Now the Islamic group says it was all a misunderstanding, and that he could have sat with her had he wished. But what about everyone else? “Ticket order forms for the event on Charity Week’s website featured separate boxes for ‘sisters’ and ‘brothers.’” Prominent people like Thomas may have been able to avoid the Sharia regulation, although he himself seems to have been unaware of that, but it appears to have been enforced upon the rest of the attendees.
Sharia in the UK Alert: “Lord Mayor walks out of Islamic charity lunch after his lady consort was told she had to sit downstairs at the event,” by Andy Dolan, Daily Mail, December 5, 2014:
A Lord Mayor walked out of an Islamic charity lunch after discovering that he would have to be segregated from his female consort.
Labour councillor John Thomas, 70, arrived at the function last Sunday with consort Margaret Corley, 72.
But Councillor Thomas, the Lord Mayor of Leicester, was said to be upset at being told he would have to dine in an upstairs function room with male guests, while his consort would be seated downstairs with the other women.
The lunch was held to mark the end of Charity Week – an annual fundraising event supported by around 20 university Islamic societies in the UK, and others in Canada and Qatar. It took place at a wedding and conference venue near Leicester railway station.
Guests at the event, who paid £6 a ticket, were told that the week of fundraising to help orphaned and disadvantaged children raised £730,000. But Councillor Thomas seemed to be in no mood for celebrating and left early. It is understood Mrs Corley left with him.
A source at the event said the Mayor had ‘insulted’ other guests by walking out, adding: ‘Students from universities, colleges and schools raised over £732,000 in just one week.
‘They contributed their time and efforts to raise money. The Lord Mayor should have respected this work.’
Councillor Thomas, who lives with his disabled wife Irene, 59, in Hamilton, Leicester, declined to comment on the matter.
But another source with knowledge of the incident said the Mayor’s office had previously been sent some information outlining what he could expect at the function. ‘The Mayor says no such information [about sitting separately] was passed to him, so the arrangement seems to have taken him by surprise’, they said.
Ticket order forms for the event on Charity Week’s website featured separate boxes for ‘sisters’ and ‘brothers’.
Mrs Corley, who lives in a bungalow in the nearby village of Scraptoft, also declined to comment. She is understood to be a widow, and it is not known how she came to be selected as the Lord Mayor’s consort.
Councillor Thomas was elected to Leicester City Council in 1995 and currently represents Belgrave ward, a largely ethnic Indian district in a city where more than half of the population is non-white.
A spokesman for Islamic Relief, Charity Week’s partner organisation, said Councillor Thomas ‘arrived at the venue but left before the event started’. He added: ‘What happened was an unfortunate misunderstanding for which I want to apologise to the Lord Mayor on behalf of Islamic Relief and Charity Week.
‘None of the Charity Week organisers told the Lord Mayor he could not sit with his partner, and if anyone else at the event did then they were mistaken. The Lord Mayor and his partner would have been more than welcome to enjoy this event together.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2862914/Lord-Mayor-walks-Islamic-charity-lunch-lady-consort-told-sit-downstairs-event.html#ixzz3L7ibigwr
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Buraq says
‘Guests at the event, who paid £6 a ticket, were told that the week of fundraising to help orphaned and disadvantaged children raised £730,000.’
I’ll bet a lot of the money is headed for ‘disadvantaged’ jihadi clowns who need more guns and ammo. Bunch of crooks!
cs says
How many AK-47 they can buy with it??
Renee says
Yep, the money is going to CAUSE disadvantaged (girls) and orphaned (Jezidi, Christian, others) children.
So indeed, it is going to that cause. Just a little twist of words, some sects are terribly good at doing.
gravenimage says
You guys aren’t wrong. Check out more on this “charity” here:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=6625
Huck Folder says
Buraq: There’s a lot more behind this story. Leicester is supposed to be full of Indians, but that doesn’t make them Sikhs or Hindus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhAub-fPAEY
“Published on May 30, 2013
Leicester City Council swore in a new ‘charismatic’ Lord Mayor on Thursday afternoon in the city’s town hall. Councillor Mustafa Kamal was appointed Lord Mayor after seventeen years as a city councilman replacing the now former Lord Mayor Abdul Osman.”
