"We are looking to find ways for a positive discussion to come out of this, but no one thinks the planned event is anything but racist."
Source/Credit: Al Jazeera
By Al Jazeera | July 4, 2015
UK-based anti-Sharia campaign group will host an exhibition featuring cartoons of the prophet of Islam in September.
Muslim organisations in the UK have condemned a move by an anti-Sharia campaign group to host an exhibition featuring cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in London in September.
Azad Ali, chair of the Muslim Safety Forum based in London, told Al Jazeera on Friday the proposed "Muhammad Cartoon Exhibit" by UK-based Sharia Watch was an attempt to taunt the tolerance levels of British Muslims, and described the move as a cheap attempt to create disharmony in the UK.
"They keep on pushing the boundary, testing the levels and always upping the ante ... this is what this is about: getting a reaction from Muslims and looking for a justification to demonise us," Ali said.
"We are looking to find ways for a positive discussion to come out of this, but no one thinks the planned event is anything but racist," he said.
The exhibit is set to feature controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders as a speaker. Wilders is known to be vehemently anti-Islam.
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