The Rev Dr Peter Mullen, Eastbourne.
LEEDS imam Qari Asim’s article (“We must all unite against intolerance”)
stands in need of considerable correction (The Yorkshire Post, January 3).
Indeed, his statements are so at odds with the facts as to be laughable – if
only the matters with which he deals were not so perilous. He says: “Muslims are
more opposed to terrorism than the population as a whole.” Here are a few
reliable numbers which give the lie to that statement: Information from Pew
Research reveals that 27 per cent of all Muslims polled across the world believe
that any Muslim who wishes to leave the faith should be executed. That adds up
to the equivalent of 237 million people in favour of the death penalty for
anyone who decides to change his religion. Twenty-nine per cent of Muslims
believe that so-called “honour killings” are justified. Thirty-six per cent of
British Muslims aged 18-29 believe that suicide bombings against civilians are
also justified. If Islam is really the religion of peace and love which Qari
Asim claims, how does he explain the mass murders carried out by Muslims every
week on four continents? Islam, the famous religion of peace and love, has got a
CV. There is no doubt that militant Islam’s current aggression will have to be
firmly suppressed. If the European powers cannot bring themselves to act firmly,
then the continent will be dominated by the Islamic ideology, with the resulting
loss of all our freedoms – and of course the loss of countless lives. Are we
really all going to die of political correctness? Yorks
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