hkhan
UNITED KINGDOM
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 Topic initiated on Thursday, July 5, 2007 - 11:19 PM 
Death Doctors??
re: the recent row about muslim drs due to the report of the terror which involved a few of them in uk recently.
it is heartening though that media is also giving an opportunity to muslim drs to express their point of view about the way the news has been prtrayed so far.
e.g. the local bbc has invited us to come and speak about this row re: doctors and how is media portraying it. we wish to convey that the
news has been quite generalized;and titles like above used; which threatens to isolate muslims
further-specially muslim drs in their profession.they can be more vulnerable to the abuse by patients and colleagues equally. news should also mention the immense service and contribution to the NHS by muslim drs genearally over the past many years and even presently.
also check out the article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6262402.stm
besides, following is a statement given by the mcb in this regard
03 Jul 2007
Statement from the Muslim Council of Britain on Recent Terrorism
The events of the past few days have been very disturbing and challenging ones for all of us. At the very outset we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the police officers and security experts who were tasked with removing the threat from the explosive devices in London and Glasgow.
It looks sadly as if the terror threat currently facing our country will be with us for some time to come. So let us be absolutely clear about this: those who seek to deliberately kill or maim innocent people are the enemies of all of us. There is no cause whatsoever that could possibly justify such barbarity. Those who engage in such murderous actions and those that provide support for them are the enemies of all, Muslims and non-Muslims, and they stand against our shared values in the UK.
The police and security services have the enormous responsibility for trying to ensure the safety of all Britons. As such they deserve the fullest support and cooperation from each and every sector of our society, including all Muslims.
With this in mind, the Muslim Council of Britain will, this coming Saturday, be convening a meeting at the Islamic Cultural Centre in London of key Imams and leading community activists from across the country. At Saturday’s meeting we hope to discuss how we can work better with other partners, including the police, to try to undermine and defeat the terrorists who seek to attack us. It is our Islamic duty not only to utterly and totally condemn such evil actions, but to provide all the necessary support to prevent such atrocities from taking place.
We would take this opportunity to commend the new Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for the calm and reassuring tone of their responses to the recent attacks in which they made clear that it was unacceptable to hold any one faith group or community as being somehow collectively responsible for the actions of a few. We also appreciate the stance taken by the Scottish first Minister Alex Salmond, who re-assured the Muslim community in Scotland in unequivocal terms when he visited Glasgow Central Mosque recently.
It cannot be stressed enough that terrorists actively seek to divide us and to undermine our collective strength. To be successful in our collective effort to deal with the threats of terror it is imperative that we all work together. We need to have confidence and mutual trust in each other. The challenges facing us as a nation require us to work together for the joint benefit of all.
Thank you.
Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari
Secretary General
The Muslim Council of Britain
For further information please contact the MCB:
The Muslim Council of Britain,
PO Box 57330,
London,
E1 2WJ
Tel: 0845 26 26 786
Fax: 0207 247 7079
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