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General feedback on the
Ramadhan Foundation
Respected Br Shafiq,
Assallamu’Alaikum,
Just wanted to express my personal thanks for your
timely and robust response to the C4 Dispatches
findings.
May Allah (SWT) bless
and reward you.
Imran Hamid, Muslim Directory UK |
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As Salaamu Alaikum
We have just read your
press release on Channel 4's Dispatches, our personal
thanks to you and the Ramadhan Foundation. with good
wishes,
Dr. Ahmed Al-Dubayan,
Director General Islamic Cultural Centre (Regents Park
Mosque, London)
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Dear
Mr Shafiq
I
felt great sympathy with your quote on the BBC website:
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let's come together, let's hold hands, let's support
each other and only together can it be defeated -
because the terrorists want to divide us."
I
have for some time been trying to find a way of 'holding
hands' within our local community (South Wales) but
cannot find a way of making contact with local Muslims
via an inter-faith group or some such. I wonder if you
are able to point me in the right direction please?
Thank you for your time.
Penny Weedon, Wales |
Assalamalikum
Thank you
for all your work, it is very good
If there is in anyway I can assist your work do let
me know.
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Dear
Mr Shafiq,
I have just watched a great interview you conducted on
BBC News 24 this afternoon (Sunday July 1st). May I say
that I have never in the past been inspired to contact
anyone regarding anything relating to politics,
religion, race or any similar issues. But now I find
myself writing to you. I was indeed inspired to see your
interview this afternoon, speaking about the events in
the UK over the last 48 hours. Forgive me, I am not a
particularly religious man, but I do live my life by a
strict (self imposed) code, where I always put others
first. Race, religion, politics etc have no bearing, I
just love human beings, and I love my life and everyone
has that right. My question to you is what can I do to
help the situation? I feel terrible that the Muslim
community should be a target of hatred by some (very
small) minority of ignorant white (national front) type
males, just as much as people in the UK could be the
targets of a (very small) minority of extremists from a
peaceful community. I feel that there is a real lack of
understanding between communities in the UK, and this
includes all faiths and nationalities. I say “enough is
enough”. I would like to find a way to open up some
discussion, to engage some understanding between
communities, and hopefully with a view to have fun and
enjoy being human beings along the way. I send you best
wishes and please don’t stop the excellent work you are
doing.
Kind regards,
Mr Richard Jacques |
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Hello Mohammed,
I have just watched
you on BBC news 24 and just wanted to say (as a
white British Buddhist man) how much I appreciate
what you are trying so hard to achieve.
After listening to you
and having taken a quick look through your website
for the first time your message of tolerance and
understanding is exactly the message we have all
been waiting to hear. These are truly British values
and I really do wish both you and the Ramadan
Foundation all the very best.
Kind Regards
Chris Taylor
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Dear Sir,
In the case of the British teacher, I feel that Ms.
Gibbons committed, if anything, a cultural faux pas. The
information that I read was that she allowed her
"students" to choose the name of the teddy bear. If the
students had learned Muslim values, according to Muslim
tradition, they would have known not to name the bear
after the Prophet Muhammad. And if Ms Gibbons was aware
of the cultural inappropriateness, I'm sure she would
have suggested a more appropriate choice of name. I see
this as a failing on the part of the parents/culture,
not the teacher. She made a mistake in the cultural
arena. We, in the USA would be more sympathetic to
cultural differences, and CERTAINLY not ask for the
death penalty for such an infraction.
PS. As there are several spellings of the name Muhammad,
depending on religion and culture, I beg your patience
and tolerance if I have misspelled the name. It was not
intentional.
Most Respectfully and
Sincerely,
Miss P Taylor |
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Richard from Liverpool
writes on
http://rickwrites.blogspot.com
And we've saved our
final few words for
one of Britain's
best respected and
most widely
recognised moderate
Muslims,
Mohammed Shafiq,
who even as we type
is actively seeking
to elicit some
semblance of common
sense from the
powers that be in
Sudan.
Kudos, to you,
young Mr Shafiq.
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Congratulations on your
foundation's comments regarding Gillian
Gibbons. It is a heartening response that helps combat
the negative
stereotypes of Islam that fill our airwaves and news
media.
I fervently hope that many
other Muslim organizations, mosques and
religious leaders will follow your lead.
Michael Breen PhD
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Dear
Mohammed
Thank
you for your support of Mrs Gibbons
Mike Bell
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I just wanted to thank you for speaking some words
of wisdom on this subject.
Rowena Morgan
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I am a
white Englishman living in Shropshire. I applaud you for
your feelings on the Teacher who was involved in
calling a teddy bear Mohammed well done for speaking up.
I believe in living harmoniously with any religion, I
believe however there are people hijacking your religion
for their beliefs which seem to me very evil. I do hope
you speak up more about these subjects because
personally it creates more respect for the majority of
Muslim people in general who are law abiding citizens
Well done once again and good luck
Andy Cooke
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