18 April 2010

British Muslims and the ballot box

Certain British Muslim community leaders and organisations have issued various edicts on how Muslims should vote in the general election. Personally, my instinct is anybody claiming to be a community leader should automatically be disqualified from being so, but that can unfairly denigrate the valuable work of some committed individuals who deserve such a title.

However, I have an issue with decrees on how Muslims should vote coming from organisations such as MPAC, an outfit that frequently labels those not sharing its myopic worldview as ‘Zionist scum’ or ‘coconut sell-outs’. [The Samosa] Read more