A Lamborghini-driving lawyer who’s combating to grow to be Birmingham’s new MP as soon as joked about ‘sparking out’ males who enter feminine bogs throughout an trade over homosexual and transgender rights.
Akhmed Yakoob, 36, who loves quick automobiles and costly jewelry, additionally informed how he pulled his youngsters out of secular state colleges to keep away from them being uncovered to constructive LGBT messages.
Mr Yakoob, a prison defence lawyer, is standing as an Unbiased within the Birmingham Ladywood constituency and has shut hyperlinks to George Galloway’s Employees Occasion of Britain.
In a video interview broadcast 9 months in the past, Mr Yakoob was launched as ‘probably the most well-known solicitor on the planet proper now’ by Mikey Melin, the host of YouTube documentary channel The Blue Tick Present.
Within the interview, Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘What if a person goes into the women’ lavatory and says, ”I am not a person, I am a lady”.
‘Properly if my spouse’s in there I am sparking him out. And there ain’t no defence for that offence.’ Laughter adopted earlier than Mr Melin added: ‘I might settle for the time, f*** it, put me inside.’
Akhmed Yakoob, 36, (pictured) who loves quick automobiles, is combating to grow to be Birmingham’s new MP
Mr Yakoob, a prison defence lawyer, is standing as an Unbiased within the Birmingham Ladywood constituency
Mr Yakoob claimed he and any Muslim can’t ‘promote’ constructive LGBT points as a result of doing so is prohibited of their religion
In the present day, Mr Yakoob insisted the remark within the video was not geared toward trans girls, as an alternative claiming: ‘I used to be saying what if an enormous grown man who can clearly be seen is a person. That is the concern is not it?
‘Males who aren’t trans, who’re regular males, will begin taking benefit. It is going to give regular males who’re predators the concept they might get away with it.’
Ladywood is dwelling to the town’s celebrated Homosexual Village. Liberal Democrat candidate Lee Dargue mentioned it will be dreadful for the town and the LGBT group if the subsequent MP for the realm held such views.
Mr Yakoob is hoping to unseat Labour’s shadow justice minister Shabana Mahmood and has constructed up a following amongst disaffected Muslims and individuals who assist his pro-Palestine marketing campaign messages.
Latest polling reveals him making inroads into Labour’s important majority of 28,582.
Within the interview, Mr Yakoob additionally claimed that he and any Muslim can’t ‘promote’ constructive LGBT points as a result of doing so is prohibited of their religion – a declare that was condemned by some religion leaders, lecturers and homosexual Muslims.
He additionally acknowledged that he ‘hates’ LGBT equality messages being shared in colleges, a lot in order that his personal youngsters had been moved out of secular state colleges to religion secondary colleges.
Talking to Mr Melin, Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘I’ve received no problem with this LGBTQ. I do not advertise. I am unable to advertise. You [Mr Melin] cannot advertise, we won’t advertise as a result of we’re Muslim.
‘We will not advertise as a result of it has been informed, we have been informed, God has despatched down a message…folks ought to be capable of do what they like, yeah, however not attempt to implement their views and opinions on different folks’s youngsters. I do not like this being taught in colleges – I hate it.’
Mr Yakoob added: ‘I’ve now pulled my youngsters out of college. Now they’re in Islamic colleges as a result of I am unable to have that round me. No matter what faith you’re, a younger woman or a younger boy shouldn’t be taught about completely different genders which you can change your gender.
He additionally acknowledged that he ‘hates’ LGBT equality messages being shared in colleges, a lot in order that his personal youngsters had been moved out of secular state colleges to religion secondary colleges
Mr Yakoob’s movies have grow to be well-liked on Instagram and TikTok
‘If we are saying one thing dangerous about these (LGBTQ) guys, folks go mad, however persons are burning the Holy Quran – have you ever heard anybody say something about that, condemn that? No person cares about that.
‘That is our spiritual ebook […] why are folks simply ignoring that? And someone says dangerous about LGBTQ and the entire world goes mad – they’re so irritated about it and get pissed off so simply.’
Mr Yakoob later clarified that his youngsters had attended state major colleges however he moved them to religion colleges once they went into the secondary sector, one attending an Islamic college and the opposite at a Catholic college.
Forward of his election campaigns, Mr Yakoob’s movies have grow to be well-liked on Instagram and TikTok utilizing his catchphrase ‘There is a defence for each offence’. He has 195,000 followers on TikTok and round 5 million likes. He polled almost 70,000 votes within the latest West Midlands mayoral election.
Earlier this yr, Mr Yakoob was criticised when a deceptive video he promoted, alleging a younger trainer supporting a Labour candidate had used a racial slur, went viral.