“The proceedings were led by a ‘prayer’ from Councillor Osman’s spiritual adviser who ‘condemned’ the ‘tragic events’ in Woolwich, London [cold-blooded islamist murder of Lee Rigby] and expressed hope for ‘the safety of OUR nation [the umma] from any kind of evil and terrorism’ [‘backlash’] as well as ‘peace and harmony’. [Anodynes and cover-ups from Camoron and his sinislam friends.]
Councillor Osman made history when he was appointed last year due to being the first mayor of Leicester belonging to the Muslim faith.”
Any Christian mayors in Riyadh yet? Thought not; ‘respect’ is a one-way street.
http://cabinet.leicester.gov.uk:9071/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=81&MId=5138&Ver=4
“THANKS TO THE RETIRING LORD MAYOR
Meeting of Council, Thursday, 23 May 2013 5:00 pm (Item 5.)
Moved by Councillor Potter, seconded by Councillor Kitterick, and carried :
4.Councillor Potter
“Anybody who knows Abdul will know…that his links with the various communities in Leicester resulted in donations to…ISLAMIC CENTRAL MOSQUE, Help Multi-Cultural Society organisation and EVINGTON MUSLIM CENTRE.” [jizya, anyone?]
“Councillor Kitterick.
Thank you very much Lord Mayor. It gives me a great deal of honour to second the vote of thanks for Cllr. Abdul Osman’s dedication in his year of service. I will always remember that Cllr. Abdul Osman was the first person I ever met when I came into Leicester Labour Party…” [Ah! The LABOUR Party again]
“He also visited the 9th/12th Royal Lancers at their barracks in Germany.”
Words fail me. Imagine Goebbels visiting a British army unit in 1939!
“The Lord Mayor thanked his outgoing Spiritual Adviser, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra and Chaplain, Mr Khalid Abdulla”
http://about.me/imamkhalid “He was born in Leicester, United Kingdom…”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Mogra
“On 7 April 2013, Mogra took part in an interview on BBC Radio 4, condemning the men at the centre of the Rochdale sex trafficking scandal. He said that sexual grooming of non-Muslim girls by Muslim gangs was an abhorrent behaviour that was unacceptable *regardless of race or religion*. [Relativism? Why not just say from his group?] He expressed that as SOME of the perpetrators HAPPENED TO BE from a Muslim background, it was the duty of the entire Muslim community to condemn their actions. However he also CAUTIONED that the paedophile scandal SHOULD BE seen purely as CRIMINAL behaviour, WARNING that using labels of race [PAKISTANI/BANGLADESHI/SOMALI] and religion [MOSLEM] could “drive the problem deeper underground”. [I.e. they won’t cooperate] Mogra also said that the Muslim Council was also working with different groups such as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, [aren’t they involved in the crimes?] police [NAMP?] and other Muslim groups to ‘speak out’ [taqiyya] against ‘such crimes’ [NO! THESE crimes!] and assist in tackling the problem.”
Fox, henhouse, anyone?
And he’s 100% islamist, look at his FB page.
“The Mercury contacted Islamic Relief UK for a comment and was told to contact a spokesman for the organisation. The spokesman told the Mercury he was unaware of the incident.”
Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lord-Mayor-Councillor-John-Thomas-walks-Islamic/story-25267309-detail/story.html#ixzz3LXwX6kNT
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Don Davennport says
Knowing the politically correct Brits, some of them will chastise the “Lord Mayor” for not respecting the event host’s culture and customs and he’ll be ordered to undergo “diversity” and “sensitivity” training. Wouldn’t surprise me the least.
Richard Ashton says
Not all us Bits believe that Islam is the religion of peace. Even our children are being taught a new fabricated history and days out to mosques. Unfortunately multi culturalism means just more Islam please. It makes a pleasant surprise that this was a Labour party mayor.
The sad truth is he’ll probably get expelled for being the made up word, ie islamaphobic. At least he made a stand and hopefully it’ll teach him that there just might be problem with Islam.
Jayell says
“‘They contributed their time and efforts to raise money. The Lord Mayor should have respected this work.’”…How about these people respecting the Mayor’s customs and sensibilities? It seems to me that where muslims are concerned ‘respect’ is a one-way street, and their arrogant, self-righteous bigotry is really becoming infuriating.
Edison says
Well said Jayell
” It seems to me that where muslims are concerned ‘respect’ is a one-way street,”
Judi says
“What happened was an unfortunate misunderstanding” – yeah, right!
David says
Oops, one of the Muslims let the cat out of the bag too early for what is in store for Brits. Get used to it I think.
