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9/11 BURN A QURAN DAY IN UNITED STATES IS
CONDEMNED
Mr.
Mohammed Shafiq, Chief Executive of the Ramadhan Foundation comments:
“I
strongly condemn Pastor Jones for his stunt to burn the Holy Quran on
September 11th, this vile action is designed to cause
distress towards Muslims and many people of all faiths and we urge him
to reconsider. The burning of any religious scriptures is unacceptable
and must be stopped. I welcome the strong comments of President Obama
and his Government but we urge urgent action now to stop this stunt.
With
freedom of choice comes responsibility and we call on the US Government
to take urgent action to stop this racist bigot.
The
coming of faith leaders across the United States is comforting to the
Muslim communities and an indication that that the burning of the Quran
is an attack on all decent tolerant people. This so called man of faith
is going against the teachings of the faith of Christianity and there is
no link between the Quran and terrorism.
September 11th is a day to remember the victims and not carry
out stunts that will lead to community division, in this I hope he
fails. The ever increasing attacks on Islam and Muslims is worrying for
our communities and we would urge people to reflect on the acceptance of
such attacks as justified.
I
urge a peaceful, tolerant response to his actions, our message is of non
violence and I hope people understand this.”
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Notes for editors
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only)
1. The Ramadhan
Foundation is a leading Muslim youth organisation in the UK that is
working for peaceful co-existence and dialogue for all communities.
2. Based in
Greater Manchester and working to also establish the platform for human
unity amongst our communities in the UK.
3. Mohammad Shafiq is the Chief Executive of the Foundation, aged
30 and actively campaigning to provide a more positive image of
Islam
and Muslims
Mr. Mohammed
Shafiq
Chief Executive
Ramadhan
Foundation
07989 764624 or
07814 835912
mohammed.shafiq@ramadhanfoundation.com
www.ramadhanfoundation.com
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