Respect to Apsana Begum who has continued to stick to her principles and support unions whilst facing horrendous abuse inside and outside the Labour party.
MP Apsana is such a strong person to have persevered under all the threats, after escaping DV yet she is still incredibly softly spoken. Well articulated points. I’m glad MP Diana Abbott had her at her side during the PMQs. Mutual support is so important.
Many people couldn't cope with that kind of hatred towards them, especially right-wing nutters who cry about woke cancel culture ruining society, whilst trying to cancel anyone who isn't a racist bigot like themselves. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
I would be willing to bet she doesn’t believe in democracy, which means she’s working with a desire to eradicate our rights! It’s easy to claim discrimination, but her religion discriminates against every other way of life! Do wake up
Some of these comments man... "It has got to the point right, it has got to the point you can't even be racist without being called a racist!!!!" Colin from Portsmouth Good interview, Apsana Begum is admirable and brave.
she works in Limehouse towerhamlets. she is lying ffs lol and she playing the racist card where it does not exist lol go see what her x husband says about her,. if you want the link i gladly post it here . towerhamlets is not multicultural there are very few white east end family's here in Limehouse and Stepney and ofc Whitechapel the rest moved out in the late 70s . i travel through these places everyday . there is no racism if there is its against white people the few . but there is a pandemic of drug dealers and most are Muslim. she says nothing about that she never has done. cant stand the corrupt women
My deepest respect to Apsana Begum, solidarity from the Netherlands! The more and more pro-Palestine activism is maligned, the more it looks like the Tories and Labour move towards the crackdown on Ireland and Irish activism that happened during the Troubles (and before that).
The biggest rise in *Irish activism* is against asylum seekers and immigrants. Sure the Irish shelter under some 'special catagory' status from the woke left as part of the 'oppressed world' but the Irish love life, laughter and a craik and will sooner break ties with the woke than give up their true identity.
Hi "trainticketboy". I am not "far-right". That's just an insult the Left came up with to try to silence anyone who speaks the truth about mass migration. I am not "far-right" because I actually liked how my country was - particularly in the 90s. I didn't want it to change. I didn't want my culture and identity eliminated. I like each country to be different because that's what makes the world interesting. And lastly, I don't want Islam here because it is incompatible with European values. Do you have a problem with that? Or do you want a world with no ethnic identity or cultural individuality, where everyone looks the same?
Define who is far right? Nobody seems to know or heard of them. It is a term of abuse or bogeyman used by left wing extremist. Everybody can easily identify who is hard left, namely the socialist workers party, BLM. The distinction between say neo-marxist socialist and fascist (who embody socialism) is very little. Mussolini, who founded fascism was previously an avowed communist.
She was one of Lutfur's 21 'special advisers, who did nothing for a 30k salary. She jumped the queue for social housing on a 80k salary. She spread anti-Semitic posts. She signed arguments against "NATO expansionism", blaming them for Russian's invasion. Horrific attacks on her are not good. But don't make her out in the comments to be a wonderful person.
A lot of Muslims are concerned about Islamist too with the majority of people but their voices are not heard by prominent Muslim individual or organisations representing them. On the contrary as one of them brave enough to dare to come out and say that Islamist is a threat and has to be dealt with and one can not pussy foot round it. I hope these money given to the mosque is not in the hand of the very people who are perpetuating. I have heard anti Semitic speeches even materials black and white videos from Khomeini’s Iran shown in the mosque over the years. Mosque is not used only as places of prayers. The Muslims have bought 500 churches and converted them into mosque.
Fair point , but the reason Churches are being converted into Mosques are due to Muslims needing places of worship and Christians dying off and others abandoning or not continuing in their faith .
Moderate muslims voted for Sadiq Khan. He called them " Uncle Toms ".....whites are Kufars.. Still te Muslims vote for him. They even defraud the ballots to get him in. Moderate Muslims ?
@jj-yi1ne- there absolutely is an Islamist threat! When you import people on mass that think their beliefs should control your every way of life, due to extreme religious bigotry, then there is a real threat!
@@graham8683 exactly, and by not addressing the rampant islamophobia she receives constantly they are not supporting her. There is a hierarchy of racism within the Labour Party under Kier Starmer!
She is absolutely right, the far right is getting stronger and we're the embarrassment of Europe who are now openly challenging the UK to do more to combat fascism. I hope she reads the supportive comments on here to help mitigate the horrendous way people have treated her, it's disgusting. I'm white and atheist and support her 100%, and Diane Abbot. All kinds of abuse of minorities are not only tolerated, but encouraged and in some cases now enshrined by law in the UK. We haven't learned from WW2.
The far right is rising mainly due to immigration from Muslim countries and the problems it causes. It's not based on racism but instead events caused by Muslims themselves. Just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - he was a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. The rise of the far-right in Europe and opposition to Muslim immigration is not a coincidence and is not founded on baseless claims.
You know there is a reason why the right is rising right? It is not based on coincidence or baseless claims. For starters, just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happpened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. You should learn where the other side is coming from in order to improve your understanding of the changing political situation in Europe.
Just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - he was a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. So you can complain about Islamophobia all you want, but it opposition to Islam/Muslim immigration is occurring for valid reasons.
Why do you think? The French, like the British, have not changed their opinions on Islam/Muslim peoples since the Crusades. Even when those Islam/Muslim peoples are coming from their own Empires, including families that had forefathers that fought in both world wars are among the immigrations. I can go further in this comment, and point to the only former British Realm that was Muslim and thriving from the very beginning in the form of Malaysia, and how the British betrayed them in the early 2000's, and managed to piss off us ANZACS over it. If I remember, Canada got in on that as well. Which goes to show, that even after that, the UK has not learned from its mistakes. In a time where two Maori were killed outright in the UK, you have a very serious racist problem. Which, with the NZ elections recently throwing up similar, is a sign it is starting to spread throughout the Commonwealth, and in places that is shocking to see.@@ecnalms851
Philosopher Karl Popper described the paradox of tolerance as the seemingly counterintuitive idea that “in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.” Essentially, if a so-called tolerant society permits the existence of intolerant philosophies, it is no longer tolerant...
Is it not the other way round? A tolerant society must accept those with intolerable views, or else it cannot be truly tolerant. It is not the society being intolerable as a whole because of 1 individuals views, but the society is not tolerant as a whole if it cannot accept 1 individuals views. I am not inferring anything, genuine question
@jonduffin7560 Fair question, an argument used by free speech absolutist, however since when the intolerants are not challenged they destroy the tolerant ones... Worth reading into :)
@@jonduffin7560 No, it's a paradox for the maintainace of general tolerance. The argument is 'extremists are pigheaded and relentless, thus will pervail in the long run and the medicine for it must be radical intolerance agaist extremists'. Popper and Lord Sumption worded the idea like that. Taleb called it 'the silver rule' in his Skin In The Game.
"It has got to the point it has got to the point right, where you can't even be racist without being called a racist!!!" ruclips.net/video/L-qo1wHb50Q/видео.html
There is not one single party or politician who represent the people as a whole in the UK! They each have their own agenda for either personal gain or for a select few. The British way of life has drastically changed as more of these Politicians want to move towards sectarian or identity politics. This country has gone down the pan over the last 25 years
> There is not one single party or politician who represent the people as a whole in the UK! There never has been anywhere, ever. The whole point of democracy is to allow diverse points of view to be represented by different parties. However, there are people in some countries who claim to represent their entire nation. Hitler was one with his slogan "ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer". Mussolini another. Both led their nation to disaster.
@@chriswilliamson9993 Hi Chris, I may have worded my post in a way that might be not be fully acceptable. My point was that there is a push towards sectarian politics that emphasises on cultural differences and not one as a collective for the betterment of the whole
If she read the surah 5.60 "as you know in the past Allah turned some Jews in to monkeys and pigs".or the surah that tells Muslims, their not to sleep with married wemen, accept! the wemen thete right hand possesses". like the yazid girls, the book The last girl by Nadia Murad tragically explains what the Banu Karsh girl's went through, and meany other since then.Aisha at the age of six,if you know about this then then the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob will judge you as accountable for turning away from six year old child Aisha's abuse to accuse everyone who wants to protect children from this wickedness,as the far right, for heaven 's sake Aisha was only six years old and as you fully know Mohammad was 52 years old when he asked her to marry him.Repent and call , before it's too late,on the only name that can save,the Lord jesus Christ.
