Further to Ben Roger's post on Islamists supporting Ken. It is at the very least curious that the two men leading the group Muslims4Ken, Azzam Tamimi and Anas al Tikriti are also the two key founders and leaders of the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB).
A few years ago the MAB, an Islamist organisation that has stated it is proud of "the principles of the Muslim Brotherhood" linked up with the Socialist Worker's Party to form RESPECT - which despite a split last year is still going strong.
Since 1997 the MAB has been running a "Muslim Vote Smart" campaign - trying to swing the Muslim vote in key constituencies by telling Muslims which candidate to vote for. For the London Assembly elections it backs the RESPECT candidate where there is one (George Galloway for the London wide GLA vote) and where there isn't one, it urges Muslims to vote for either the Labour or Lib-Dem candidate who they perceive to be most supportive of their Islamist cause.
However, intriguingly, RESPECT has NOT followed the example of the Green Party in putting up a candidate for London mayor - although they could easily have done so. Anas al Tikriti, who is now London based, stood as a RESPECT candidate for the 2004 Euro elections. But, instead of standing himself - al Tikriti now has regular meetings with Ken Livingstone, whose re-election as London mayor he now campaigns energetically for.
So, what's the real agenda...?
Ken needs to come clean - what is his relationship with the people who formed RESPECT...?
The thought of our capital city being governed by what is in effect a type of Left wing/ Islamist coalition like RESPECT - will fill many ordinary people with horror.
