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Mo Shafiq: Supporter of Blasphemy Laws and Hate Preaching Extremists

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Mo Shafiq is a former member of the Liberal Democrat party and also runs ‘The Ramadhan Foundation’ in the UK. From what I can gather the latter role consists of little more than having a website and calling yourself a ‘foundation’.

Shafiq enjoys a steady media presence though, wheeled out as the ‘moderate’ talking head for whatever Muslim hot topic is the flavour of the day. The behaviour and views of Mo Shafiq reveal two possibilities however:

1. That the bar for what is to be considered ‘moderate’ has been set patronisingly low,

or

2. Media outlets are failing to adequately research or question those they deem qualified represent a community.

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Will Mo Shafiq Please Outline The Correct Application Of ‘Blasphemy’ Law?

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I recently wrote about the British Imam from Bradford who openly proclaimed his support for Malik Mumtaz Qadri, a man who gunned down a Pakistani governor named Salman Taseer in the service of ‘blasphemy’. Qadri was executed for this crime last week1, sparking outrage amongst many Muslims who consider Qadri be more of a martyr than a murderer.

Over at The Daily Beast, anti-extremist Maajid Nawaz laments the support for Qadri amongst his fellow Muslims and highlights a number of examples from so-called ‘moderates’.

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  1. I do not support the death penalty or this execution