MCB Raises Yusuf Islam Detention with FCO Minister
MCB Deputy Secretary General Dr Abdul Bari met today, with Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Minister of State Douglas Alexander to raise the grave concerns of the Muslim community about the detention of Yusuf Islam in the US.
Dr Abdul Bari said "Yusuf Islam is a deeply respected and very popular British Muslim figure and his detention by the US authorities is completely unacceptable."
Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004
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Bob Pitt
in USA, UK, Resisting Islamophobia, State Oppression
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Bob Pitt
in USA, UK, Resisting Islamophobia, State Oppression
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