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Shall I inform you of those who deserve a worse punishment from Allah ˹than the rebellious˺? It is those who earned Allah’s condemnation and displeasure-some being reduced to apes and pigs and worshippers of false gods. These are far worse in rank and farther astray from the Right Way.” Jews are people of the book in Islam.
Apsana's resilience is incredibly inspring for those of us fighting for justice in the UK. However, whats becoming more and more apparent is that the political alternative is less and less likely to come from the racist institution that is the Labour Party.
Compared to Japan, I think the UK is a lot more extreme, cause people either really don’t mind, or they become hell bent and openly vindictive. In Japan, who knows how fully accepting people are, but they are extremely unlikely to be openly vindictive and hateful towards foreigners, hence I feel Japan is a lot more tolerant
Apsana Begum, parachuted into a safe Labour seat on a Corbyn shortlist. Still occupying social housing despite £80k salary plus expenses. And don’t look at her previous comments…
Racism isn't on no matter who it is At the same time you have to also look at the hate towards English people and the Jewish community which also exists You watch the video on Speakers Corner in London and see how people behave there
Im starting to think that emojis grant the right wing their favourite power of cryptic language intimating conspiracy theories. There's some weird anthropology going on here. I hope I get to see in my lifetime a fascist manifesto written in wingdings.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
@@TheZackkary1 from a political, ethnological, migration related standpoint, yes, potentially. From a theological or philosophical standpoint, no. It's not black and white.
@@Solid_Soup you can’t be ‘racist’ against an ideology, Islam is a set of ideas that people choose to follow - not a race. I don’t like this particular ideology because it doesn’t integrate well with others. For example, Islam doesn’t seem to understand that in most western countries church and state split hundreds of years ago, we can openly discuss any religion we want, even ridicule it, it’s part of our freedoms. Yet dare anyone, Islamic or not, draw a picture of Allah then there’s killings and death threats - they can’t accept blasphemy is not a thing here. Even ones who have been born here don’t understand that, and that’s because they are told to be a Muslim first and British second… that’s not integration.
I think if the right wing voices are threatened by this gentle woman then perhaps they need to take a look at their own inner problems and get some treatment?
MPs of all backgrounds are facing threats a lot nowadays my local mp Stephen Timms was knifed by someone some years back , I would just like to say that yes racism is a problem everywhere in the world but I think this is one of the most tolerant countries on the planet and when you keep talking as though there is a far right problem or that a certain group of people are racist then that fear can turn into a reality
I'm a grown up, so I can remember the 60s, 70s and 80s. I remember when no whites had petrol poured through their letter boxes and got beaten up and spat at in broad daylight. We are going back there.🙄
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
It saddens me to see Muslims being treated the same way homosexuals were treated in the UK just a decade or two ago. No wonder the term Islamophobia came to be, or why Muslims relate so closely to the struggle homosexuals went through that gave rise to the term homophobia. I am hopeful that one day - my Muslim brothers and sisters will one day enjoy being treated to the same level of respect and tolerance in the UK that we offer homosexuals. Peace and much love.
Britain has a two party system both with diverse cabinets that are diverse for reasons that are more about presentation than anything else. One party has a tradition of being very classist and racist the other claims it is an alternative. Non white MPs are forced to choose either to ignore the obvious or believe in a fantasy. Not much of a choice but it’s not them that’s in control of real change. We have only recently passed into law that it’s equally illegal to kill an ethnic minority person as it is to kill a white person to expect equality is unrealistic. Before anyone says that’s controversial we should examine the motivations behind the murder of Jo Cox as a white woman that didn’t comply with white supremacist. If he was Muslim the entire network that supported his cause would have been ripped apart and prosecuted. Politics has had a continuing problem with falling to deliver on its promises. Racism unfortunately is just another on the list of failures.
It is noticeable she does not mention her experience with white/ indigenous populations but her ideas of revolve around the Muslim community only. Domestic abuse on her has been delivered to her by a Muslim partner. She confuses propalestinian protests with British traditions.
Glad to see she's sorted out her domestic problems and is settled in the new council home. I imagine her former boss, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was able to straighten things out. Well done PoliticsJOE for giving so much time and balance to this important story.
As someone so clearly well read on the Quran .. you will know that the forcing of the Hijab/Burka also goes against the Quran And you will also know... that most women make the choice themselves to wear it and are not forced. And that the forcing is from extremists who are not representative of the religion as a whole... and has more to do with country values than religious ones And as someone also so well read on religion you will know that it is not only Islam that has this issue
Sometimes a wonder what country I am in , is the crucifix around my neck a figment of my imagination , is the neighbours flag Palestinian or English , is the Government Christian or Muslim. Did Lewis Carroll fortell the future in that we are ALL crazy?
Wow, I thought for a moment that I'd been transported back to 700ad. I think if you actually research it, most British people don't believe in religion at all, the ones who do are the older generations, and they are dying out. We live in a multicultural country, so obviously there will be cultural and religious differences, it's not rocket science. To all who have an issue with that, let's not forget we were the ones who went round stealing people from various countries to bring back here as slaves. If you want to complain about other ethnicities and religions being in 'christian' Britain, blame your ancestors, otherwise how about we let people have what beliefs they have or don't have, and start just being more tolerant and kinder, that is what is needed to form communities, not forcing division.
@@DarkSister. Is that your immutable position... permanently fixed in the firmament of your psyche? Probably not. Don't you think there is a great deal of other salient material that your reasoning might have included that would have added some much needed balance? Are you aware of the projected islam demographic in Britain? Do you think muslims would be content to live harmoniously and equally side by side with all other cultures and religions?
"Islamophobia" ... ... Can we *please* separate out the difference between (1) Racism and (2) Religious-Intolerance/Preference. ... A discussion re. the difference between the two seemed to be too difficult here for The Interviewer and The Interviewee. ... For example, it was not-at-all clear to me as to why Ms Begum *chooses* to wear a hijab --- is it driven by her culture/personal-history or by her religion ? ... Q: *What* is a "Muslim" MP ?
@@nathanaelsmith3553what she is wearing is a symbol of Islamic oppression and subjugation of women, which most liberal thinking people consider a distinct threat to modern values
So being a Muslim is more than just wearing a hijab.. but doing so is a choice she will ahve made to show her ultimate devotion to her faith and devotion to Allah (God) and people who tell her she shouldn't wear it are no better than those who would say she must. But the choosing to wear it even with all the pressures to not wear it IS the greatest defiance to all the hatered she gets as a muslim MP. But also to answer your question as to what being a Muslim Mp means compared to a non-muslim MP... so there are guidences on things like finances, ethics, the way in which one should present themselves, treat others ect.... that will be influenced by her interpritation and learnings from her faith. This could be things like what she would will financially back (like not alcohol/tobacco/gambling) but in other ways too like putting emphasis on charitable support of those in need... so this would say impact her support for legislaion that will help and support some of the most vulnerable people within out society. Namely.. she has morals which sadly some of our more senior MPs (and PMs) seem to lack
Very good interview. Indeed you are a brave woman. I was so shocked that in our Parliament in 2024 Diane Abbot, after the appalling words spoken about her, had other people speaking about what happened to her, and the Speaker did not give her a voice! I honestly did not realise we still have so far to go...
Annoying thing is I have never seen her or someone else being effectively challenged on her views and yes there are some very bad views (e.g. Stop the War petition, first few days after October 7th)
And yet your comment remains. And you are not expected to convert. So everything you have just said is false. Stop trying to make people afraid by playing the victim - it's pathetic.
Of course you are allowed and you don't have to like it. As an atheist I dislike all religions and find their practices oppressive, hypocritical and often quite silly. The important part is how that manifests. I would never, for example, deny anyone the right to practice their religion, nor would I treat them differently for wearing the accoutrements of that religion. Imagine threatening to rip someone's crucifix or yarmulke off... you just wouldn't. So why should it be any different with Islam? We can all get along just fine if we let it happen. Underneath the personal preferences we all have that we might not agree with (hijab wearing, swinging, pet ownership, praying at set times, being vegan, fasting, bondage, satan worship, being trans), we all share a common humanity. Focus on that.
