Labour’s Imported Voter Base Comes at a Price

Ever since Tony Blair first foisted mass immigration upon Britain in 1997, the Labour Party has been addicted to the Muslim vote—and it’s not something they plan to go cold turkey on any time soon. With two-thirds of Britain’s Muslims voting for Labour, and the party increasing their majority by over 10,000 in seven out of ten  seats with large Muslim populations between 2015 and 2017, it’s not hard to see why. There are however, issues involved with such a dependency—and, one might even argue, criminality.

Firstly, there’s the law which allows Muslims to dodge stamp duty, brought in by Labour in 2005. Then there’s the election fraud, aided and abetted in Muslim communities because of ‘political correctness.’ One could hardly forget (unless one were a prospective Labour councillor) the heinous grooming gang scandal, which operated (and still operates) predominantly in Labour councils; some critics have argued this was a deliberate strategy to retain the Muslim vote.

Reports come and go about gender segregation permitted at Labour Party rallies, as they do about the religious influence and coercion brought to bear on Muslims to vote Labour—some of whom are told they will “go to hell if they don’t.” And of course, there are the tests of strengths such as the Batley and Spen by-election, where Labour haemorrhaged the Muslim vote thanks to disagreements over LGBT issues and Mohammed cartoons—in the end, holding onto the seat by the skin of their teeth.

For all the headlines that mass immigration generates, one overlooked area of concern is the extent to which immigrant populations import inter- and intra-group conflict into Britain. Last year’s tinderbox was the naked aggression witnessed in Leicester during August and September 2022, when religious and ethnic tensions exploded between Muslims and Hindus after India beat Pakistan in the Asia Cup cricket match. The riots led to 47 arrests, and 25 police officers were injured.

Yet again, diversity has been shown to be slightly less than a strength, as sectarian aggression has reared its ugly head—this time Muslim against Muslim. Two senior Labour councillors from Walsall, local party leader Aftab Nawaz and his deputy Khizar Hussain, have been reported to the police. They are accused of hate crimes against a minority Muslim group, namely the Ahmadi Muslims.

The story was broken earlier this month by GB News, who confirmed that an incident had occurred last month in the city centre. Recollections differ as to the precise details of the altercation. Nawaz and Hussain were manning a stall for the Labour group, in close proximity to a stall set up by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.

The complaint was lodged with both the police and the Labour Party, because of the aggressive chanting which the Ahmadis claim was directed at them, and because of the “extremist” literature which was being distributed. The leaflet in question describes the Ahmadis as “liars” and “apostates.” The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association claim that Nawaz and Hussain were showing support for the Pakistan-based anti-Ahmadi organisation Khatme Nabuwwat, a religious group which calls for the death of Ahmadis.

The ideological disagreement between Ahmadis and traditional Muslims rests on the fact that the Ahmadis perceive themselves as the ‘renaissance’ of Islam, believing in the possibility of future prophets. The majority of Islam’s followers however, are convinced of the finality of the prophet Mohammed, and are more than happy with the modernity afforded by the 7th century.

Both Nawaz and Hussain vehemently deny the accusations. Nawaz explained that the chants translate as “Long live the wearer of the crown of the finality of the Prophethood (namely the prophet Mohammed),” and “We are present oh prophet of Allah.” He also claims the Ahmadis set up their stall within a few meters of their own, which was seen as “provocative.”

He went on to say:

Neither Khizar Hussain or I support any group, nor do we condone violence, discrimination or hatred against any person, persons or groups. There is absolutely no link whatsoever with any organisation or group that uses violence against others or promotes violence and hatred. It is a total mischaracterisation and factually inaccurate to suggest that the chants were in anyway whatsoever promoting any group/movement, violence or hatred.

However, the truth appears to be somewhat different. According to Charlotte Littlewood, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, the pair were filmed distributing leaflets which praise the “noble companions” who fought against the Ahmadis—which experts consider to be a glorification of their killing. Littlewood argues that the leafletting was:

At the very least sectarian and at the very worst supportive of the Khatme Nubawwat movement, a religious-political movement in Pakistan that calls for the death of Ahmadis.

Furthermore, as revealed by GB News, the author of the leaflets was the extremist Muhammad Din Sialvi, who has previously described Ahmadi Muslims as “filth,” has been sanctioned by Ofcom for espousing hatred, and has employed the term Qadiani, which is considered a religious slur against Ahmadis. The term was also used by Nawaz and Hussain in communication with the press.

This encounter is far from small beer. In 2016, a Glasgow shopkeeper was brutally murdered just for being an Ahmadi Muslim, and a 2020 report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, entitled “Suffocation of the Faithful,” suggests that the group faces “ongoing persecution.”

Disappointingly (though predictably), the authorities have failed to act in any meaningful way. West Midlands Police have confirmed that they carried out enquiries, but that no criminal offence has yet been identified. A curious state of affairs, as you can bet your bottom dollar that if you were screaming obscenities at Muslims in the town centre, you’d have got more than your collar felt. In addition, local politicians have also stated that “it would be inaccurate to suggest that the chants promoted any group or movement”—how convenient that they are such experts on these matters.

Here is GB News’ Charlie Peters, with the latest on the story:

One cannot dodge the conclusion that the Labour Party is happy to gloss over these serious allegations of misconduct, in order to use the Muslim voting block to gain power. This bodes ill for the nation, given that the next election is such a foregone conclusion. Keir Starmer will almost certainly make the necessary empty gestures in light of the attention this story has generated, but like anything principled, his heart is unlikely to be in it.

Any party willing to trade Britain’s daughters for votes will lose precious little sleep over sectarian aggression that does not cost it any seats. In which case, the danger is that these intra-communal feuds are going to be a regular feature of the landscape.

This piece first appeared in The European Conservative, and is reproduced by kind permission.

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