NAZIR ALI UP TO HIS USUAL TRICKS, PROMOTES HATRED, DIVISION AND NOT
COHESION
Published: 28/05/2008 15:00
The Ramadhan Foundation strongly condemns Mr Nazir Ali, Bishop of
Rochester for his comments attacking Islam, Multi Culturalism and
freedom. Once again he seems to make fleeting statements without
any evidence and tries to demonise Islam and belittle the value
Muslims bring to this country.
There is no evidence that the vacuum left by the Christian faith in
this country is being filled by extremists, on the contrary it is
being filled by secularists and an obsession with celebrity, fame
and money. The Muslim community cannot be held responsible for the
failing of other faiths, Nazir Ali should be searching within his
own Church to see where the failing are.
The values he talks about like freedom, respect and tolerance are
what makes the United Kingdom unique and widely liked around the
world, these values have brought great benefits to communities
across the nation, we accept there are some challenging times for
community cohesion but honesty and a commitment to these values will
ensure cohesion and respect.
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Chairman of the Foundation comments:
“Another day and another attack on Islam and Muslims by Mr. Nazir
Ali, everything this man says are based on fiction and promoting
intolerance and fear amongst communities. I totally condemn him and
also believe that he is doing no justice to the millions of citizens
that share the need to build cohesive communities.
Islam is on the rise because people recognise and are inspired by
the trueness of our faith; whilst recognising that we live in a
majority Christian country we are a multi faith society that
believes in freedom, tolerance and respect. It is time Nazir Ali
returns to Christian values of tolerance and respect and not
bigotry.
We all have a duty to work together to build cohesive communities
and not establish division, Nazir Ali should hang his head in shame”
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