How is she in a cult??? And if she is in a cult.. does that mean all religious MPs, be them Chirstian, Jewish, Hindu... are also Cult members??? Or is it just your islamaphobia talking?
Who does she actually represent in parliament,it should be British people but I think her agenda is to represent a minority demographic because that’s all you hear from these types of MPs
this is not her country and must not be in any of our governance, no history, my ancestors built this country, she must not have a say in MY country's affairs.
Sorry .. got lost in your racist rant there.. but what is so bad about her wanting to make the country she was born and raised in a better place?? And if you want to talk about how your "ancestors" built this nation.. which ones. The scandinavian ones, the roman ones, the celtic ones, the normans, the french, the dutch the germanic ones or the members of the british empire who may not have laid the bricks that built this country but helped pay for it? Just so we are clear
@@jannyjan90 If I was born in a stable, would I b a horse, deadhead and her background is not wanted in my country governance, islaM?? NOW WAY. THIS WILL DIRECT HER AND WE ARE not A MUSLIM COUNTRY, AND WE Europeans and the native came to make one people , culture customs etc, she is an outsider. Look at khan pushing ramadan over christianity.
My pakistani grandfather fought with the merchant navy in WWII and help built the M1 motorway. Sitting there and telling me that muslims haven't built this country just casts a beacon on your incredibly meagre level of intelligence.
@@jannyjan90 The Romans, Celts, Normans, the French, the Dutch are all still of European descent. People who are Arab or South-east Asian or Africa are not European and Europeans are also not Arab or South-east Asian or African.
I dont know who you think Joe is because thats just the larger company brand name. But the far right is a side of government with conservative ways, it once was led by the exreamly religeous. Brought into our country first with Oliver Crownwell. Who banned many activities such as Christmas because they didnt fit into his views as a right wing rich posh twat. 'Far right' is a term thats becoming very vastly increasing, it can be traced back to the times of ancient rome, Ancient Egypt. Its these communist ways of rich stay rich, poor stay poor, we rule everything, nationalism, narcasim first. In the past 100 years, the biggest 'Far right' places have been the likes of dictaterships like North Korea, China and WW2 Nazi Germany, among many others. Its places fuled with the obsession of 'if its not like me, its bad' The deffenition of 'Far right' is an exremist or far view or action based on right wing idiology. and the defenition of right wing is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, or tradition So when you ask "Who are the Far Right" Its the people that base their views on these past traditions and hierarchies, who throw away any form of human decency because they dont belive its their 'traditions' or 'natural' Right now in this country we have many different political parties. But lets say 10 years ago we had 'far' left with Green, then left of center with labour, right of center with Tories and far right with UKIP. But with polarisation with tories views today being the exact same as ukips or the formally name Brexit party, now known as ReformUK. The right is pushing and polarising. And what usually happens is the left would also push back and bacome far left, labour is seeming to polarise from within, with some memebrs moving with the far right and becoming more centralist and some members becoming more far left. Also fun side not about america the 'left wing' Democrats are still considered to be far right in most other countries, so they would be comparable to the UK Conservative party or maybe the modern Lib Dems and the 'right wing' Rebublicans who even by americans views are now seeing them as 'Far Right' like UKIP, ReformUK and the modern Conservative party. Hope this helped Kev
Erm, people whose feelings get hurt when the term is used and have to ask who it refers to? You know, racists, haters, white-supremacists, all the “-phobes” and negative “-ists”, people who think Hitler was correct. Does that clarify your political persuasions for you? 😘
Think about the political spectrum on 4-axis. Left and right are socialist and conservative respectively. Up and down are authoritarian and communism respectively. The far right would be extreme conservatives.
Thsoe who believe that Britain is for only one race and political/religious mindset Particuarly those who will take actions to try and ensure that that becomes a reality
@@jannyjan90that's complicated because on one hand you could say it belongs to everyone But you have to believe that indigenous people don't exist anywhere. If native American and Maori exist then indigenous Europeans do too so supremacy and hierarchy has to swing one way Anti racism is good but everyone knows what people believe deep down. You think white Brits would agree that a caliphate where English isn't the dominant language but Arabic is a good good thing or fair There's natural limits to multiculturalism We just just don't know where it ends. UK racist...sure but so is India or china or the Congo or Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. And way way more worse in everything regarding human rights That's why it's complicated to have it. Politics is about compromise not supremacy or superiority or inferiority or dominance but sacrifice
Anyone who thinks there is a difference between the tories and Labour, in my opinion, you are not living in reality. They are 2 teams with the same coach. Its all identity politics. For example, the only thing these women talked about was identity. Its divisive and silly. Who cares if you are a hijab wearing MP. What are you actually going to do. I don't care what you look like, i care about your competence. This entire conversation was irrelevant and insulting. Some areas ARE no-go areas. Also, i do enjoy that everything she says is "far right", its all identity with zero substance. Anyone pushing this socialist identity rubbish, you will get what you ask for, and hopefully, the "far right" will pull your ass out of the fire when this all blows up in your face.
I suggest you tell that to the racists and misogynists who are obsessed with identity, rather than to the victims, as you've done here. It's akin to telling an African American slave to shut up about skin colour. Please take yhis with good faith and think about why you're wrong!
who gives ANYBODY the right to criticise others as though they are perfection? How Dare They consider themselves above Reproach, above Criticism. How dare they feel so comfortable as to think that they are holy and sinless in the eyes of Our Creator. These must know that they have not escaped Judgement. Certain races feel as though they are above all others; extremely biased and deceitful. Regardless how many times this country professes to be accommodating and Not Racist, Unfortunately, it is inherent, they cannot help it, at times, they are not aware that they are presenting themselves as such. They love to undermine and underhandedly highlight others. johnson was out of order to even think to describe these women, a hateful act.
They are calling the majority of the British People Faaaaar Right, this is rubbish the majority are are just very concerned ordinary folk. Concerned about the mass immigration of who knows what !
Well, the irish might, if there is a United Ireland - which seems likely. A fair few Scots want to. The Welsh - they just put up with us. And last time I checked Israel isn't in the UK.
Yes! Make politics not representative, everyone uproot themselves and create a brand new land! Black flag, ireland, black flag, black flag, israeli flag! Flags flags flags!
Possibly.. but when those "little mean tweets" result in the deaths of two MPs and the numerous attempts on the lives of others as well as all the attempts we don't get to read about .. i think we can justifiably be a bit concerned by them
Whats most interesting to me is that when muslim women do not get involved in politics and democracy like this woman has, people like yourselves come out of the woodworks moaning and complaining that muslim women are oppressed, yet when a muslim woman actually engages with the democratic parliamentary process of this country, you lot complain about that ! 😅
@@jannyjan90 Look up what why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty in 2020.
Islamophobia is rife in the UK and Sunak has thrown fat on the fire to make it worse. When I first became a Muslim and started wearing hijab I got verbally insulted, it seemed that people felt they could say whatever they wanted to me or at me, |I felt dehumanised. I live in quite a middle to upper working class area and there are no Muslims, and I had eggs thrown on my car, my car got scraped from bonnet to boot, I had dog poo splattered on my front door and bin bags emptied in my garden. This has stopped now alhamdulliah but it was hard to endure at first.
Just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - he was a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. So you can complain about Islamophobia all you want, but it opposition to Islam/Muslim immigration is occurring for absolutely valid reasons.
@@ecnalms851 Firstly i'm not an immigrant I was born in the UK and can trace my family tree back to the 1700's. Secondly, for every nut job you highlight I can also highlight back.. nut jobs don't represent every single Muslim or even every single Christian, I'm sure you are smart enough to figure that out yourself. Also if a Muslim has been arrested for a crime, s/he is highlighted as 'Muslim'.. what religion was Harold Shipman? Lucy Letby? Jimmy Saville? Or doesn't their religion matter if they're white.
