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Muslim Council of Britain rejects agenda of hatred and division |
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LONDON, July 7 (APP)- The UK largest Muslim organisation-The Muslim Council of Britain- on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of London bombings on Wednesday rejected agenda of hatred and division and said the community must remain vigilant and steadfast against those who commit such acts in the name of Islam and pervert faith for their own ends.
The Secretary General of the
Muslim Council of Britain Farooq Murad led a delegation of British
Muslims to pay their respects at the 7/7 Memorial site in Hyde Park,
erected to remember the victims of the atrocity.
In a statement, he said in
schools, mosques and community centres they are offering a
counter-narrative to those in the mainstream who are determined to cast
Islam’s relationship with the West as always destructive and always
antagonistic.
“ We are forging bonds with other
faith and civil society groups, and need to seek partnership with local
and national government in order to raise the level of the debate on
the complex issues facing Muslims in the UK.”
Murad said some have tried to
paint 7/7 in terms of a war between Muslims and wider community, but
two of the bombings, at Edgware Road and Aldgate, took place in areas
with large Muslim populations.
“This was not an attack by one
community on another; this was an attack on the very concept of an open
pluralistic society and all those- Muslim and non-Muslim alike - who
wish to be part of it. Among the 52 killed there were four promising
young Muslims who came from diverse backgrounds.”
Pointing towards a grave and
unfortunate fallout from this tragic event, he said this is
highlighted by the recent surveys which have shown that despite British
Muslims having a high affinity with this country, fellow Britons
associate Islam and Muslims with terrorism.
“Sadly, the responses of some
policy-makers and commentators have made matters worse by refusing to
see Muslims as anything other than a security issue, or worse still,
using the understandable suspicion that followed 7/7 as a vehicle for
overt xenophobia.
“The Prevent and Contest
strategies, draconian anti-terror legislation and increasingly
polarised debates about the headscarf and other practices have fostered
an atmosphere where Muslims and Muslim issues are seen as separate from
the rest of society.”
The MCB Secretary-General said
those who died on July 7 2005 represented every aspect of British
society, rich and poor, black and white, people of all faiths and none
and underscored the need to combat extremism on all sides.
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Chinese Premier Visit to Pakistan |
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Presidential address to the joint sitting of parliament |
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