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If it was anywhere else and involved any other religion, the MSM would be all over it.
But Londinistan...?

London Underground advert with cleric 'who called gay people worse than
animals' compliant, TfL says

Sadiq Khan's team says he has 'no involvement in approving or deciding' which adverts run on the
Tube network


Ismail ibn Musa Menk features on Tube adverts for a finance firm.

'Transport for London (TfL) has sparked a backlash after approving an advert on the Underground
featuring a Muslim cleric who allegedly referred to gay people as 'worse than animals'. The poster
advertising the finance firm Wahed was raised with Sadiq Khan during Mayor's Question Time
this morning (Thursday, October 10).

Conservative London Assembly Member Susan Hall said: "Featuring on those adverts is a chap
called Mufti Menk, who actually is known to have denounced homosexuality as 'filthy', and said
that gays were worse than animals."

Referring to an advert for a show by comedian Ed Gamble, on which a hot dog had to be changed
to a cucumber, Ms Hall added: "So, you'll stop a hot dog being put on there [but] you're quite happy
to have people like that featuring in those adverts."


Alex Armstrong
@alexharmstrong

Sadiq Khan has banned fast food advertisements but is fine to allow an
advertisement featuring hate preacher, Ismail ibn Musa Menk, who has
called gay people “worse than animals” on tube and bus adverts.

The ads are all over London.

Mr Khan said: "Chair, I'm not aware of that advert. I've have a look at it as soon as Mayor's Question
Time is finished to see what's gone on there." Mayor 'has no involvement in approving or deciding
which ads run on the TfL network'

A spokesperson for the Mayor told MyLondon: "The Mayor is clear that there is no place for hate in
London and he strongly condemns any language which divides London’s amazing diverse communities.
The Mayor has no involvement in approving or deciding which ads run on the TfL network, and TfL’s
policy reflects legal requirements.”

A TfL spokesperson said: “This advert was reviewed and found to comply with our advertising policy,
which reflects legal requirements. The Mayor has no involvement in approving or deciding which ads
run on the TfL network."


Sadiq Khan's team says he 'strongly condemns any language which divides London’s amazing diverse
communities'.

TfL says that it works closely with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Financial Conduct
Authority (FCA), and now only runs campaigns from cryptocurrency and financial investment companies
that are registered with the FCA and that comply with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Finance and
Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017. All advertising that runs on TfL's estate, officials say, must follow
the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) code and the TfL Policy...'

MyLondon: