‘We had to break the status quo’: UK campaign seeks to mobilise Muslim vote

Abubakr Nanabawa, national coordinator for the Muslim Vote campaign group, outside the Masjid-e-Noor mosque in Gloucester. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian

A campaign group hoping to mobilise Muslim communities in the lead-up to the general election has said it wants to ensure their votes are “taken seriously” and it aims to produce a list of candidates they endorse later this year.

The Muslim Vote, a campaign group, is hoping to encourage as many of the 3.9 million Muslims in the UK to vote in the upcoming general election, focusing on constituencies where they can have the most impact.