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Ajmal Masroor

Ajmal Masroor (born 19 October 1971) was a British-Bangladeshi imam and former Lib Dem politician who, in 2024, stood for the parliamentary constituency of Bethnal Green at Stepney at that year's general election, narrowly failiy to unseat Rushanara Ali (who won 34.1% to his 30.5%). Born in Sylhet, he immigrated to Britain at the age of 1, returned to Bangladesh, and returned to Britain at the age of 13,and he became an imam, broadcaster, and educator. He was the Lib Dem candidate for West Ham in 2005 and Bethnal Green and Bow in 2010, and, in 2024, he ran for Parliament as an Independent motivated by the Israel-Hamas War.

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