Gitmo detainee speaks at Cathedral

    Moazzam Begg spoke about his experiences at Blackburn Cathedral on Tuesday describing how he was tortured and held in solitary confinement. Moazzam Begg, a British citizen, said how he travelled to Afghanistan to start a girls’ school with his wife and within a year he had been captured by American forces as part of the “war on terror” and transported to Guantanamo Bay. He was kept without charge until his eventual release in 2005. Moazzam Begg said he knew what it was like “not to have a voice”. But he insisted that members of all faith communities in East Lancashire needed to make sure that they articulated themselves well – and avoided violence. Mr Begg said he wanted to tell all people, not just Muslims, that they have a voice.http://www.themuslimweekly.com/newsdetails/fullstoryview.aspx?NewsID=CAB61CC94ADAFA6B79CBB9AA&MENUID=HOMENEWS&DESCRIPTION=UK%20News

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