Jeremy Corbyn

Islamism

Jere­my Cor­byn is a long­stand­ing British social­ist politi­cian who served as Leader of the Labour Par­ty from 2015 to 2020 and has rep­re­sent­ed Isling­ton North as an MP since 1983. Known for his anti-war stance and advo­ca­cy for civ­il lib­er­ties, Cor­byn fre­quent­ly aligned with Mus­lim orga­ni­za­tions and figures—such as attend­ing events with the Mus­lim Engage­ment and Devel­op­ment group (linked in gov­ern­ment reports to the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood) , prais­ing Sheikh Raed Salah of the Islam­ic Move­ment (a Broth­er­hood-off­shoot) as “a voice that must be heard” , and using the Rabia hand ges­ture asso­ci­at­ed with the Egypt­ian Mus­lim Broth­er­hood at pub­lic ral­lies . His pub­lic ges­tures and out­reach reflect an unusu­al polit­i­cal coali­tion: a self-described rad­i­cal athe­ist who forged sym­bol­ic and orga­ni­za­tion­al ties with Islamist and Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-linked groups, posi­tion­ing him­self with­in a broad­er anti-impe­ri­al­ist and pro-Pales­tin­ian network.

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