Adrian says
“The Lord Mayor and his partner would have been more than welcome to enjoy this event together.” Who could enjoy an Islamic event, anyway?
ninetyninepct says
Muslims are NOT allowed to have fun or enjoyment. It is against Islam to smile or be happy in this world. Muslims are hypocrites.
Michael Copeland says
The Mayor cannot be censured.
One of the bodies for whom funds were raised is Islamic Relief. Charity donations in Islam are restricted to be given to muslims only. Part of the sum raised is required by Islamic Law to go to jihad, to irregulars who are not salaried army personnel.
“The seventh category is those fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in Islamic military operations for whom no salary has been allotted in the army roster… “
“The Reliance of the Traveller, A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law” (h8.17) available as a free download.
This is why so many Islamic charities have been implicated in terrorism financing.
http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2012/08/28/how-zakat-funds-jihad/
PRCS says
1. Thanks for the link.
2. In your opinion, is the general public there beginning to say ‘enough’ and if so, do you think that UKIP or LGB will take a greater share of future elections?
pdxnag says
The measure of whether the public recognizes the threat is whether they clamor for the only effective solution of total ejectment of all Muslims.
Michael Copeland says
The British working people have long been aware of problems with Islam, but for too long have had no voice, and no party listening to them. Britain First, a young political party and street activist organisation, is supplying the need, and finding wide support. Watch the number of “likes” on Britain First facebook page (open to all). They have more “likes” than any other party in Europe, and more than Conservative and Lib-Dem together. They openly oppose “Islamic extremism” (though not Islam itself) and want Britain out of the EU. They have encountered discrimination from the police and Home Office, needless arrests, denial of service (by Royal Mail unlawfully refusing to deliver their candidate’s election leaflets) and so on.
LibertyGB is a party with a much smaller base, also calling for withdrawal from the EU. Alone of any party it calls for Islam to be removed completely from the UK, and a five-year halt to immigration. It has IQ al Rassooli as its adviser (www.al-rassooli.com).
Both these small young parties will provide the useful service of publicly articulating what the other parties will not discuss. In my view it is very probable that UKIP will gain seats next year. They are well established in the public eye, even though disparaged by the main parties. UKIP are not against immigration, nor Islam, and are fielding a muslim candidate.
ECAW says
“BF is finding wide support” Really? The last I heard they had about 20 people in total, creating a false impression of popularity by buying likes and tricking people into liking their Facebook site by ruses like commiserating about the death of a famous actress.
BlueRaven says
“They openly oppose “Islamic extremism” (though not Islam itself) ”
You can’t take half-measures with the devil. The devil is a devil whichever part of his you plan to deal with. If you can’t oppose Islam whole heartedy, then get the hell out because it aint gonna to work.
Bee says
UKIP only speak out about European immigrants being capped, not other immigrants/asylum seekers from the rest of the world. I think the british voting public needs to wake up to this fact. UKIP is a start but Liberty GB really do mean capping ALL immigration.
Ayattollahowmany says
” UKIP are not against immigration”
WHY don’t you check before posting erroneous statements?—
Ukip wants a five-year ban on new migrants, says Nigel Farage
Linda Rivera says
Britain First has grown rapidly due to massive exposure from the media.
gravenimage says
Very important point, Michael. At first, I had thought that Islamic “charities” were being used as fronts by Muslim terrorists—that they were, in essence, engaging in money laundering.
Then I found out that it was much worse: that Jihad is a legitimate beneficiary of “Zakat”—in many cases, the *primary* beneficiary.
And that is because “Zakat” is not really “charity” as we use the term, but anything that furthers the cause of islam—and most often, that is seen as waging violent Jihad, rather than funding schools, hospitals, orphanages, disaster relief, or feeding the hungry.
zebo says
it is always “missunderstanding” when islam is showing its true colors.
As soon as they see islamic culture can causea negative image to islam damage-controle and backpaddling is the rule(incl.their false calculated sociophantic “brothers”&”sisters” crap to pretend harmony to trigger dhimmis empathy)
epistemology says
This mayor has got balls. He lives in a Western country, and in the West we don’t practice gender apartheid. When will these clowns ever learn that they have to assimilate, not us?
Brian Hoff says
Some jewish sect in america seperate the sex at event also.
PRCS says
I don’t know the answer, perhaps you do: are their beliefs and traditions applicable to Jews alone, or are their non-Jewish guests expected to comply, too?
