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Women and girls over the age of 12 were banned by a mosque from taking part in a charity fun run, The Mail on Sunday revealed today.
The 5km event held in an East London park today – billed as ‘inclusive’ and ‘family-friendly’ – was open to men and boys of all ages, but organisers insisted that female teenagers and women were forbidden from joining in.
The fundraiser, called Muslim Charity Run and organised by East London Mosque, was held in Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets.
The local authority is run by the Aspire Party, set up by Bangladesh-born politician Lutfur Rahman, a former Labour councillor who was removed from office for electoral fraud in 2015, but re-elected in 2022.
Bordering on trendy Hackney, the area is often frequented by the capital’s hipsters and artists.
But the move by East London Mosque to ban females over 12 from the event came amid growing concerns about the rise of sharia values taking precedence over British laws and traditions in communities across the country.
Last night, after being alerted to the Muslim Charity Run’s segregation rules by The Mail on Sunday, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it would assess the case.
In light of this, we are asking Mail readers whether Mayor of London Sadiq Khan should take action against the charity run?
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