Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has banned the annual Al Quds Day march scheduled for Sunday in London, approving a Metropolitan Police request to prohibit the procession to prevent serious public disorder.

The decision came after significant pressure from parliamentarians, with 100 MPs and peers reportedly urging Mahmood to block the event. A Labour minister stated the Al Quds march had no place in British society.

While the march has been prohibited, organizers will still be permitted to hold a static protest, meaning participants can demonstrate as long as they remain in one location rather than processing through the streets.

Al Quds Day is an annual event that takes place on the last Friday of Ramadan, originally declared by Iran in 1979 to express solidarity with Palestinians and opposition to Israel. The London demonstration has been a recurring event that has previously drawn both supporters and counter-protesters.

The Metropolitan Police assessment that led to the march ban focused on preventing serious public disorder, though the static protest alternative suggests authorities sought to balance demonstration rights with public safety concerns.

The decision represents a compromise approach, maintaining some form of assembly while restricting the more disruptive elements of a street march through the capital.