldn’t run, the East London Mosque organisers confirmed that they’re banned. 

Runners participate within the Muslim Charity Run in Victoria Park, east London, on this yr’s occasion

Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE, the chief government of the Muslim Women’s Network UK, stated the East London Mosque was ‘possible’ in breach of the Equality Act

Despite that, mosque leaders final night time insisted that their coverage was not in contravention of the Equality Act, which makes it unlawful to discriminate in opposition to somebody on the grounds of their intercourse.

However, they failed to clarify why some ladies might participate within the occasion – these below 12 years outdated – and never others.

The revelations will compound fears that there’s a rising tide of ‘sharia’ values in Britain – a priority raised by President Donald Trump on the UN final month.

In a chilling warning, the US President stated London desires ‘to go to sharia regulation’ below its ‘horrible’ mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan.

Mr Khan – who responded to Mr Trump by calling him ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘racist’ – final night time didn’t reply to a request to touch upon whether or not Muslim Charity Run’s guidelines have been acceptable.

Sharia values differ throughout the globe. However, issues have been raised about extra hardline attitudes in the direction of girls and ladies which have seen them restricted of their entry to training and sports activities.

Yesterday, Ms Keen stated: ‘The East London Mosque Trust reviews annual revenues exceeding £5 million, together with £10,000 from the Government, and claims to spend a lot of this on training,coaching, social welfare and neighborhood cohesion. 

‘It raises critical questions on how a lot of their charitable exercise might also breach the Equality Act.

The revelations will compound fears  of a rising tide of ‘sharia’ values in Britain – a priority raised by President Donald Trump final month – however denied by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan

‘It is obvious that this organisation doesn’t perceive, or chooses to disregard, its authorized obligations to girls and ladies.’

It will not be the primary time that the East London Mosque Trust, which had an revenue of £5,597,271 final yr, has raised eyebrows.

In May it was given an official warning by the Charity Commission over a £1 million loss in funds.

It had invested in an NHS-approved provider which was pressured into administration, and the fee discovered that the charity’s ‘due diligence’ was ‘not thorough sufficient’. 

They additionally discovered that trustees ‘didn’t have ample oversight of actions’.

Last night time, an East London Mosque spokesman stated: ‘The suggestion that our occasion breaches the Equality Act is totally incorrect. 

‘Single-gender sporting occasions are lawful below Section 195 and Schedule 23 of the Act, and are widespread throughout the UK, together with the Women’s Run Series, Nike Women’s 10K, and gender-segregated swimming periods at Orthodox Jewish amenities like Manchester Jewish Community Centre.

‘The Muslim Charity Run operates below the identical authorized framework as these established occasions.’

An EHRC spokeswoman stated final night time: ‘We contemplate every [complaint] fastidiously and take motion the place acceptable.’

KHADIJA KHAN: Despite what Sadiq Khan claims, we ARE creeping in the direction of Islamic regulation 

I want I might say I used to be shocked by this stunning and shameful occasion. But, sadly, I’m not. I see the exclusion of girls from a Muslim charity enjoyable run in Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, because the inevitable consequence of our obsession with multiculturalism. 

This ruinous creed has quietly normalised the oppression of girls when it happens below the banner of Islam.

Last month, President Trump warned that the UK was sliding in the direction of a tradition of sharia regulation – a declare dismissed as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by a spokesman for London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan.

And, in fact, on this nation we do not formally have sharia regulation however we’re creeping in the direction of a society that’s compliant with its values.

Yes, misogyny exists in all places. But we’re normally fast to name it out, whether or not it is a sexist advert on the London Underground or discrimination within the office. 

Only when it is Islamic misogyny can we fall silent, excusing it as a cultural concern.

Ask your self: how lengthy would a Jewish or Christian run excluding girls go forward with out sparking nationwide outrage? That this occasion is happening in Hackney – heartland of London’s progressive hipster set – solely provides insult to damage.

The coconut cappuccino brigade could be first in line to boast of their feminist credentials, simply not when Muslim girls are being excluded by their very own neighborhood.

Last month, President Trump warned that the UK was sliding in the direction of a tradition of sharia regulation – a declare dismissed as ‘appalling and bigoted’ by a spokesman for London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan 

This is not simply hypocrisy, however a betrayal. A betrayal of those girls who’re denied the fundamental freedoms most others take without any consideration. It’s infantilising, too – the unstated suggestion that Muslim communities are in some way incapable of adapting to the secular, democratic values of wider society.

The liberal Left could not need to hear it, however there’s a straight line between a seemingly harmless charity run and the horrors of so-called honour killings, and even the grooming gangs scandal. 

These aren’t remoted incidents. They stem from the identical poisonous ideology, that girls are inherently ‘much less’.

So sure, I’m outraged. But I’m additionally profoundly saddened – as a result of behind the headlines are hundreds of girls and ladies nonetheless denied the liberty to run, swim, cycle or benefit from the easiest pleasures of life.

I do know, as a result of I used to be considered one of them. Growing up in a strict Muslim family in Pakistan, I bear in mind the enjoyment of using my bike on the street. 

But once I complained to my father {that a} group of boys had jeered at me for being so permissive, he advised me in no unsure phrases that I used to be the issue and banned me from biking ever once more. I used to be eight years outdated.

It would take one other 20 years – and a transfer to Germany in my late 20s, abandoning each my household and my faith – earlier than I rode a motorbike once more.

I cried once I did. Because to me, that freedom symbolised the whole lot I had lastly regained and the whole lot I’d misplaced.

So make no mistake, whereas younger ladies could also be on that ‘household’ run immediately, the very fact their moms aren’t taking part tells us precisely what destiny awaits them. 

Once they attain puberty, they’re going to be anticipated to hold up their trainers for good.

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

If Sadiq Khan had any spine, he’d concern a press release making it clear: individuals are free to observe no matter values they select, however when these values battle with the core ideas of the society all of us reside in, they should be condemned with out concern or favour.