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The Green Party councillor who shouted 'Allahu Akbar' after being elected has been revealed today as a gardening-loving accountant who ranted against the 'Israeli occupation' the day after Hamas's sickening attacks on October 7.
Mothin Ali, 42, declared his election to Leeds Council a 'win for the people of Gaza' in a rowdy victory speech where he shouted: 'We will not be silenced. We will raise the voice of Gaza. We will raise the voice of Palestine. Allahu Akbar!'
But the newly-elected politician has become shrouded in further controversy after comments from his TikTok account were unearthed from October 8 - the day after Hamas' terrorist attack which killed 1,600 and took 250 hostage.
Instead of condemning the attacks, Mr Ali instead labelled Israel 'white supremacists'.
The campaigner, who also runs a gardening YouTube channel with his wife and three children, said: 'The latest round of hostilities started when Hamas fighters started fighting back against Israeli occupation.
Mothin Ali has been revealed today as a gardening-loving accountant who ranted against the 'Israeli occupation' the day after Hamas 's sickening attacks on October 7
Mr Ali, 42, declared his election to Leeds Council a 'win for the people of Gaza ' in a rowdy victory speech where he shouted: 'Allahu Akbar!'
But the newly-elected politician has become shrouded in further controversy after comments from his TikTok account were unearthed where he labelled Israel 'white supremacists' and said the media was biased against brown people
'The land was ethnically cleansed by European settler colonialists - white supremacists. When people wanna talk about it you've gotta remember it is white supremacy.
'White supremacists have always done well at portraying the native population as barbarians, as some kind of bloodthirsty savage, that is what they did with the Native Americans, that is how they dehumanised them, that is what they did with the aboriginals, that is how they dehumanised them, that is what they did with the Africans, that is why they were able to take them as slaves.'
The Leeds Beckett University graduate, who is the director of his own accountancy firm, started his TikTok account just before the war in Gaza began and has since then has frequently posted his ramblings on the subject.
After his victory in the Gipton and Harehills seat with 3,070 votes, he claimed people were 'fed up' of being 'let down' by the Labour council and said his phone has been 'ringing off the hook' since the win.
Throughout his victory speech, which has went viral online, there is arguing between the Green members and the other parties at the count - with people heard swearing and told to 'shut up'.
Mr Ali was one of dozens of candidates who ran on a Gaza ticket at the local elections and managed to defeat a Labour candidate
Mr Ali, who regularly posts videos on his TikTok account, has said on the platform: 'Every single people have a right to fight back, every single people have a right to live free of occupiers'
The Green Party politician started his TikTok account just before the war in Gaza began and has since then has frequently posted his ramblings on the subject
He shouted in the video: 'We will not be silenced. We will raise the voice of Gaza. We will raise the voice of Palestine. Allahu Akbar!'
Mr Ali is also a keen gardener and in 2009 founded My Family Garden which is a plot of land growing a variety of organic produce including vegetables from the UK and Bangladesh.
He said his mission is to keep alive the culture and traditional growing techniques that have been passed down to him.
Together with his wife and three children, he runs a YouTube channel dedicated to the garden which has 554 videos uploaded and 53,000 people subscribed.
His most popular video is a tutorial on how to make fast compost at home which has more than 1.2m views.
Mr Ali is also a qualified mufti, which is a Muslim legal expert who is empowered to give rulings on religious matters.
He volunteers at the mosque teaching children Arabic and campaigns against granting more licences to sell alcohol.
The accountant has lived in the Gipton and Harehills ward for 20 years.
Mr Ali is also a qualified mufti, which is a Muslim legal expert who is empowered to give rulings on religious matters
His campaign at the local elections focused on anti-social behaviour, housing and community welfare, and community equality - according to the Green Party website
His campaign at the local elections focused on anti-social behaviour, housing and community welfare, and community equality, according to the Green Party website.
It is not the first time Mr Ali has caused controversy with his comments on social media.
In February he created a video that branded a Jewish chaplain 'this creep,' calling him a 'kind of animal,' an 'absolute low-life,' 'absolutely disgusting' and 'shameful,' and falsely claiming that he had, in recent weeks, deliberately attempted to 'kill women and children' in Gaza.
The Rabbi, who is Leeds University's Jewish Chaplain, was forced to go into hiding with his family after threats were made
