Parliament Seminar Supports Government Ban on Extremist Groups

LONDON. Minhaj-ul-Quran international UK (MQI UK) fully supports the Government’s Ban on extremist groups effective from this Thursday. At a Seminar at the Houses of Parliament, the keynote speaker Mr Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri said that “we fully support this ban on extremist groups and propose ways of resolving this wave of extremism amongst the youth of Britain.”

Shahid Malik MP speaking at Poverty, Radicalism and Religion seminar at the Houses of Parliament, 12 January 2010

MQI UK spokesman and event organiser Shahid Mursaleen said that “We support the ban on the extremist groups but suggested to ban extremist individuals too as they will appear again with a different name. We have organised this seminar to present solutions to the Government for addressing the current issue of youth radicalisation at British Universities, which has for long been ignored.”

He stated “The Government must promote a voice of moderation in order to get rid of the extremist tendencies in our society.”

Dr Waqar Azmi said that “The Government needs to work with moderate groups and it is required to change ideologically.”

Dr Hany el Hanna said that “It can take many years to change the ideology of extremist and it’s not a short term problem.”

Shahid Malik who represented the Government said that “We recognise that this is a big problem and we will ban the extremist groups. We need a brave Muslim leader who can condemn terrorism.”

He added that “We need to ensure that Muslims understand the true message of Islam and he prised Minhaj-ul-Quran for their role against extremism.”

Other important participants included Paul Goodman MP, Lord Sheikh, Peter Bottomley MP and Prof Jeffery Haynes.