Voting against Muslim candidate 'sinful', Londoners told

Muslim mayor of Tower Hamlets said anyone voting against him would be punished in afterlife, court papers allege

Lutfur Rahman, Labour Party mayor of Tower Hamlets
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Britain's first Muslim mayor, Lutfur Rahman, has been accused of telling Islamic electors in the borough of Tower Hamlets that it was their "religious duty" to vote for him.

Documents filed at the High Court claim that voters were told they would receive rewards in the afterlife for voting for Rahman, and would be punished if they voted for rival Labour candidate John Biggs, The Times reports.

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