@@binxwinx8434 Doesn’t matter if you specifically are an immigrant or not, I’m simply highlighting why people are voting for parties who want stricter immigration. Is it not striking for you that Norway made compulsory women’s rights classes compulsory for uslim migrants? Muslim countries are known for intolerant, patriarchal, and sexist societies. What happened in Cologne 2015 Germany in New Year’s Eve happened the same year Germany accepted 1 million refugees from almost all Muslim countries and the perpetrators on that day were 2000 men described as Arab appearance. It doesn’t surprise me that the incident occurred by male migrants coming from Muslim countries that are characteristic of what if I said before. And it does matter that they’re Muslim because they’re Muslim immigrants from Muslim countries. They’re not native to Europe, they are coming from a culture that is incompatible to that of Europe because of their conservatism and sexism. If the immigrants were coming from South America, or NA, or parts of Asia like China or Vietnam, I can guarantee what happened in Cologne wouldn’t have happened because our values and culture on women’s rights as well as secularism are similar.
@@binxwinx8434 1) Doesn’t matter if you aren’t an immigrant, I’m commenting on Islam and immigration from Muslim countries as a whole. 2) Uslim are counties are notorious for societies that are patriarchal, sexist, and intolerant. Therefore, its not striking that Norway made women’s rights classes compulsory for uslim migrants after $ex crimes were committed by said migrants? Same for Germany - Cologne incident happened the same year Germany accepted a million uslim refugees and perpetrators were described as Arab. Of the 1 million that came, 160,000 are now missing and have essentially evaded the authorities. This sentiment against uslim immigration is happening all across Europe like Italy with meloni, le pen in France, PVV in Netherlands, denmark, afd (Germany), Sweden democrats in Sweden… The problem is not racism, the problem is uslim immigrants not integrating and until they do and immigration stops, people will keep voting for corresponding parties
@@binxwinx8434 All you’ve done here is avert the blame and absolve responsibility from the uslim community. Uslim countries are notorious for intolerance, sexism, and being patriarchal. Therefore, it’s not surprising that migrants coming from these countries forced Norway to make women’s rights classes compulsory or what happened in Cologne Germany by 2000 Arab men or for what happened to Samuel Paty. After what’s being happening again and again, it’s not wonder people are voting for the far right
This kind of thoughtful and repectful person has no place in our politics! (At least, if the current lot are any guide) Really good interview (both interviewer and interviewee). Look forward to seeing more of MP Begum and people of her ilk in our public sphere
Great, and since Apsana was born in Shadwell then she is a perfect example of a true Brit... like Diane Abbott born in London... unlike Boris born outside Britain
If may be fashionable.... but given the hate and abuse she, and many women who choose to wear it face it is also a sign of devotion to the faith and to Allah... but also a sign of defiance towards those who would hate on her for making the choice
I'll fight for anyone's right to think and dress how they want but wearing your religion is ridiculous (as in funny haha). People of faith shouldn't be revered or be MP's
@@cordoroy9515 No, I wouldn't want anyone kicked out for their religious beliefs. Specifically regarding the King, the crown estate is worth about 3-5 billion to the UK tax income so yeh that would be very silly
@@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 I agree but I like High Fantasy video games, an if I walked around with a wizard hat in my day today people would treat me fairly negatively
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Respect to Apsana Begum who has continued to stick to her principles and support unions whilst facing horrendous abuse inside and outside the Labour party.
How can Labour support women, half the population of the UK 🇬🇧, when it supports 2 ideologies that oppress women?
Do you think she believes in democracy? My guess would be no, meaning she desires for you to lose your human rights and traditions
Free Palestine from Islam.
Like where she is staying 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Jo Cox R.I.P.
MPs did nothing about the grooming gangs
MP Apsana is such a strong person to have persevered under all the threats, after escaping DV yet she is still incredibly softly spoken. Well articulated points. I’m glad MP Diana Abbott had her at her side during the PMQs. Mutual support is so important.
I agree 💯
Many people couldn't cope with that kind of hatred towards them, especially right-wing nutters who cry about woke cancel culture ruining society, whilst trying to cancel anyone who isn't a racist bigot like themselves.
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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And Zarah Sultana also said next to her and is also an amazing MP.
I would be willing to bet she doesn’t believe in democracy, which means she’s working with a desire to eradicate our rights!
It’s easy to claim discrimination, but her religion discriminates against every other way of life! Do wake up
Playing victim?
Some of these comments man...
"It has got to the point right, it has got to the point you can't even be racist without being called a racist!!!!"
Colin from Portsmouth
Good interview, Apsana Begum is admirable and brave.
If I had to nominate one thing or person that represents what is good about my country, it would be Zarah Sultana.
Zarah Is from my manor, went to school across the road from our house, a future leader of The Labour Party I hope.....
This women earns 100,000 a year and claims housing benefit for her council 3 bedroom flat !!!
Still waiting for this threat of far right extremism....
I'm sorry she is a blatant liar
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww poor apsana, she's about to get her comeuppance
No one can help the the colour they are born racial prejudice is disgusting and the Tory member should be removed from parliament!!
Her racial profile has nothing to do with it! She doesn’t believe in democracy, and is in favour of bigoted and intolerant ideology
she works in Limehouse towerhamlets. she is lying ffs lol and she playing the racist card where it does not exist lol go see what her x husband says about her,. if you want the link i gladly post it here . towerhamlets is not multicultural there are very few white east end family's here in Limehouse and Stepney and ofc Whitechapel the rest moved out in the late 70s . i travel through these places everyday . there is no racism if there is its against white people the few . but there is a pandemic of drug dealers and most are Muslim. she says nothing about that she never has done. cant stand the corrupt women
Tower hamlets, that muslim no go area with lots of pubs and offlicences
Mostly run by immigrants.
Who would ever want to go there lmao.
@@Ryan-pz2wh you've never been have you?
@@Ryan-pz2whCome down, We'll wipe our arse with you!🤡
@@Ryan-pz2wh I take it you say this from experience or just bigotry?
My deepest respect to Apsana Begum, solidarity from the Netherlands! The more and more pro-Palestine activism is maligned, the more it looks like the Tories and Labour move towards the crackdown on Ireland and Irish activism that happened during the Troubles (and before that).
The biggest rise in *Irish activism* is against asylum seekers and immigrants. Sure the Irish shelter under some 'special catagory' status from the woke left as part of the 'oppressed world' but the Irish love life, laughter and a craik and will sooner break ties with the woke than give up their true identity.
This video is already filled with comments from the far right. Apsana Begum is such a strong MP so sad to hear all the abuse she received.
I think it's despicable how her own party and Keir Starmer have not supported her.
Sadly, stating the racial and Islamaphobic abuse that Begum is "far-right" is incorrect. Where is the support from her own party?
@@vintagesoup79 Labour is pathetic. Let's be honest. It is a shame that the only two major parties in the UK are Labour and the Tories
Hi "trainticketboy". I am not "far-right". That's just an insult the Left came up with to try to silence anyone who speaks the truth about mass migration. I am not "far-right" because I actually liked how my country was - particularly in the 90s. I didn't want it to change. I didn't want my culture and identity eliminated. I like each country to be different because that's what makes the world interesting. And lastly, I don't want Islam here because it is incompatible with European values. Do you have a problem with that? Or do you want a world with no ethnic identity or cultural individuality, where everyone looks the same?
Define who is far right? Nobody seems to know or heard of them. It is a term of abuse or bogeyman used by left wing extremist. Everybody can easily identify who is hard left, namely the socialist workers party, BLM. The distinction between say neo-marxist socialist and fascist (who embody socialism) is very little. Mussolini, who founded fascism was previously an avowed communist.
She was one of Lutfur's 21 'special advisers, who did nothing for a 30k salary. She jumped the queue for social housing on a 80k salary. She spread anti-Semitic posts. She signed arguments against "NATO expansionism", blaming them for Russian's invasion.
Horrific attacks on her are not good. But don't make her out in the comments to be a wonderful person.
Solidarity Apsana Begum
Apsana was excellent on Newsnight
A lot of Muslims are concerned about Islamist too with the majority of people but their voices are not heard by prominent Muslim individual or organisations representing them. On the contrary as one of them brave enough to dare to come out and say that Islamist is a threat and has to be dealt with and one can not pussy foot round it. I hope these money given to the mosque is not in the hand of the very people who are perpetuating. I have heard anti Semitic speeches even materials black and white videos from Khomeini’s Iran shown in the mosque over the years. Mosque is not used only as places of prayers. The Muslims have bought 500 churches and converted them into mosque.
