Hearts and minds of young Muslims will be won or lost in the mosques | July 10, 2007
England remains a vital crucible in its longstanding effort to understand and contribute to the challenges of creating a genuinely interreligious society
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Hearts and minds of young Muslims will be won or lost in the mosques
The new honesty of community leaders must be matched by a strategy from government that is patient and painstaking
Madeleine Bunting
Monday July 9, 2007
The Guardian
Two days after the 7/7 bombings in London two years ago, Muslim community leaders gathered at the London Muslim Centre to consider the impact of the attacks and who might have organised them. Many present refused to accept it might have been Muslims - the common refrain was that it could have been the French, because they had just lost the bid to host the Olympics.
Wind forward two years and the story has changed. On Friday, a campaign was launched with full-page newspaper adverts condemning the attempted bombings in London and Glasgow and pledging full support to avert future attacks. On Saturday,Muslim activists and imams from across the country gathered in London to consider what could be done to tackle extremism. Britain's Muslims have launched their most concerted attempt yet to win the hearts and minds of the public and distance themselves from the activities of violent extremists who claim to act in the name of their faith.
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