Re the letter from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to mosques in Britain:
1. The letter should be considered a positive initiative.
2. Any attempt to try and curb extremism or radicalisation is to be welcomed.
3. Islam teaches that you should love your country and so we agree wholeheartedly that Muslims living in the UK should take pride in this country.
4. Muslims are taught that they should treat any act of wisdom or goodness as though it is their lost inheritance. Thus in the same way Muslims should seek to adopt and inculcate the many positive values present in British society.
5. In Britain there is genuine religious freedom and religious tolerance and we as Muslims are grateful for this and consider this to be a great virtue of British society.
Farooq Aftab
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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