Muslim 'role model' Khan defended
British boxer Amir Khan has been hailed as a "wonderful role model" for British Muslims in a rebuke to a radical preacher who criticised him for wearing the Union Flag.
Exiled preacher Omar Bakri Mohammad told The Sun the boxer was committing a sin and set a bad example to Muslims for showing allegiance to the British flag. His comments were branded "bizarre" by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary general of the MCB said: "Amir Khan is a wonderful role model. He's a hugely successful boxer, proud of being Muslim and British. I can see why that could upset Omar Bakri, but to hundreds of thousands of British Muslims, Amir Khan is a wonderful role model."
Martin Sullivan