UK: Crawley Muslim president condemns Woolwich terrorist attack

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“We are totally against what happened. We promote peace and that is part of Islam. What happened yesterday is not true Islam. “I contacted the police as soon as I heard what had happened to say we were shocked and denounce what had happened."

File Photo: Ahmadi Muslims with local officials in Crawley 

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | UK Desk
Source/Credit: Crawley Observer
By Crawley Observer | May 23, 2013

The president of a Muslim group in Crawley has condemned the terrorist attack in Woolwich, South London, yesterday (Wednesday May 22).

The atrocity saw a British soldier killed in a street in broad daylight in a politically-motivated attack.

Police attended Langley Green Mosque in Langley Drive, this morning (Thursday May 23) in what Ahsan Ahmedi from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association called a ‘vigil’ to reassure the community.

Mr Ahmedi, who is the president of the association branded the terrorist attack ‘disgusting’.

Speaking from the mosque on Langley Drive, he said: “We are totally against what happened. We promote peace and that is part of Islam. What happened yesterday is not true Islam.

“I contacted the police as soon as I heard what had happened to say we were shocked and denounce what had happened.

“The police got back to us and said they would be setting up a vigil around the mosque to make sure there is no retaliation. Unfortunately that can happen . When I got here this morning, the police were already here, they had been watching the mosque all night. We have had so much support.”

For the full story, pick up a copy of the Observer on Wednesday (May 29).

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