By NNN-APP
London : UK’s largest Muslim body – The Muslim Council of Britain- has felt disturbed at the deliberate political decision to confer a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie which caused deep hurt to Muslims around the world.
The Council on Friday wrote to its affiliate mosques and organizations urging that they face this current provocation with dignity and wisdom and channel their hurt towards positive and peaceful actions.
“They must resist efforts by fringe elements in the community to exploit disappointment felt at the award,� said MCB Secretary-General Dr.Muhammad Abdul Bari in a statement.
The MCB has asked its affiliates and the community to convey their feelings on the matter through letters to their parliamentary representatives and through local and national media; at all times observing propriety and restraint.
“This ill advised decision approved by the Prime Minister should not divert you from your course of peaceful protest in the face of this deliberate provocation. Indeed, it should be used as an opportunity to correct the maligning of the character of the Prophet (Peace Be Upoon Him) in the book which earned its author his notoriety,� said Dr. Bari.