Speaking of that guy -
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/zac-goldsmiths-extremist-attack-line-backfires/ :lol:!
PD - Which generally unpleasant types has Khan got close to and how close?
Which, incidentally, is a fair thing to question. Adding a photo of 7/7 to a column about why voting Khan is a bad idea? Not so much.
He's worked with numerous utterly vile Islamists and attended or spoken at numerous of their events. Far too many list.
But just one example, he was called when working for the Muslim Council of Britain to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Home Affairs about Yusuf al-Qaradawi, he complained of 'a 15 second snippet used to demonise him' and said he was not 'the extremist he is painted out to be' (
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmhaff/165/4111602.htm).
That 15 second clip was Qaradawi calling for suicide bombings, and he is also a man writes stuff like this ...
Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them – even though they exaggerated this issue – he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.
He also campaigned against Babar Ahmed's extradition to the United States on charges of providing material support for terrorism. That alone would be something people from from different political parties opposed with objections to the extradition treaty signed. However Khan went further and stated he was 'a caring and helpful member of our community' whom he had known for 'the past 12 or 13 years' and 'should be presumed innocent until he is found guilty, moreover, he is in fact innocent' (
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo060712/debtext/60712-0009.htm).
Unfortunately, Ahmed later pled guilty to 'conspiracy and providing material support to terrorism' and admitted he 'recruited men to travel to Afghanistan for mujahedeen training and sought out gas masks to send abroad'.
He's also written forewards to works by CAGE (that group who called Jihadi John 'beautiful'), shared platforms and been to events (often gender segregated) with dozens and dozens of similar vile characters loads of times (notably including someone who ran a camp that trained one of the 7/7 bombers Mohammad Sidique Khan, and of course that awful Sulaiman Gani who has agitated a sectarian hate campaign against Ahmadis in his local constituency of Tooting), accepted an award and given a kind speech to a toxic extremist loving group FOSIS, and referred to fellow Muslims as the nasty divisive racist term 'Uncle Toms'.
It should be noted that now and on his Mayoral campaign he firmly disavowed the views of all these disgusting people, and is in no way an extremist himself (indeed many of these Islamists are now angry with him as he has now more recently engaged with Jews and spoken about Israel not in the hateful ways Islamist do). But he did thoroughly put himself about that Islamist scene and giving them nods and going along with them as opposed to challenging them.
From what I've read the reason why was probably to gain block votes in a tight-ish seat, as opposed to sharing their views. Still, it is extremely poor judgement at best and absolutely deserves to be questioned and in no way racist at all, and I suspect had these disgusting extremists he had shared platforms with or offered gentle words towards been of the white nativist variety then people would have taken a totally different view of it.
