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The Ramadhan Foundation today attacks the Danish
Peoples Party who are an ally of the Prime
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who carried
out a youth wing competition to depict Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). This is another
example of the continued attack on Muslims and our faith, when will
those in West realise we cannot allow
these right wing extremists to whip up hatred towards Islam. How many more times can these
people attack Islam and hurt Muslims before the Governments and
societies realise this cannot continue.
We also condemn Danish State
Television for broadcasting amateur video footage of the youth wing
camp, there are some questions that need to be asked in regards to
ethical broadcasting. Have the
Danish media not learnt the lesson from the previous scandal of the
cartoons.
Governments are telling Muslims to
watch their children to stop them being brainwashed into extremism
and terrorism but their own children are openly taught to hate and
despise Muslims and Islam, where is the tolerance and peace gone to.
We will not allow the West to try to
hide behind freedom of speech; this is premeditated hatred that is
being indoctrinated into children and young people in Europe. At such difficult times political
parties and societies should be teaching equality, tolerance and
peaceful co existence not hatred and prejudice. This is how the Nazis carried out
their oppression in the 20th century.
Mr Mohammed Shafiq, Press Spokesman
of the Foundation comments:
“Here we are again being attacked by
those that know how to hurt Muslims the most, by depicting cartoons
of the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
What is surprising is that this comes in the aftermath of the
previous cartoons, Pope Benedict’s comments and Jack Straw’s attack
on freedom of choice for Muslim women to wear the veil and is another
example of Europe allowing open Islamphobia to exist in our
societies.
We hear from European leaders that
Muslims are creating an atmosphere of hate and violence in our
countries – well after this second Danish crisis I think those
leaders now need to take responsibility for these problems – they
have fuelled this hatred and they must call for it to stop and stop
now.
The Ramadhan Foundation also calls
on Muslims around the world to remain calm and observe patience
against these cartoons; we must not allow the extremists in Denmark
to provoke the wrong reaction from our community.
We urge all faith communities to
come together to put a stop to this liberal nonsense of attacking
faith and their figures – we must stand united together”
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Notes for Editors
The Ramadhan Foundation is the UK's
leading Muslim youth organisation that is working for peaceful
co-existence and dialogue for all communities. Based in Greater
Manchester and working to also establish the platform for human unity amongst our communities in the UK.
For
further information contact:
Mr.
Mohammed Shafiq
Press
Spokesman
Mohammed.shafiq@ramadhanfoundation.com
07814835912
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