(Jewish News) A pro-Gaza independent candidate who called for segregated areas to end the mixing of Muslim men and women has triumphed in a local election in Burnley, Lancashire.
Maheen Kamran was elected as a councillor for Burnley Central East with 1,357 votes on Thursday, taking the seat from [Labour in] the Burnley Central East seat.
Gavin Theaker representing Reform UK came second with 1,089 votes.
The 18-year-old medical student had previously told Politics Home she was motivated to enter politics by the war in Gaza, where she believes a “genocide” is taking place as a result of Israel’s war on Hamas.
She said she also wants to encourage public spaces to prevent “free mixing” between Muslim men and women.
