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Imam Calls for Muslim British Armed Forces Boycott

researcher13 years ago01 mins

A Birmingham Imam has said that Muslims should not fight in the British armed forces on conscientious grounds due to their presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shaykh Asrar Rashid, a visiting cleric at the city’s mosques, also told the BBC the Queen was “a disgusting woman” for knighting author Salman Rushdie. In 1989 Iran’s leaders…

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Defense minister urges more British Muslims to join armed forces

researcher15 years ago15 years ago01 mins

The defence minister, Bob Ainsworth, has appealed to British Muslims to join the armed forces, saying that it was “vitally important that our army, navy and air force are reflective of the hugely diverse society in which we live”. In an address to the Armed Forces Muslim Conference, Ainsworth said the services were a “fundamental…

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