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==Support for Palestine== | ==Support for Palestine== | ||
| − | On 3 March 2008, the MCB criticised the [[UK Foreign Secretary]] [[David Miliband]]'s response to [[Israel]]'s killing of over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as "blatantly one-sided." It said, "If we are serious about wanting peace, we must act as honest brokers, not partisan bystanders."<ref> | + | On 3 March 2008, the MCB criticised the [[UK Foreign Secretary]] [[David Miliband]]'s response to [[Israel]]'s killing of over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as "blatantly one-sided." It said, "If we are serious about wanting peace, we must act as honest brokers, not partisan bystanders."<ref>http://www.mcb.org.uk/media/presstext.php?ann_id=288</ref> |
==Challenging "Non-violent extremism"== | ==Challenging "Non-violent extremism"== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:51, 8 August 2021
 Muslim Council of Britain      | |
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| Formation | 1997 |
| An umbrella body for 500 mosques, schools and associations in Britain. | |
Views on 7/7
Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the MCB was uncritical of the UK government's official narrative, and stated that "All of us must unite in helping the police to capture these murderers."[1]
Support for Palestine
On 3 March 2008, the MCB criticised the UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband's response to Israel's killing of over 100 Palestinians in Gaza as "blatantly one-sided." It said, "If we are serious about wanting peace, we must act as honest brokers, not partisan bystanders."[2]
Challenging "Non-violent extremism"
The Muslim Council of Britain expressed fears in 2015 that the UK government's focus on the concept of non-violent extremism would “set new litmus tests which may brand us all as extremists”.[3]
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