Fair point , but the reason Churches are being converted into Mosques are due to Muslims needing places of worship and Christians dying off and others abandoning or not continuing in their faith .
Moderate muslims voted for Sadiq Khan. He called them " Uncle Toms ".....whites are Kufars.. Still te Muslims vote for him. They even defraud the ballots to get him in. Moderate Muslims ?
@jj-yi1ne- there absolutely is an Islamist threat! When you import people on mass that think their beliefs should control your every way of life, due to extreme religious bigotry, then there is a real threat!
Big up Apsana, what an amazingly strong woman. Shame on the Labour party for not supporting women like her.
She's a Labour MP ffs!
@@graham8683 exactly, and by not addressing the rampant islamophobia she receives constantly they are not supporting her. There is a hierarchy of racism within the Labour Party under Kier Starmer!
@@BeccaWithers123 Is that why there are so many Muslim Labour MPs?
So much love for Apsana Begum
Fantastic. Great interview
She is absolutely right, the far right is getting stronger and we're the embarrassment of Europe who are now openly challenging the UK to do more to combat fascism. I hope she reads the supportive comments on here to help mitigate the horrendous way people have treated her, it's disgusting. I'm white and atheist and support her 100%, and Diane Abbot. All kinds of abuse of minorities are not only tolerated, but encouraged and in some cases now enshrined by law in the UK. We haven't learned from WW2.
The fact that you need to mention you are white and atheist says everything about the content of your argument.
The far right is rising mainly due to immigration from Muslim countries and the problems it causes. It's not based on racism but instead events caused by Muslims themselves. Just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - he was a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. The rise of the far-right in Europe and opposition to Muslim immigration is not a coincidence and is not founded on baseless claims.
You know there is a reason why the right is rising right? It is not based on coincidence or baseless claims. For starters, just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happpened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. You should learn where the other side is coming from in order to improve your understanding of the changing political situation in Europe.
Just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - he was a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. So you can complain about Islamophobia all you want, but it opposition to Islam/Muslim immigration is occurring for valid reasons.
Why do you think? The French, like the British, have not changed their opinions on Islam/Muslim peoples since the Crusades.
Even when those Islam/Muslim peoples are coming from their own Empires, including families that had forefathers that fought in both world wars are among the immigrations.
I can go further in this comment, and point to the only former British Realm that was Muslim and thriving from the very beginning in the form of Malaysia, and how the British betrayed them in the early 2000's, and managed to piss off us ANZACS over it. If I remember, Canada got in on that as well.
Which goes to show, that even after that, the UK has not learned from its mistakes. In a time where two Maori were killed outright in the UK, you have a very serious racist problem. Which, with the NZ elections recently throwing up similar, is a sign it is starting to spread throughout the Commonwealth, and in places that is shocking to see.@@ecnalms851
Philosopher Karl Popper described the paradox of tolerance as the seemingly counterintuitive idea that “in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.” Essentially, if a so-called tolerant society permits the existence of intolerant philosophies, it is no longer tolerant...
Is it not the other way round? A tolerant society must accept those with intolerable views, or else it cannot be truly tolerant. It is not the society being intolerable as a whole because of 1 individuals views, but the society is not tolerant as a whole if it cannot accept 1 individuals views.
I am not inferring anything, genuine question
@jonduffin7560 Fair question, an argument used by free speech absolutist, however since when the intolerants are not challenged they destroy the tolerant ones... Worth reading into :)
Lord Sumption used a very similar argument in his Reith lecture. It was not well received.
@@jonduffin7560 No, it's a paradox for the maintainace of general tolerance.
The argument is 'extremists are pigheaded and relentless, thus will pervail in the long run and the medicine for it must be radical intolerance agaist extremists'.
Popper and Lord Sumption worded the idea like that. Taleb called it 'the silver rule' in his Skin In The Game.
"It has got to the point it has got to the point right, where you can't even be racist without being called a racist!!!"
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There is not one single party or politician who represent the people as a whole in the UK!
They each have their own agenda for either personal gain or for a select few.
The British way of life has drastically changed as more of these Politicians want to move towards sectarian or identity politics.
This country has gone down the pan over the last 25 years
Well said Hugh, I feel exactly the same. "I am a British subject not proud of it, why do I carry this burden if shame"(ub 40) nothing has changed.
> There is not one single party or politician who represent the people as a whole in the UK!
There never has been anywhere, ever. The whole point of democracy is to allow diverse points of view to be represented by different parties.
However, there are people in some countries who claim to represent their entire nation. Hitler was one with his slogan "ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer". Mussolini another. Both led their nation to disaster.
@@stephensuddens9146 UB 40 were a good band in the 1990's
@@chriswilliamson9993
Hi Chris,
I may have worded my post in a way that might be not be fully acceptable.
My point was that there is a push towards sectarian politics that emphasises on cultural differences and not one as a collective for the betterment of the whole
If she read the surah 5.60 "as you know in the past Allah turned some Jews in to monkeys and pigs".or the surah that tells Muslims, their not to sleep with married wemen, accept! the wemen thete right hand possesses". like the yazid girls, the book The last girl by Nadia Murad tragically explains what the Banu Karsh girl's went through, and meany other since then.Aisha at the age of six,if you know about this then then the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob will judge you as accountable for turning away from six year old child Aisha's abuse to accuse everyone who wants to protect children from this wickedness,as the far right, for heaven 's sake Aisha was only six years old and as you fully know Mohammad was 52 years old when he asked her to marry him.Repent and call , before it's too late,on the only name that can save,the Lord jesus Christ.
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Shall I inform you of those who deserve a worse punishment from Allah ˹than the rebellious˺? It is those who earned Allah’s condemnation and displeasure-some being reduced to apes and pigs and worshippers of false gods. These are far worse in rank and farther astray from the Right Way.”
Jews are people of the book in Islam.
Thanks!
Islamophobia does not exist. Phobia is an irrational fear, the threat from Islam is very real.
Great interview Ava👍
The Conservatives have a lot to answer, the UK has seriously has gone down a crap road. The sooner we have a new party the better.
Apsana's resilience is incredibly inspring for those of us fighting for justice in the UK. However, whats becoming more and more apparent is that the political alternative is less and less likely to come from the racist institution that is the Labour Party.
what justice are you fighting for ?? you firing words but fail to forget all or most Muslims are antisemitic lol
The idea this country is tolerant and accepting isn’t really the case any more and that is so sad 😔
Never was the case...
Why is that??
Compared to Japan, I think the UK is a lot more extreme, cause people either really don’t mind, or they become hell bent and openly vindictive. In Japan, who knows how fully accepting people are, but they are extremely unlikely to be openly vindictive and hateful towards foreigners, hence I feel Japan is a lot more tolerant
Totally agree, the anti-Semitism now rife in Britain is starting to resemble 1930's Germany
@@graham8683 How would you know, are you Jewish?
I can't comprehend why people still believe religions. The world would be a better place without it.
Certainly better without Islam
Apsana Begum, parachuted into a safe Labour seat on a Corbyn shortlist. Still occupying social housing despite £80k salary plus expenses. And don’t look at her previous comments…
There are other threads you could follow.
Racism isn't on no matter who it is
At the same time you have to also look at the hate towards English people and the Jewish community which also exists
You watch the video on Speakers Corner in London and see how people behave there
Is it worse than far left extremism jews face every day?
No protests, no resistance, no voice for the ordinary person, all by the design 💰🌐👁
Im starting to think that emojis grant the right wing their favourite power of cryptic language intimating conspiracy theories. There's some weird anthropology going on here. I hope I get to see in my lifetime a fascist manifesto written in wingdings.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
@@Solid_SoupI suppose you believe any criticism of Islam is racist?
@@TheZackkary1 from a political, ethnological, migration related standpoint, yes, potentially. From a theological or philosophical standpoint, no. It's not black and white.
