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It is a sworn article of faith for every Muslim to respect the laws and governments of whatever country they are living in.”

A Keighley mosque found itself at the centre of a government programme to counter people’s stereotypical views of different religions.

Faith and Communities Minister Baroness Warsi visited the Ahmadiyya mosque on the corner of Long Croft to promote a campaign to counterbalance popular fixation on differences between religious practices and cultures by highlighting the many similarities.

“When people talk about differences, they always focus on visual differences – such as the wearing of the veil,” she said.

“However, an example of what I’m talking about is the 100th anniversary of the First World War, which some people think of as just being a white people’s war, but it involved many soldiers from all the Commonwealth countries, something which will be emphasised next year.”

Mosque president Dr Aziz Hafiz was also keen to stress that issues facing Keighley and Britain concerned every branch and type of religion. “It is a sworn article of faith for every Muslim to respect the laws and governments of whatever country they …continue reading at ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in