بريطانيا: مظاهرة ضد مسجد تنتهي بتناول الشاي ولعب الكرة مع رواد المسجد

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قام رواد مسجد "بول لان" بشمال مدينة "يوركشير" البريطانية - بمقابلة التظاهرة التي نظمها اتحاد الدفاع الإنجليزي ضد المسلمين؛ إذ قاموا بدعوة المتظاهرين إلى الدخول للمسجد والمركز الإسلامي، وتناول الشاي والكعك، ومشاركتهم لعب الكرة تأكيدًا على نبذ روح العداوة والعنف.

وقد أكد إمام المسجد الشيخ "عبيد سالك" أن المسلمين دعوا المتظاهرين إلى الحوار، وشاركوهم المناقشة، واصطحبوهم إلى داخل المسجد لتناول الشاي والكعك وتبادل الحوار؛ مما اعتبره المعلقون موقفًا جميلًا ذكيًّا، وخاصةً القس "تيم جونز" وأسقف يوركشير "جون سينتامو"؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Mosque offers tea to anti-Islamic protesters

A mosque in North Yorkshire has been praised for offering tea and cookies to English Defence League (EDL) protesters after the group staged a demonstration outside the mosque on Sunday, the BBC reported Tuesday.

When about six protesters arrived for an anti-Islamic protest at the mosque in Bull Lane, York, they were instead greeted with refreshments and invited in to play football with the worshippers.

After learning that the far-right EDL was planning a protest at the mosque, around 100 of the mosque’s supporters went over to welcome them warmly.

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu said the mosque’s response was “fantastic”. “Tea, biscuits, and football are a great and typically Yorkshire combination when it comes to disarming hostile and extremist views,” he told the BBC.

Father Tim Jones, who also went to the Bull Lane mosque, which is located in his parish, commended the mosque’s supporters’ act. “I’ve always known they were intelligent and compassionate people and I think this has demonstrated the extent to which they are people of courage - certainly physical courage and also a high degree of moral courage,” he told the BBC.

After Yorkshire EDL Scarborough Division posted a message on its Facebook page urging supporters to gather outside the mosque for a protest, fears grew in the region of a demonstration.

Imam Abid Salik told the BBC, “We did have a few people who did come to protest but when they came some of the members of the mosque went over and they engaged in a conversation.

“Some people went over with cups of tea and biscuits, they were talking for about 30 or 40 minutes and then they came inside, which was a really, really beautiful thing.”

The EDL has been engaging in widespread protests across the United Kingdom since suspected terrorists slaughtered a British soldier in Woolwich, London, last week. His attackers were recorded on camera to have said they killed him because he had killed Muslims in Afghanistan.

Regarding the Mosque supporters’ warm welcome, Father Jones added, “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day that the York Mosque tackled anger and hatred with peace and warmth - and I won’t forget the sight of a Muslim offering a protester tea and biscuits with absolute sincerity.”