@@Solid_Soup you can’t be ‘racist’ against an ideology, Islam is a set of ideas that people choose to follow - not a race. I don’t like this particular ideology because it doesn’t integrate well with others. For example, Islam doesn’t seem to understand that in most western countries church and state split hundreds of years ago, we can openly discuss any religion we want, even ridicule it, it’s part of our freedoms. Yet dare anyone, Islamic or not, draw a picture of Allah then there’s killings and death threats - they can’t accept blasphemy is not a thing here. Even ones who have been born here don’t understand that, and that’s because they are told to be a Muslim first and British second… that’s not integration.
I think if the right wing voices are threatened by this gentle woman then perhaps they need to take a look at their own inner problems and get some treatment?
I need treatment for the stress caused of having my country flooded with Islam that I never asked for.
@@danielclemence3689 You need treatment for being a wonk
I agree
I agree I am of the left and tories are far right I cannot agree with them !
Yep that's me too.
You need to get an education.
The tories are most certainly not ‘far right’.
MPs of all backgrounds are facing threats a lot nowadays my local mp Stephen Timms was knifed by someone some years back , I would just like to say that yes racism is a problem everywhere in the world but I think this is one of the most tolerant countries on the planet and when you keep talking as though there is a far right problem or that a certain group of people are racist then that fear can turn into a reality
I'm a grown up, so I can remember the 60s, 70s and 80s. I remember when no whites had petrol poured through their letter boxes and got beaten up and spat at in broad daylight. We are going back there.🙄
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
There’s definitely gonna be problems in this country before long. There’s too much immigration and certain areas of Britain have completely changed as a result. Islam is the worst culprit though and there’s only so much people can tolerate; the grooming gangs, the pro-Hamas (terrorist) marches through the streets, suicide bombers, intolerance of homosexuals, persecution of women, and their refusal to integrate with western values (no matter how long they’re given, they still don’t seem to understand that in this country church and state split hundreds of years ago! - and no it’s NOT a crime to draw a picture Of Allah). Islam does not work well with others.
Wish Apsana was PM. Absolutely brilliant Parliamentarian.
The channel is jokes 😂
Far right is on the rise...
It saddens me to see Muslims being treated the same way homosexuals were treated in the UK just a decade or two ago. No wonder the term Islamophobia came to be, or why Muslims relate so closely to the struggle homosexuals went through that gave rise to the term homophobia. I am hopeful that one day - my Muslim brothers and sisters will one day enjoy being treated to the same level of respect and tolerance in the UK that we offer homosexuals. Peace and much love.
Britain has a two party system both with diverse cabinets that are diverse for reasons that are more about presentation than anything else. One party has a tradition of being very classist and racist the other claims it is an alternative. Non white MPs are forced to choose either to ignore the obvious or believe in a fantasy. Not much of a choice but it’s not them that’s in control of real change. We have only recently passed into law that it’s equally illegal to kill an ethnic minority person as it is to kill a white person to expect equality is unrealistic. Before anyone says that’s controversial we should examine the motivations behind the murder of Jo Cox as a white woman that didn’t comply with white supremacist. If he was Muslim the entire network that supported his cause would have been ripped apart and prosecuted. Politics has had a continuing problem with falling to deliver on its promises. Racism unfortunately is just another on the list of failures.
You got your job because of you r colour box ticked
No. That’s not the reality of life John. I think it’s time you rose from your crypt of ignorance
It is noticeable she does not mention her experience with white/ indigenous populations but her ideas of revolve around the Muslim community only. Domestic abuse on her has been delivered to her by a Muslim partner. She confuses propalestinian protests with British traditions.
Glad to see she's sorted out her domestic problems and is settled in the new council home. I imagine her former boss, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was able to straighten things out. Well done PoliticsJOE for giving so much time and balance to this important story.
The story isn't about her.
The hijab and burka are never even mentioned in the Quran, so why are women forced to wear them? not religious reasons.
As someone so clearly well read on the Quran .. you will know that the forcing of the Hijab/Burka also goes against the Quran
And you will also know... that most women make the choice themselves to wear it and are not forced. And that the forcing is from extremists who are not representative of the religion as a whole... and has more to do with country values than religious ones
And as someone also so well read on religion you will know that it is not only Islam that has this issue
What do you say to nuns wearing a habit?
Same reasons that jewish and christian women have been traditionally taught to cover themselves. Its called modesty.
Muslim men are also taught to cover the area above the navel and beyond the knees. So its not just women that are taught to be modest.
You know that argument can be applied against other religions, traditions and cultures….
This is chilling……😂
Sometimes a wonder what country I am in , is the crucifix around my neck a figment of my imagination , is the neighbours flag Palestinian or English , is the Government Christian or Muslim. Did Lewis Carroll fortell the future in that we are ALL crazy?
@jj-yi1ne Jesus loves you
Wow, I thought for a moment that I'd been transported back to 700ad. I think if you actually research it, most British people don't believe in religion at all, the ones who do are the older generations, and they are dying out.
We live in a multicultural country, so obviously there will be cultural and religious differences, it's not rocket science.
To all who have an issue with that, let's not forget we were the ones who went round stealing people from various countries to bring back here as slaves. If you want to complain about other ethnicities and religions being in 'christian' Britain, blame your ancestors, otherwise how about we let people have what beliefs they have or don't have, and start just being more tolerant and kinder, that is what is needed to form communities, not forcing division.
@@DarkSister. Is that your immutable position... permanently fixed in the firmament of your psyche? Probably not. Don't you think there is a great deal of other salient material that your reasoning might have included that would have added some much needed balance? Are you aware of the projected islam demographic in Britain? Do you think muslims would be content to live harmoniously and equally side by side with all other cultures and religions?
What a silly title to caption the video.
It’s the truth, the ugly truth of our society in the UK. Sorry not sorry, that it doesn’t fit your world view.
Free Palestine from Islam.
"Islamophobia" ... ... Can we *please* separate out the difference between (1) Racism and (2) Religious-Intolerance/Preference. ... A discussion re. the difference between the two seemed to be too difficult here for The Interviewer and The Interviewee. ... For example, it was not-at-all clear to me as to why Ms Begum *chooses* to wear a hijab --- is it driven by her culture/personal-history or by her religion ? ... Q: *What* is a "Muslim" MP ?
never underestimate underlying community peer pressure
Why should she be required to justify her decision to anyone? She can wear what she likes.
It relates specifically to the title. The media has nothing to celebrate if they cannot be clear what it represents to said person
@@nathanaelsmith3553what she is wearing is a symbol of Islamic oppression and subjugation of women, which most liberal thinking people consider a distinct threat to modern values
So being a Muslim is more than just wearing a hijab.. but doing so is a choice she will ahve made to show her ultimate devotion to her faith and devotion to Allah (God) and people who tell her she shouldn't wear it are no better than those who would say she must. But the choosing to wear it even with all the pressures to not wear it IS the greatest defiance to all the hatered she gets as a muslim MP.
But also to answer your question as to what being a Muslim Mp means compared to a non-muslim MP... so there are guidences on things like finances, ethics, the way in which one should present themselves, treat others ect.... that will be influenced by her interpritation and learnings from her faith.
This could be things like what she would will financially back (like not alcohol/tobacco/gambling) but in other ways too like putting emphasis on charitable support of those in need... so this would say impact her support for legislaion that will help and support some of the most vulnerable people within out society. Namely.. she has morals which sadly some of our more senior MPs (and PMs) seem to lack
Free sam melia
Very good interview. Indeed you are a brave woman. I was so shocked that in our Parliament in 2024 Diane Abbot, after the appalling words spoken about her, had other people speaking about what happened to her, and the Speaker did not give her a voice!
I honestly did not realise we still have so far to go...
Hail Hail
An incredibly brave sister
I have never seen a Muslim country that I would like to live in.
@jj-yi1ne - where do you live? Britain?
Disgusting seeing MPs look like that!!
Islam is a choice
So if you're choosing it... you're choosing abuse??? What a weird thing to say
@@mabsfreeman1187 I didn't say that
@@alexcampbell-black8543 So what was your meaning?
@@mabsfreeman1187chill out my brother he wasnt implying anything bad
@@mabsfreeman1187 Dont need to jump on the guy for speaking the truth, even the Qurans says that Islam is a choice..
Annoying thing is I have never seen her or someone else being effectively challenged on her views and yes there are some very bad views (e.g. Stop the War petition, first few days after October 7th)
Not allowed to challenge her, that would be racist and Islamophobic! 🙄
I'm horrified by the massive increase in antisemitism and antisemetic attacks.