Lioness says
Only the ultra orthodox do.
joeb says
“A source at the event said the Mayor had ‘insulted’ other guests by walking out”
See what they did there? Wonderful…
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Aw, now an Englishmen shows up to do some serious butt nuzzling ass kissing and maybe even some money giving, and he gets slapped in the face by Islamo-Misogyny? Reality is like a nasty horsefly, it keeps showing up and buzzing around your face. I look for some major essays on this from the radical lesbian feminist community, they don’t put up with now bullcrap. Principled spokespersons like Naomi Wolf and Jill Ireland won’t stand for this!
thomas pellow says
Yes, Sharia law is imposed at all level of British society.
The British government will remain quiet about this, so as not to support British law and so not to alienate Islamic interests.
Twostellas says
Good for him! Stand up to this backwards crap! There’s a least one man left in the UK willing to defend women and girls against these monsters who can’t see a woman w/o wanting to rape her and blame her for being raped!
BlueRaven says
I think the Muslims don’t have to balls to write a Mohamedian sounding name when they are commenting, instead they are using Anglo-girly names. The worst comment section in the Daily Mail column of this article contains mainly the female names.
If there is any religion that is so Obsessed with itself, then Islam is way ahead in the lead. It is an abolutely moronic religion and so are its followers.
deja vu says
@ BlueRven
I think the Muslims don’t have to balls to write a Mohamedian sounding name when they are commenting, instead they are using Anglo-girly names.
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No surprises there. Hiding behind women and children is what they do.
BlueRaven says
I bet the money collected for the Muslim Charity was heading for ISIS – I know they didn’t mention Islam and Charity together, but I know MUSLIMS WILL NEVER RAISE MONEY FOR A NORMAL GENUINE CHARITY.
BlueRaven says
Anything reasonable a resonable person ever does, it insults Mohamedians to the core. These people do not belong here.
Ahmet says
british and other europe is to weak to cast any moslem and its radical teaching it is now totake action, send them back to their country
Azurbaidah says
Brtish again, why they not take an action, are they readyy being vanish by radical moslem ?
Alice says
Good for him! Perhaps a few more eyes will be opened.
Graham says
The man is a total cock, hence his name. He represents a ward that is more like 95% non white but is predominantly Indian with a few white EU immigrants thrown in for good measure. Leicester has gone from being a prosperous manufacturing city to a dump full of sweatshops and squalid back streets thanks to scum like him.
ManchesterLad says
Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if our very own fascist storm-troopers (the ironically named UAF “United Against Fascism”) picket his house or office shouting “Fascist!” at the top of their voices in an incredible display of their lack of self-awareness.
That is what the fascist left thugs always do.
Ian says
Hoorah! Wrote to the guy offering a pat on the back
pumbar says
I’m not 100% sure on this but I think this refers to a very Indian area of Leicester, probably mostly Hindu with some Christian and Atheists. I think it needs more investigation. I love it that guy is named “John Thomas” and is a Labour politician (John Thomas is an old way of referring to a gentleman’s wedding sausage).
Lioness says
Muslim “charity” is a code word for funelling money to radical groups.
BC says
‘None of the Charity Week organisers told the Lord Mayor he could not sit with his partner, and if anyone else at the event did then they were mistaken. The Lord Mayor and his partner would have been more than welcome to enjoy this event together.’
But it says the women were seated separately in a down stairs room. That in itself is a cause for protest
as it is imposing Islamic custom on non Muslim people in a non Muslim country.
It is time to make clear to Muslims that it is their job to adapt to our customs not the reverse
gravenimage says
UK: Lord Mayor leaves Islamic charity lunch after his lady consort told she had to sit downstairs
……………………………………
This is absolutely mainstream Islam, where unrelated men and women are rigidly separated.
And note that the women were relegated to the downstairs area—this is also mainstream, where women are forced to sit in the back of the room, in the basement, or down the hall by the toilets.
More:
A source at the event said the Mayor had ‘insulted’ other guests by walking out
……………………………………
What crap. The ones insulted were Mayor Thomas and—*especially*—his guest Mrs. Corley.
Kudos to John Thomas for standing up against the misogynist Muslim supremacism.
Moreover, this “charity” group, Islamic Relief, is pretty suspect in other ways—it has links to Hamas, to the Muslim Brotherhood, and Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan.
