{"id":70303,"date":"2020-10-12T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=70303"},"modified":"2020-10-12T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:52:08","slug":"britains-first-hijab-wearing-mayor-quits-labour-party-over-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/70303-britains-first-hijab-wearing-mayor-quits-labour-party-over-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s First Hijab-Wearing Mayor Quits Labour Party over Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-12_18-22-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-12_18-22-16.jpg 750w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-12_18-22-16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/10\/photo_2020-10-12_18-22-16-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Somalia-born Rakhia Ismail said she had stepped down because she felt she was marginalized as a woman of color and was not taken seriously by some male colleagues.<br>After leaving her ceremonial post as mayor of Islington, north London, late last month Ismail has informed Labour members of Holloway Ward that she is resigning as councilor after eight years.<br>She said: \u201cI\u2019m saddened deeply that the party I thought was for justice and fairness and \u2018for the many\u2019 is the opposite, from my personal experience.<br>\u201cTherefore, I find it hard to represent Holloway Ward as a Labour councillor because I was battling with a party system that simply allows white men to have what they want, when they want.\u201d<br>Listing reasons for quitting the party, Ismail pointed to a letter she received in February 2019 inviting her to Labour\u2019s first national women\u2019s conference which, beneath her address, was printed the word: \u201cSomalia.\u201d<br>\u201cWhat has my birthplace got to do with this invite? I was shocked,\u201d said Ismail.<br>Ismail also claimed she was initially blocked out of the official mayoral Twitter account and alleged Islamophobia among some colleagues which she felt was behind the decision by the council not to organize an event to mark the major Muslim festival of Eid in 2019.<br>She also alleged that a Labour colleague shouted at her for tarnishing the reputation of the area after she highlighted to the media the issue of knife crime and was reduced to tears after being told to be quiet during a Labour group meeting.<br>\u201cIt felt like me as a BME woman that I had no voice. 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