They both work for the same criminals…!
@@_Uh_Oh_ What absolute rubbish, thats like saying islamophobia is Tory policy.. when its clearly Reform policy
@@_Uh_Oh_oh shut up.
Both islamophobia and anti-semitism are on the rise.
@@_Uh_Oh_ Get real Starmer's a Zionist. The Israel lobby have all the power now.
Big respect to Apsana and sticking to her socialist beliefs. So much needed even more now!🙏
Clearly you're not allowed to dislike Islam in this country any more. Why? Why should I have to like it?
And yet your comment remains. And you are not expected to convert. So everything you have just said is false. Stop trying to make people afraid by playing the victim - it's pathetic.
You don’t have to like it, just don’t be a dick about it
Of course you are allowed and you don't have to like it. As an atheist I dislike all religions and find their practices oppressive, hypocritical and often quite silly.
The important part is how that manifests. I would never, for example, deny anyone the right to practice their religion, nor would I treat them differently for wearing the accoutrements of that religion. Imagine threatening to rip someone's crucifix or yarmulke off... you just wouldn't. So why should it be any different with Islam?
We can all get along just fine if we let it happen. Underneath the personal preferences we all have that we might not agree with (hijab wearing, swinging, pet ownership, praying at set times, being vegan, fasting, bondage, satan worship, being trans), we all share a common humanity. Focus on that.
@@nathanaelsmith3553So why do I never see people on the left ever criticise Islam? Can you do it?
@@DW-indeed 💜
We won't be seeing or hearing much of her on MSM then.
A cult member in parliament 🤯
How is she in a cult???
And if she is in a cult.. does that mean all religious MPs, be them Chirstian, Jewish, Hindu... are also Cult members???
Or is it just your islamaphobia talking?
Sorry, are you referring to Liz Truss?
@jannyjan90 All religions are cults and members have no place in politics.
Islamaphobia is a stupid term.
Cultaphobia.
😂
Who does she actually represent in parliament,it should be British people but I think her agenda is to represent a minority demographic because that’s all you hear from these types of MPs
A very cheap comment surely coming from a very cheap individual
You 'think'. Wonderful. Until you can back your claim up with evidence your thinking is baseless and not rooted in any reality
@@Dukemountbatten but acurate
@@adn2done look at the corrupt politicians in Tower Hamlets tells you all you need to know
this is not her country and must not be in any of our governance, no history, my ancestors built this country, she must not have a say in MY country's affairs.
Sorry .. got lost in your racist rant there.. but what is so bad about her wanting to make the country she was born and raised in a better place??
And if you want to talk about how your "ancestors" built this nation.. which ones.
The scandinavian ones, the roman ones, the celtic ones, the normans, the french, the dutch the germanic ones or the members of the british empire who may not have laid the bricks that built this country but helped pay for it? Just so we are clear
U R Ancestors pillaged other countries to build yours.
@@jannyjan90 If I was born in a stable, would I b a horse, deadhead and her background is not wanted in my country governance, islaM?? NOW WAY. THIS WILL DIRECT HER AND WE ARE not A MUSLIM COUNTRY, AND WE Europeans and the native came to make one people , culture customs etc, she is an outsider. Look at khan pushing ramadan over christianity.
My pakistani grandfather fought with the merchant navy in WWII and help built the M1 motorway. Sitting there and telling me that muslims haven't built this country just casts a beacon on your incredibly meagre level of intelligence.
@@jannyjan90 The Romans, Celts, Normans, the French, the Dutch are all still of European descent. People who are Arab or South-east Asian or Africa are not European and Europeans are also not Arab or South-east Asian or African.
Hey Joe ...who are the "Far Right".....
I dont know who you think Joe is because thats just the larger company brand name.
But the far right is a side of government with conservative ways, it once was led by the exreamly religeous. Brought into our country first with Oliver Crownwell. Who banned many activities such as Christmas because they didnt fit into his views as a right wing rich posh twat.
'Far right' is a term thats becoming very vastly increasing, it can be traced back to the times of ancient rome, Ancient Egypt. Its these communist ways of rich stay rich, poor stay poor, we rule everything, nationalism, narcasim first.
In the past 100 years, the biggest 'Far right' places have been the likes of dictaterships like North Korea, China and WW2 Nazi Germany, among many others.
Its places fuled with the obsession of 'if its not like me, its bad'
The deffenition of 'Far right' is an exremist or far view or action based on right wing idiology.
and the defenition of right wing is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, or tradition
So when you ask "Who are the Far Right" Its the people that base their views on these past traditions and hierarchies, who throw away any form of human decency because they dont belive its their 'traditions' or 'natural'
Right now in this country we have many different political parties. But lets say 10 years ago we had 'far' left with Green, then left of center with labour, right of center with Tories and far right with UKIP. But with polarisation with tories views today being the exact same as ukips or the formally name Brexit party, now known as ReformUK. The right is pushing and polarising. And what usually happens is the left would also push back and bacome far left, labour is seeming to polarise from within, with some memebrs moving with the far right and becoming more centralist and some members becoming more far left.
Also fun side not about america the 'left wing' Democrats are still considered to be far right in most other countries, so they would be comparable to the UK Conservative party or maybe the modern Lib Dems and the 'right wing' Rebublicans who even by americans views are now seeing them as 'Far Right' like UKIP, ReformUK and the modern Conservative party.
Hope this helped Kev
Erm, people whose feelings get hurt when the term is used and have to ask who it refers to? You know, racists, haters, white-supremacists, all the “-phobes” and negative “-ists”, people who think Hitler was correct. Does that clarify your political persuasions for you? 😘
Think about the political spectrum on 4-axis.
Left and right are socialist and conservative respectively.
Up and down are authoritarian and communism respectively.
The far right would be extreme conservatives.
Thsoe who believe that Britain is for only one race and political/religious mindset
Particuarly those who will take actions to try and ensure that that becomes a reality
@@jannyjan90that's complicated because on one hand you could say it belongs to everyone
But you have to believe that indigenous people don't exist anywhere. If native American and Maori exist then indigenous Europeans do too so supremacy and hierarchy has to swing one way
Anti racism is good but everyone knows what people believe deep down. You think white Brits would agree that a caliphate where English isn't the dominant language but Arabic is a good good thing or fair
There's natural limits to multiculturalism
We just just don't know where it ends. UK racist...sure but so is India or china or the Congo or Saudi Arabia or Pakistan. And way way more worse in everything regarding human rights
That's why it's complicated to have it. Politics is about compromise not supremacy or superiority or inferiority or dominance but sacrifice
Sorry this woman is a liar
Explain
I believe her. I think you're a liar.
Sorry Kev, I’m on her side.
Stop lying Kev
I agree I think she's telling lies..
I think it's cool how she's dressed up like a character in a sci-fi movie.
@jj-yi1ne - get rid of Islam. It doesn’t belong In the west. She has 51 Muslim countries she can cover up in 🤣🤣🤣
Rag ed
Had your bank balance increased? More food in your fridge? Fulfilled life after this comment?
Her claims need receipts.....evidence.
Which ones in particular??
Anyone who thinks there is a difference between the tories and Labour, in my opinion, you are not living in reality. They are 2 teams with the same coach. Its all identity politics. For example, the only thing these women talked about was identity. Its divisive and silly.
Who cares if you are a hijab wearing MP. What are you actually going to do. I don't care what you look like, i care about your competence.
This entire conversation was irrelevant and insulting. Some areas ARE no-go areas. Also, i do enjoy that everything she says is "far right", its all identity with zero substance.
Anyone pushing this socialist identity rubbish, you will get what you ask for, and hopefully, the "far right" will pull your ass out of the fire when this all blows up in your face.
I suggest you tell that to the racists and misogynists who are obsessed with identity, rather than to the victims, as you've done here.
