The Creator does not tell us to hate, let alone harm, anyone because of their differences to us. We have all been created by the same Merciful and Gracious Creator. We cannot but condemn this attack on the innocent people of Orlando, Florida.
LGBTQ people are too often targets of violence. Our deepest condolences to the loved ones and families of the victims of this attack. We stand in solidarity with them and pray the Most High eases their suffering.
Our Creator didn’t create us to hate or to cause friction between people, therefore we at the Association of British Muslims (AoBM) will redouble our efforts to oppose all forms of violence and bigotry in the name of religion and we ask that people of all religions and the wider society challenge homophobia alongside anti-Muslim hate, rascism, anti-Semitism, in fact all forms of extremism and bigotry.
We will not let hate and violence succeed. We will stand together united and those who wish to cause division will know they cannot succeed.
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Mohammed Abbasi, Co-Director, AoBM
Paul Salahuddin Armstrong, Co-Director, AoBM
Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal MBE DL, Director of Innovation, AoBM
Zahid Akbar, Director of Human Rights & Legal Affairs, AoBM
Dr Khurshid Ahmed CBE, Director for International Activities, AoBM
Mustafa K Erol, Midlands Director of Time to Help UK
Raheed Salam, Director, All Faiths & None
Dr. Mohammad Mozaffari, Leeds Muslim Youth Group
Ismael Lea South, The Salam Project
Sadik Cinar, Executive Director, Dialogue Society
Ilknur Kahraman, Co-Director, Dialogue Society
Seval Gokce, Executive Director, Mevlana Rumi Mosque
Rehman Anwer, Faith Matters & Tell MAMA
Mohammed Shafiq, Ramadhan Foundation
Aisha Ali-Khan, Human Rights Activist
Mustafa Field MBE, Director, Faiths Forum for London
Muddassar Ahmed, Patron, Faiths Forum for London
Sayed Zafar Abbas, Imam of Anjuman e Husainiyah, Newcastle upon Tyne
Aamer Anwar, Human Rights Lawyer
Imam Ghulam Rasool QTS, Director, Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust UK and JadeDome Consultancy
Tamina Mir, Humanity Activist and Women Buzz Network
Dilwar Hussain, New Horizons in British Islam
Arshad Ashraf, British Muslim TV
Rubab Mehdi H Rizvi, Markazi Imam Hussain Council (MIHC)
Sheikh Dr Ramzy, Islamic Information Centre, Oxford
Captain Naveed Muhammad MBE
Akeela Ahmed
Mufti Abu Layth
Hayyan Ayaz Bhabha
Afzal Khan CBE MEP
Iqbal Bhana OBE, DL
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