THIS is the moment a Green Party councilor shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after being elected.
Mothin Ali, 42, vowed to “raise the voice of Palestine” when he won the seat of Gipton and Harehills in Leed.
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Video posted on TikTok shows Ali being declared the winner before bursting into the speech.
As two men held a Palestinian flag behind him, he said he was running for election “for the community of Gipton and Harehills, who are fed up with being let down by the Labor Council.
“Who are tired of being taken for granted. Who are tired of being neglected by this rotten council.”
At this point Ali was interrupted by people in the crowd – with one man shouting at him to “shut up” and “shut up”.
He continued: “This is a victory for the people of Gaza. We will not be silent.
“We will raise the voice of Gaza. We will raise the voice of Palestine. Allahu Akbar”
Ali posted the video to his own TikTok page with the caption: The results for Gipton and Harehills, a huge win for our community, we have been neglected for far too long, it's time to start working on rebuilding our community.
“Our community has the labour party's support for the genocide in Gaza.
“This was a huge community effort, people from all backgrounds came together to achieve this historic result.”
It comes next A Labor row broke out this week after party insiders blamed Hamas for a possible disruption of local elections.
One of them secretly informed the BBCsuggesting that the Tories would retain the mayoralty of the West Midlands because Muslim voters disagreed with Labour's position on the Gaza war.
a Work A source said: “It is the Middle East, not the West Midlands, that will have won the mayoralty.
“Once again Hamas are the real villains.”
But the comment was rejected by senior Labor MPs, who called for the secret source to be immediately expelled from the party.
An official spokesperson said: “The Labor Party has strongly condemned this racist quote, which does not come from someone who speaks for the party or whose values are welcome in the party.”
The outrage came as a leader Lord Keir Starmer admitted that his party is losing votes among Muslims because of its position Palestine.
For months he has avoided calls for a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza.