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Thread #135090   Message #3178614
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
29-Jun-11 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: Muslim prejudice
Subject: RE: BS: Muslim prejudice
If A-B joked about being racist against whites in favour of BPs, that is evidence of how anti racist towards her own BP community she is.

Ahmed was in a fatal traffic accident and was using his 'phone at the time.
That is a serious offence, but it does not make him a racist, and his title does not make him an aristo.
While he worked during the week-day as a greengrocer in a local market, he began his political career as a local councillor, with most of his activity centred around the North of England. He founded the British Muslim Councillors' Forum in 1992.

As a Muslim peer, Lord Ahmed took his oath on the Qur'an. Much of his activities relate to the Muslim community, both at home and internationally. Ahmed led one of the first delegations on behalf of the British Government on the Muslim pilgrimage of the Hajj, to Saudi Arabia and has advocated legislation against religious discrimination, international terrorism and forced marriages.[citation needed]

At home, Ahmed speaks on wider equality issues, and has spoken several times on issues of race, religion and gender. He is seen as one of the leaders of the Muslim community in Britain. He claims to have tried to calm tensions following the aftermath of the 11 September attacks in 2001.


As a resident of Rotherham, Ahmed has spoken on behalf of the communities in that region, particularly the families of the former steelworkers of the 1960s, from the Indian subcontinent who are now second or third generation British.

He has worked on the plight of Muslims around the world ranging from the collapse of former Yugoslavia, especially to the Bosniaks and Palestinians. He has been on many delegations to the Arab world, the US, Eastern Europe, Africa, the former states of the USSR and the Far East, meeting with heads of state to discuss their respective problems and how he may be able to assist them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazir_Ahmed,_Baron_Ahmed