‘It is wrong to describe London attack as ‘Islamic terrorism’

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May has said the attack on Parliament was not “Islamic” and Islam is a “great faith”. Taking on the role of a theologian, May insisted: “It is wrong to describe this as Islamic terrorism. It is Islamist terrorism. It is a perversion of a great faith.” Speaking in parliament, she […]

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May has said the attack on Parliament was not “Islamic” and Islam is a “great faith”.

Taking on the role of a theologian, May insisted: “It is wrong to describe this as Islamic terrorism. It is Islamist terrorism. It is a perversion of a great faith.”

Speaking in parliament, she also said the attack showed “the importance of all of our faiths working together, and recognising the values that we share”.

 “This act of terror was not an act of faith. It was a perversion; a warped ideology, which leads to an act of terrorism like that and it will not prevail,” she added.

MPs almost unanimously agreed with the Prime Minister, lining up to warn against “demonising” and “stigmatising” Muslims, and to condemn “Islamophobia” and “racial and religious” discrimination.

 

Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, added: “People who commit acts of terrorism in the name of Islam do not speak for the majority of Muslims in this country.” (breitbart.com)