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Pickles tells mosques 'more work' needed on extremism
The letter co-signed by Eric Pickles said police had confirmed support was in place for mosques after concerns from Muslim communities. Credit: Reuters
Monday, January 19, 2015
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In the letter sent to more than 1,000 Islamic leaders, and co-signed by communities minister Lord Ahmad, he wrote:
"We are proud of the reaction of British communities to (the French terror attacks). Muslims from across the country have spoken out to say: not in our name.
But there is more work to do. We must show our young people, who may be targeted, that extremists have nothing to offer them.
We must show them that there are other ways to express disagreement: that their right to do so is dependent on the very freedoms that extremists seek to destroy.
We must show them the multitude of statements of condemnation from British Muslims; show them these men of hate have no place in our mosques or any place of worship, and that they do not speak for Muslims in Britain or anywhere in the world."
– LETTER FROM ERIC PICKLES AND LORD AHMAD
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