Government shuns Muslim Council over link with Hamas
The Government has severed relations with the country's leading Muslim organisation, saying a senior member is a supporter of Hamas, the Palestinian military organisation.
A letter leaked to The Independent on Sunday shows that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears, wrote to the Muslim Council of Britain, calling for Dr Daud Abdullah to resign.
She alleges he was one of 90 Muslim leaders from around the world who signed a public declaration of support for Hamas, the elected government of the Gaza strip in Israel, and military action against Israel...
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So is Hazel Blears going to ask all the MPs who are members of the 'Friends of Israel' to resign? Why not? Surely Israel has done far more damage to civilians? So really anyone who is pro-Israeli should quit their public post. If not then why give a Hamas suporter the same attitude?
“Before death takes away what you are given, give away whatever there is to give.”
Mawlana Jalal ud Din Rumi