It has funneled millions of pounds to Hamas, Al Qaida, and Jihadist insurgents in Chechnya.
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=6625
Linda Rivera says
A source at the event said the Mayor had ‘insulted’ other guests by walking out, adding: ‘Students from universities, colleges and schools raised over £732,000 in just one week.
Muslims are INSULTED by British Laws. Insulted that women and men are equal in
Britain and other Western nations. Muslim immigrants fully intend to implement full sharia Law in Britain and Europe. British and European ruling elites cooperate fully with the Islamic agenda by colonising our tiny nations with mega millions of Muslims.
Huck Folder says
At the DM link, I think these are some of the highest count of comments and votes I’ve seen:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2862914/Lord-Mayor-walks-Islamic-charity-lunch-lady-consort-told-sit-downstairs-event.html
“Brian Morrish, Folkestone, United Kingdom, 3 days ago
Well done. This is stand for English culture and the respectful way we treat our ladies if they are not happy with this they are free to return to their own country Votes: +17016, -581”
“KarenBucks50, [A name to remember] Buckingham, United Kingdom, 3 days ago
What a selfish and thoughtless twit. Sure, be rightfully against male and female separation like this in everyday life, but at a specialised Islamic Charity event you respect THEIR culture and their order of the evening. It’s just ONE night!. He alone spoilt the evening for many people and their hard charity work. It’s bad. Votes: -5342, +604”
Let’s hope that these comments and votes increase tenfold, then a hundredfold, until the politicos get the message.
Aardvark says
Sadly, they are no longer accepting comments.
The existing comments seem to be overwhelmingly in support of the Mayor, though.
Scott says
Muslims can go to Hell. This cult must be stopped before its too late. without exaggeration – this evil, bigoted, racist, separatist movement dressed up as a “religion” MUST BE STOPPED!
Didi Magnin says
The Lord Mayor and his consort should not have been insulted by Muslims in Britain – women and men are equal under UK law.!
Mark says
lets hope he also becomes aware that its highly unlikely that any of those charities do not help fund jihad.
Hassan says
So a leftist mayor finds out out the religion of peace is not peaceful and hates women ? Let’s hope all leftists stop celebrating islam then. We need everyone to bring down this criminal sect. Ex-Muslims are expressing themselves.
Dave Selvers says
Why was he there in the first place? Islamic charity is an oxymoron…how does a cult that condones child suicide bombers, child slavery and rape of the innocent, suddenly develop the compassionate urge to
(ostensibly) care for their children? The problem with the denires is the fact that all Western Civilization has to do is “extend our hand ” if only “they will unclench” their fist(obama)…FOOLS.
In accordance with the precepts of multiculturalism the ignorant left has developed this insecent need to placate a barbaric culture that knows only one thing, KILL IN THE NAME OF ALLAH.
This guy was an IDIOT for thinking he could socialize normally with muslims.
Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum………..Canada
hammar says
He was there because the British have always been so stupid and don’t realize that islam charity is
supporting murder and death world wide. Remember only Jesus is Lord and Savior.
jayell says
You obviously haven’t been reading any UK newspapers recently. A whole lot of muslim ‘charities’ are under investigation for terrorist connections, and a lot of Brits just won’t give to anything muslim.
andy says
Fundraising for ISIS…
TH says
The word charity is an oxymoron in the case of Islam. If their Allah HATES the unbelievers, of course there is no such thing as charity. In fact charity is a wholly Christian concept and practice. The Romans gave out largesse to get the populace on their side, “bread and circuses”. When they saw that Christians were willing to help others with no distinction about who they were, they thought Christains were naive. Charity. In any case, muslims are supposed to kill unbelieves and be helpful to one another. What kind of charity idd Mahommad practice. He pillages caravans and kept 20% of the stolen goods for himself and distributed the rest to his fellow bandits.
jayell says
“The word charity is an oxymoron in the case of Islam”….Absolutely right. You just have to look at the websites for ‘Muslim Aid’ in the UK (or whatever it’s called) claiming to help all humanity, and you see that they actually only help their own kind. They’re clearly aiming at aping ‘Christian Aid’ that really does the job, and to steal their thunder and their cash. Cynical deception, as always with muslims.
Emma roids says
The lady in consort is the worshipful Lord Mayors bit on the side whilst his wife “Irene” whom is disabled and wheelchair bound waits at home for her darling husband to return.