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DAME
STELLA RIMINGTON AND TERRORISM
Published: 17/02/2009 11.00
Mr. Mohammed Shafiq, Chief Executive of the Ramadhan
Foundation comments:
“I welcome the interview by former head of the British
Security Service Agency MI5 Dame Stella Rimington that the British
Government has been exploiting the threat from terrorism to curtail
civil liberties without any evidence or attempts to preserve the right
of free people and future generations.
The threat from terrorism is real and the Muslim community
have done a great deal to work together as a nation to identify and
eradicate this evil, what we now need from the Government is a honest
acceptance that you cannot defeat terrorism by taking about individual
freedoms.
This is a damning indictment of the Government’s blatant
breach and we applaud Dame Stella Rimington for speaking up publically.
The Government must also accept that foreign policy and
matters arising from that are used by extremists to brainwash people,
these issues must be dealt with also.”
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Notes for editors
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. Mohammed
Shafiq is the Chief Executive of the Foundation, aged 29 and active
campaigning for a positive image of Islam and Muslims in the UK.
Mr. Mohammed Shafiq
Chief Executive
Ramadhan Foundation
07989 764624 or 07814 835912
Mohammed.shafiq@ramadhanfoundation.com
www.ramadhanfoundation.com
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