Abdul Choudhuri Defends Suspended Peterborough Members Accused of Antisemitism
Abdul Choudhuri Defends Suspended Peterborough Members Accused of Antisemitism
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Last week, Peterborough was rocked by accusations of antisemitism after both the Labour and Conservative parties suspended at least fourteen – mainly Muslim – members from their parties. The Chairman of the Joint Mosques Council of Peterborough Abdul M. Choudhuri responded to the allegations in a letter titled “
The councillors and members I know are not anti-semitic.” Choudhuri begins:
The fact of the matter is that all Muslims believe and respect all Prophets from Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Dawud and Jesus – peace be upon them. You cannot be a Muslim unless you believe in and respect all these Prophets. To suggest that a Muslim is anti-Semitic, against Jews or Judaism is completely incorrect as it is contradiction with the Islamic faith and the essence of what a Muslim believes.