She had not mentioned something offensive however was bombarded with hate messages over the video after Mr Yakoob and others put her title and college into the general public area.
He later apologised and is dealing with an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority over his behaviour.
In one other video, Mr Yakoob additionally praised controversial influencer Andrew Tate as a ‘good hearted man’ who simply desires ‘males to be males’. The video interview went on-line after Mr Tate was charged with human trafficking, rape and prison gang enterprise offences in Romania. Mr Tate, his brother Tristan and others accused deny all allegations.
He has 195,000 followers on TikTok and round 5 million likes
Mr Yakoob mentioned he would characterize Mr Tate given the possibility, including: ‘I genuinely like that brother, I feel he is , form hearted brother who works arduous and I would exit of my approach to assist him….all he was doing and them brothers had been doing was selling arduous work and telling males to be males, nothing fallacious with that.
‘Individuals get offended too simply, persons are comfortable today.’
Mr Yakoob mentioned as we speak he didn’t consider he had mentioned something offensive within the video interview. Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘My view on LGBTQ folks is that this; I’ve no problem with any group. I really like all communities and everybody has a proper to co-exist and stay in peace and concord with one another.’
However he mentioned he maintained it was fallacious to ‘sexualise’ youngsters from a younger age, including: ‘My view about youngsters being taught it (in regards to the existence and equality of LGBT folks) is right, youngsters must be left to develop up by themselves, and their innocence must be protected, and so they should not be taught about any sexualization.’
Challenged on what proof there was of faculties ‘sexualising’ youngsters, he referenced story books accessible in some colleges, saying they had been complicated.
Books in some native major colleges embrace ones that includes a toddler with two mummies, two boy penguins who nurture an deserted egg and lift the infant penguin collectively, and a boy who likes to put on a gown.
Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘Some boys or some ladies do not have that a lot mind in comparison with others and that data (in story books) could possibly be misinterpreted by a seven or eight yr outdated boy.’
He claimed a fearful Roman Catholic father had just lately approached him to ask for his assist over the identical problem and was ‘actually happy’ to listen to he may transfer his little one to a different college or home-school them.
On his admiration for Mr Tate, Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘I do not agree with the whole lot Andrew Tate says – I agree with what he says about working arduous to make one thing of your self.’ On the fees dealing with Mr Tate, he mentioned solely that ‘I consider that somebody is harmless till confirmed responsible’.
He additionally spoke on a second recorded podcast interview by which he has come underneath fireplace for ‘joking’ about home violence towards girls. The commentary was a part of an unedited model of the Minted Thoughts podcast, hosted by Birmingham-based entrepreneur Abdhul Zaman.
In it six male voices are heard exchanging views on the position of ladies and whether or not males ought to do extra to ‘hold them of their place’. At one level Mr Yakoob joins in laughter and ‘jokes’ throughout a dialogue about girls dancing on TikTok as one of many podcasters states: ‘Getting again to masculinity, I personally would give her a backhander. I am not joking.’
Mr Yakoob ‘jokes’ in regards to the authorized defence that could possibly be framed in such a circumstance. The feedback have been extensively criticised. Councillor Nicky Brennan, equalities cupboard lead at Birmingham Metropolis Council, mentioned: ‘One in 4 girls are victims of home abuse of their lives, on common two girls die every week by the hands of violent males. It is nothing to joke about.’
In the present day, Mr Yakoob mentioned of the response: ‘Everyone seems to be on a studying curve and everybody makes errors. We study issues day by day. I am on a studying curve. And if I’ve upset anybody by collaborating in that podcast, I apologize and if I’ve upset anybody, it is unintentional.’
The podcast options Mr Yakoob saying that ’70 per cent of hell can be girls’. Requested about this as we speak, he claimed he was quoting a Muslim ‘hadith’ that states: ‘Nearly all of the dwellers of the hearth are girls.’ Mr Yakoob added: ‘It was a quote…it isn’t one thing I made up, you possibly can analysis it.’
He additionally mentioned he stood by a perception expressed within the podcast about divided gender roles. Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘I do consider that at dwelling I am the king, I’m going out and get my palms soiled, do the work, and my spouse is the queen, taking care of the youngsters and the family. I really really feel that, it is true, my spouse is my queen. Why ought to she go exterior and get her palms soiled once I can try this?’
Requested if folks of various backgrounds, girls, and the LGBT group may belief him to characterize them, Mr Yakoob mentioned: ‘Each single constituent of Ladywood is equal in my eyes, and is allowed to co-exist with one another.
‘And if they’ve any points, my doorways are open to each single constituent, whether or not they’re Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, black, white, Chinese language, no matter group they’re from, LGBT, I do not need to trigger division.’
