Who'd have guessed?

Apparently "Prominent Muslim organisations and individuals have pledged to back Ken Livingstone as mayor of London, saying it is in the "best interest" of Muslims to vote for him in this year's elections on May 1."


How incredible, it is not as though Ken Livingstone has been courting the Muslim vote for the last x years.


This passage spoke volumes to me, bearing in mind my recent post (my emphasis)

"His courting of Muslim groups and leaders sparked controversy in 2004, when he invited Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi to a conference about female students wearing hijab. Among his fiercest critics was gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who condemned the invitation because of al-Qaradawi's support for "female genital mutilation, wife-beating, the execution of homosexuals in Islamic states, the destruction of the Jewish people, the use of suicide bombs against innocent civilians and the blaming of rape victims who do not dress with sufficient modesty".


Do read the rest of the article, the quotations from "Islamic leaders" are well worth the reading time.