Saturday, December 7, 2013
UK: Baroness aims to tackle stereotypes during Keighley visit
Baroness Warsi first had a discussion with women members of the 80-strong Ahmadiyya community in Keighley before joining men gathered in a downstairs room.
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | UK Desk
Source/Credit: The Telegraph and Argus
By Chris Tate | December 7, 2013
A Keighley mosque found itself yesterday at the centre of a Government programme to counter people’s stereotypical views of various religions.
Faith and Communities Minister Baroness Warsi visited the Ahmadiyya mosque on the corner of Long Croft to promote a campaign to counterbalance popular fixation on differences between religious practices and cultures by highlighting the many similarities.
“When people talk about differences, they always focus on visual differences – such as the wearing of the veil,” she said.
“However an example of what I’m talking about is the 100th anniversary of the First World War, which some people think of it as just being a white people’s war, but it involved many soldiers from all the Commonwealth countries, something which will be emphasised next year.”
Mosque president Dr Aziz Hafiz was also keen to stress that issues facing Keighley and Britain concerned every branch and type of religion.
“It is a sworn article of faith for every Muslim to respect the laws and governments of whatever country they are living in,” Dr Hafiz said as Baroness Warsi and Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, arrived soon after prayers yesterday.
Baroness Warsi first had a discussion with women members of the 80-strong Ahmadiyya community in Keighley before joining men gathered in a downstairs room.
“I know Keighley very well as I once worked here as a criminal defence solicitor and also my family had friends here who we would visit,” she said.
“What are the things which are concerning you in Keighley and what can the Government do to help?”
Dr Hafiz said that one of the tenets of Ahmadiyya philosophy was to always work for the surrounding community.
“If we see litter on the street, we pick it up, we sell Remembrance poppies and raise money for Manorlands hospice,” he said. “We believe we are very lucky to live here and will do everything in our lives to try and make Keighley a better place.”
Dr Hafiz also pointed out that many of the problems facing Keighley and society in general did not stem from religions themselves, but rather from a lack of good moral behaviour.
Read original post here: Baroness aims to tackle stereotypes during Keighley visit
This content-post is archived for backup and to keep archived records of any news Islam Ahmadiyya. The views expressed by the author and source of this news archive do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Ahmadiyya Times.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Top read stories during last 7 days
-
The on-location LIVE updates are produced by Shiraz Hassan, a Journalist, Blogger, and a Photographer. His blog can be read at http://shira...
-
The U.N. Human Rights Council wrapped up its latest session in Geneva on Friday, March 27 by adopting four resolutions condemning Israel. ...
-
A copy of the Sinhala Translation of the Holy Qur’an with some other literatureS including Peace Messages in English as well as Sinhala wer...
-
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) has raised more than £700,000 for UK charities, including, Bloodwise, The Royal British Legio...
-
In a strange twist of fate, Israel and Saudi Arabia have teamed up in criticizing the US administration while the Ayatollah and the hardlin...
Disclaimer!
THE TIMES OF AHMAD is NOT an organ of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, nor in any way associated with any of the community's official websites. Times of Ahmad is an independently run and privately managed news / contents archival website; and does not claim to speak for or represent the official views of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Times of Ahmad assumes full responsibility for the contents of its web pages. The views expressed by the authors and sources of the news archives do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Times of Ahmad. All rights associated with any contents archived / stored on this website remain the property of the original owners.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thank you for your comments. Any comments irrelevant to the post's subject matter, containing abuses, and/or vulgar language will not be approved.