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== Political positions==
Mahmood says on her website that she is a passionate supporter of Palestinian rights.<ref name="PALREC2">{{cite news |date=10 June 2021 |title=Shabana's record on Palestine |url=https://www.shabanamahmood.org/2021/06/10/palestine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240806211452/https://www.shabanamahmood.org/2021/06/10/palestine/ |archive-date=6 Aug 2024 |access-date=6 Aug 2024 |website=shabanamahmood.org}}</ref> In 2014, Mahmood took part in a demonstration outside a branch of Sainsbury's in central Birmingham. She said "We lay down in the street and we laid down inside Sainsbury's to say we object to them stocking goods from illegal settlements – and that they must stop. We managed to close down that store at peak time on a Saturday. This is how we can make a difference."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Jonathan |date=20 August 2014 |title=Watch: Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood hauled in by Labour bosses after this video of Sainsbury's Gaza protest |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-birmingham-mp-shabana-mahmood-7643691 |access-date=7 August 2024 |website=birminghammail.co.uk |publisher=Reach}}</ref> The ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that she was criticised for this by members of the [[Board of Deputies]] and the [[Jewish Leadership Council]]. The report also said that the chair of the [[Jewish Labour Movement]] and the director of Antisemitism Policy Trust both said that she had taken action against anti-semitism.<ref name="MOBRULE2">{{cite news |date=7 July 2024 |title=Labour's new Justice Secretary was accused of encouraging 'mob rule' at pro-BDS protest |url=https://thejc.com/news/politics/labours-new-justice-secretary-was-accused-of-encouraging-mob-rule-at-pro-bds-protest-buv7nom8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240806213757/https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/finchley-and-golders-green-mp-slams-disgusting-planned-far-right-action-in-north-london-pdwrlevr |archive-date=6 Aug 2024 |access-date=6 Aug 2024 |website=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref>
In March 2019, Mahmood was criticised by activists within her party after stating that the "religious background" of pupils and "age appropriateness" should be considered when teaching [[LGBTQ|LGBTQ+]] content during [[Relationship and Sex Education]] (RSE) lessons in schools, after 1,700 of her constituents signed a petition objecting to teaching such content at a Birmingham primary school.<ref name="SR">{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Sienna |date=5 March 2019 |title=Shabana Mahmood under fire for comments on LGBT lessons in schools |url=https://labourlist.org/2019/03/shabana-mahmood-under-fire-for-comments-on-lgbt-lessons-in-schools/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523204552/https://labourlist.org/2019/03/shabana-mahmood-under-fire-for-comments-on-lgbt-lessons-in-schools/ |archive-date=23 May 2024 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=LabourList}}</ref> Columnist [[Owen Jones]] said on [[Twitter]] that her remarks were "shocking", feeling that they supported parents "trying to stop lessons educating pupils about the existence of gay people".<ref name="PINKN">{{cite news |title=Labour MP Shabana Mahmood faces backlash over LGBT education comments |date=6 March 2019 |website=Pink News |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/03/06/labour-mp-shabana-mahmood-lgbt-relationship-education/2/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |archive-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411112458/https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/03/06/labour-mp-shabana-mahmood-lgbt-relationship-education/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mahmood
In a 2024 interview with ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Mahmood
Mahmood stated in October 2024 that she was opposed to legislation on [[Assisted suicide|assisted dying]]. She said: ‘I voted against the bill when it was last introduced in 2015. I’ll be voting against it again. As a Muslim, I have an unshakable belief in the sanctity and value of human life. I don’t think death is a service that the state should be offering<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sylvester |first=Rachel |date=22 October 2024 |title=Shabana Mahmood: ‘The first time I was racially abused I was seven’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/cd2192ef-a768-4b07-ad60-adb26ac87dc7?shareToken=8789b6d7a8ae0a37f710f2eea44b0631 |work=The Times}}</ref>.’
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