Asian Leader Article- Why Borat Doesn't make Muslims laugh

The following article was published in the North West and Yorkshire Newspaper, Asian Leader which looks at the role of freedom and Speech and its inability to accomodtae for all opinions.



The article was jointly written by Rochdale Community activist Maqsood Ahmed and Majed Iqbal and can be accessed online on the Look Asia website.

Rochdale's Event- "Calls to ban the Quran- How Should Muslims Respond?"

In line with the Stand for Islam Campaign launched over two weeks ago, Hizb ut-Tahrir organised a seminar in Rochdale on the subject "Calls to ban the Quran" to address the concerns and the form of activism muslims should undertake to tackle the discussions.

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The crowd was addressed by Media Representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir, Taji Mustafa and Mazhar Khan who deliberated upon the topic and questioned the climate that is being created by Politicians under the guise of tackling "radicalisation" and "extremism" under the pretext of "War on tERROR".

Mazhar Khan drew comparisions with the Salman Rushdie affair and asked how did Insulting the Prophet of Islam and his wifes contribute towards any cohesion of communities in this country by hiding behind Freedom of Speech and drew similrarities to the Dutch MP calling for the ban of the Quran.