It's akin to telling an African American slave to shut up about skin colour. Please take yhis with good faith and think about why you're wrong!
who gives ANYBODY the right to criticise others as though they are perfection? How Dare They consider themselves above Reproach, above Criticism. How dare they feel so comfortable as to think that they are holy and sinless in the eyes of Our Creator. These must know that they have not escaped Judgement. Certain races feel as though they are above all others; extremely biased and deceitful. Regardless how many times this country professes to be accommodating and Not Racist, Unfortunately, it is inherent, they cannot help it, at times, they are not aware that they are presenting themselves as such. They love to undermine and underhandedly highlight others. johnson was out of order to even think to describe these women, a hateful act.
I guess non stop terrorism has soured the milk when it comes to public perception of Islam.
😆😴😴😴😴😴
Far right 😅
They are calling the majority of the British People Faaaaar Right, this is rubbish the majority are are just very concerned ordinary folk.
Concerned about the mass immigration of who knows what !
Invented by media,, if their is any far right it from Muslims..
IF THESE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT, THEN LEAVE. 🏴🇮🇪🏴🏴🇮🇱.
Israel flag? 🤦♀️
Well, the irish might, if there is a United Ireland - which seems likely. A fair few Scots want to. The Welsh - they just put up with us. And last time I checked Israel isn't in the UK.
Yes! Make politics not representative, everyone uproot themselves and create a brand new land! Black flag, ireland, black flag, black flag, israeli flag! Flags flags flags!
FLAG SHAGGERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!
@@Solid_Soup more flags the better, as long they are 🏴 and other Christian flags and not Islamic ones.
It's pretty positive that the "far right extremism" she's talking about is actually little more than mean tweets.
Possibly.. but when those "little mean tweets" result in the deaths of two MPs and the numerous attempts on the lives of others as well as all the attempts we don't get to read about .. i think we can justifiably be a bit concerned by them
Whats most interesting to me is that when muslim women do not get involved in politics and democracy like this woman has, people like yourselves come out of the woodworks moaning and complaining that muslim women are oppressed, yet when a muslim woman actually engages with the democratic parliamentary process of this country, you lot complain about that ! 😅
It shows your disingenuity
If their is a far right it's these people..
These people? And maybe look up what far right means?
@@jannyjan90are they with gays, lgb....,, hate Jews Christians and atheist and so on.. I call that far right.
@@jannyjan90 Look up what why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty in 2020.
Disgusting this is Brotain!
Islamophobia is rife in the UK and Sunak has thrown fat on the fire to make it worse. When I first became a Muslim and started wearing hijab I got verbally insulted, it seemed that people felt they could say whatever they wanted to me or at me, |I felt dehumanised. I live in quite a middle to upper working class area and there are no Muslims, and I had eggs thrown on my car, my car got scraped from bonnet to boot, I had dog poo splattered on my front door and bin bags emptied in my garden. This has stopped now alhamdulliah but it was hard to endure at first.
Just look at why Norway made women's rights classes compulsory to uslim immigrants. Look at what happened in Cologne, Germany 2015 on New Years Eve Night. Look at what happened to Samuel Paty - he was a French teacher that was beheaded by an 18 year old Chechen Muslim refugee after he showed cartoons of Muhammad in a freedom of expression class. So you can complain about Islamophobia all you want, but it opposition to Islam/Muslim immigration is occurring for absolutely valid reasons.
@@ecnalms851 Firstly i'm not an immigrant I was born in the UK and can trace my family tree back to the 1700's. Secondly, for every nut job you highlight I can also highlight back.. nut jobs don't represent every single Muslim or even every single Christian, I'm sure you are smart enough to figure that out yourself. Also if a Muslim has been arrested for a crime, s/he is highlighted as 'Muslim'.. what religion was Harold Shipman? Lucy Letby? Jimmy Saville? Or doesn't their religion matter if they're white.
@@binxwinx8434 Doesn’t matter if you specifically are an immigrant or not, I’m simply highlighting why people are voting for parties who want stricter immigration. Is it not striking for you that Norway made compulsory women’s rights classes compulsory for uslim migrants? Muslim countries are known for intolerant, patriarchal, and sexist societies. What happened in Cologne 2015 Germany in New Year’s Eve happened the same year Germany accepted 1 million refugees from almost all Muslim countries and the perpetrators on that day were 2000 men described as Arab appearance. It doesn’t surprise me that the incident occurred by male migrants coming from Muslim countries that are characteristic of what if I said before. And it does matter that they’re Muslim because they’re Muslim immigrants from Muslim countries. They’re not native to Europe, they are coming from a culture that is incompatible to that of Europe because of their conservatism and sexism. If the immigrants were coming from South America, or NA, or parts of Asia like China or Vietnam, I can guarantee what happened in Cologne wouldn’t have happened because our values and culture on women’s rights as well as secularism are similar.
@@binxwinx8434 1) Doesn’t matter if you aren’t an immigrant, I’m commenting on Islam and immigration from Muslim countries as a whole.
2) Uslim are counties are notorious for societies that are patriarchal, sexist, and intolerant. Therefore, its not striking that Norway made women’s rights classes compulsory for uslim migrants after $ex crimes were committed by said migrants? Same for Germany - Cologne incident happened the same year Germany accepted a million uslim refugees and perpetrators were described as Arab. Of the 1 million that came, 160,000 are now missing and have essentially evaded the authorities. This sentiment against uslim immigration is happening all across Europe like Italy with meloni, le pen in France, PVV in Netherlands, denmark, afd (Germany), Sweden democrats in Sweden… The problem is not racism, the problem is uslim immigrants not integrating and until they do and immigration stops, people will keep voting for corresponding parties
@@binxwinx8434 All you’ve done here is avert the blame and absolve responsibility from the uslim community.
Uslim countries are notorious for intolerance, sexism, and being patriarchal. Therefore, it’s not surprising that migrants coming from these countries forced Norway to make women’s rights classes compulsory or what happened in Cologne Germany by 2000 Arab men or for what happened to Samuel Paty. After what’s being happening again and again, it’s not wonder people are voting for the far right
This kind of thoughtful and repectful person has no place in our politics! (At least, if the current lot are any guide)
Really good interview (both interviewer and interviewee). Look forward to seeing more of MP Begum and people of her ilk in our public sphere
We should never allow anyone to be an MP or PM unless they are true British people, this is a British country.
Starting with the German monarch ?
So only Celts and the Scots, yes? Anglos need to GTFO back to Germanic lands
Great, and since Apsana was born in Shadwell then she is a perfect example of a true Brit... like Diane Abbott born in London... unlike Boris born outside Britain
She is a British born MP.
Do you mean non white, and/or Muslim?
Another moaning Asian
Its a fashionable head dress
We wore scarves in the UK up until the 70s. The Queen wore them for longer.
If may be fashionable.... but given the hate and abuse she, and many women who choose to wear it face it is also a sign of devotion to the faith and to Allah... but also a sign of defiance towards those who would hate on her for making the choice
@jannyjan90 one persons devotion is anothers subservience ..
@evokev4161 OK... but if it doesn't hurt you ...why does it matter?
Surely the latest 'must have' item of clothing is the Palestinian keffiyeh, every lefty must have one!
RUclips is stopping me from liking this post.
Incredible young woman. We need so many more real people like her in elected roles. Thank you for your service
first
The comments in here are... Different
One quoting Popper and one saying first.
@@_Uh_Oh_ To be fair all YT videos have dislikes hidden due to trolls
@@RichardFraser-y9t in my defence I just noticed i was in here 'first' and seized the moment. Carpe diem!
Where is she an MP. Islamabad.
Genuine question here, do you have learning difficulties?
Impressive that you managed to spell Islamabad and MP correctly. Do you realise that you’re an elite amongst your peers? Great work 👍👏🖕🏻
The Islamic republic of Tower Hamlets
She ain’t no burger
@@muirislandjim453 no sense of humour.
I'll fight for anyone's right to think and dress how they want but wearing your religion is ridiculous (as in funny haha).
People of faith shouldn't be revered or be MP's
So kick the King out the country?
@@cordoroy9515 No, I wouldn't want anyone kicked out for their religious beliefs. Specifically regarding the King, the crown estate is worth about 3-5 billion to the UK tax income so yeh that would be very silly
Judging people by the way they dress instead of the content of their character is sillier.
@jgray-bo5fc as long as they pay money to the tax man then they are OK.
@@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 I agree but I like High Fantasy video games, an if I walked around with a wizard hat in my day today people would treat me fairly negatively
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