1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:10,480 I don't want power for the sake of 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:11,400 power. I want power for the sake of 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,799 changing 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:18,080 things. I think that you all know me. I 5 00:00:14,799 --> 00:00:21,760 think you know that I have been faithful 6 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:24,760 to the cause, the causes you believe in. 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:28,080 Uh over all of my life, I I have been 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:30,480 involved with the Muslims for more than 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:33,120 40 years. I know I don't look old 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,160 enough. That's cuz my wife does my beard 11 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:39,200 in the morning before I come 12 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:42,360 out. For more than 40 years, I have been 13 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,280 standing with the Muslims here and 14 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:48,320 abroad in 15 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:51,760 Bangladesh, in Pakistan, in the uh Arab 16 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:57,360 world, from the Atlantic to the Gulf. I 17 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:59,760 have involved myself in the causes dear 18 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:02,960 to the people of this ummah and I will 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:05,439 do so as long as God gives me breath 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,119 whether I'm the mayor or whether I'm a 21 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:09,840 member of the assembly or a member of 22 00:01:07,119 --> 00:01:14,159 parliament or just a member of the 23 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:17,200 public. So I'm not going to promise you 24 00:01:14,159 --> 00:01:22,159 anything except that I will continue on 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:25,680 that path theat must and if you have a 26 00:01:22,159 --> 00:01:29,000 mayor on that path well that'll be a 27 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:33,640 better mayor than any of the 28 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:37,119 alternatives. We do have uh opponents of 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:40,159 course, but if you look at my record and 30 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:42,920 you look at theirs, I'm confident that 31 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:46,799 you will see ours as 32 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:50,759 better. Not just historically, but here 33 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:54,360 and now. If I take an example from the 34 00:01:50,759 --> 00:01:58,240 Maghreb, as we're in a Maghreb 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:02:01,560 restaurant, Sadi Khan voted for the 36 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:03,920 destruction of Libya and I led the 37 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:08,720 demonstrations against the destruction 38 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:12,800 of Libya. Sadi Khan supported the war on 39 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:14,959 the people of Iraq in the Gulf and I was 40 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:18,760 one of the leaders of the movement 41 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:20,280 against the war on Iraq. Sad Khan 42 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:24,160 supported 43 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:27,040 Muslims being interned for 90 days 44 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:30,239 without charge. Indeed, it was his own 45 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:33,680 ministry. He was the minister proposing 46 00:02:30,239 --> 00:02:35,319 that Muslims could be locked up for 90 47 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:39,200 days without being 48 00:02:35,319 --> 00:02:41,760 charged. Eventually forced down to 45 49 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:44,720 days when in Britain it used to be you 50 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:47,360 couldn't be held for 48 hours without 51 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:50,319 being charged or you had to be released. 52 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,920 And I oppose everything he stands for. I 53 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:56,480 oppose. Everything I support he opposes. 54 00:02:53,920 --> 00:02:58,879 So that for example just in the last 55 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,760 three days and I've written about it you 56 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:03,640 can find it on 57 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:06,760 Twitter. We 58 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:10,319 proposed that the police and the 59 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:14,560 government should ask questions about 60 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:17,040 what's going on in the homes of women 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:20,159 wearing the hijab. 62 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:23,159 Well, as it happens, my wife doesn't 63 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:26,000 wear the hijab, but if she 64 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:27,840 did, no policeman or any government 65 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,560 would ever be allowed to come into our 66 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:33,360 house to ask questions about what my 67 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,920 wife was wearing on her head. This is 68 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:39,120 none of their business. Muslim women can 69 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:41,920 wear what they want as Jewish women can 70 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:45,120 wear what they want as Christian women 71 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,680 can wear what they want. and to have a 72 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,280 Muslim labor 73 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:52,959 candidate 74 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:55,799 propose that the state involve itself in 75 00:03:52,959 --> 00:03:58,879 the private decisions, religious 76 00:03:55,799 --> 00:04:03,959 decisions made by Muslim women in London 77 00:03:58,879 --> 00:04:03,959 is an absolute scandal and disgrace.