GB Newsโค Presenter Demands Adil Ray’sโ Dismissal Followingโ Social Media Posts on Sharia Law
A GB News presenter has called for theโข dismissal of Good Morning Britain (GMB) host Adil Ray after โขhe shared posts appearingโค to support aspects of Sharia law. The controversy erupted after Ray reshared a post about New York mayor Zohran Mamdani,โฃ and subsequently commented on the principlesโข of Sharia law.
The GB News presenter, sharing a link to coverageโฃ on the matter from Express.co.uk,wrote: “never mind crisis talks -โ he should be sacked. Sharia Law is an abomination that discriminates โagainst and harms women.”
The situation unfolded after Ray posted on X (formerly Twitter)โ on โNovember 5, stating: “Some say โMamdani may implement Sharia Law. He might. The heartโค of Sharia โlaw is social justice, welfare, fairness, charity and cohesion.” He followed โฃup on โnovember 7, clarifying: “To clarify, I am not โactually suggestingโ Mamdani would implement sharia law. But many of โขthe issues he campaigned for are alsoโฃ some of the positive values ofโข Sharia that Muslims tryโ toโข live by. โขSomething many of us would agreeโข on.”
According to โคreports, GMB executives were “sent โขinto a tailspin” by Ray’s comments and โฃcalledโค him in for crisis talks. Ray had โคinitially sharedโข support for Mamdani days prior โto the controversy.
The timing ofโข the incident is particularly sensitive as ITV is โreportedly โฃinโ high-profile talks with Skyโ regarding aโ ยฃ1.6billion deal to sell its broadcasting arm, with sources suggesting they “don’t want anything to derail that.”
Adil ray joined ITV in 2018 as a temporary replacement for Piers Morgan onโค GMB and has since become a regular presenter. before ITV, he worked extensively with the BBC, includingโ on Radio 5โค Live,โค Radioโค 4, and โBBC TV, and created theโข BBC sitcom Citizen Khan, which ran for โfive series.
Express.co.uk โคhas contacted Adil Ray’s representativesโ for comment.