https://freerepublic.com/tag/muslimcouncilbritain/ en-us Sun, 9 Jun 2019 09:33:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3755585/posts The long-running dispute revolves — most recently — around an effort by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims, a cross-party formation of around two-dozen MPs in the British Parliament, to institutionalize the definition of Islamophobia in racial rather than religious terms. The proposed definition has been opposed by many Britons, including British Muslims, who warn that it would effectively shield Islam from scrutiny and valid criticism. "We have here a clash between two very different ways of viewing a society: broadly individualism and collectivism.... In a collectivist society the aim is for the rulers to determine how... gatestoneinstitute.org https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3755585/posts#comment Sun, 9 Jun 2019 09:33:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1027244/posts UK Muslims 'outraged' when asked to condemn terror British leader called 'ridiculous' for urging 'clearer, stronger language' Posted: November 22, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com A British official has raised the ire of his country's Muslims after urging them to follow the "British way" of political dialogue and reject Islamist terrorism. Denis MacShane, Britian's minister for Europe, was speaking to his Rotherham, UK, constituency after the bombings in Istanbul when he likened the terrorists to Nazis and urged British Muslim leaders to use "clearer, stronger language" to speak out against them, the Guardian of London reported. The paper... WorldNetDaily https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1027244/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2003 00:32:27 GMT