بريطانيا: انتقاد واسع للحملة المسيئة للإسلام في واتفورد

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

انتقد المجتمع الإسلامي بمدينة "واتفورد" البريطانية الممارسات الاستفزازية والدعوة لرسم النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - حيث اعتبر المسلمون ذلك تعديًا صارخًا وإهانة غير مقبولة لما تضمنته الدعوة والملصقات من إساءة.

ويؤكد المسلمون الذين غالبيتهم من الجيل الثاني والثالث المولود بـ"بريطانيا" أنهم عنصر فعَّال بالمجتمع، يشاركون في مختلف قطاعات الأعمال، ويدعمون السِّلم الاجتماعي، رافضين تلك الممارسات المسيئة.

ويعتقد المراقبون أن الرسوم تتعلق بالدعوة التي انطلقت عام 2010، والتي تحظى بغطاء سياسي يميني متطرف يدعم الصراع الحالي على السلطة بين الليبراليين وحزب الاستقلال اليميني.

وقد بادَر المسلمون بالتعاون على إزالة تلك الملصقات المسيئة التي حملت عبارات تنتقد الذين يُقيدون حرية التعبير ولو بالإساءة للرموز الدينية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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الخبر من مصدره الأصلي:

A new provocative anti-Muslim campaign has hit the streets in eastern British West Watford district after Muslim residents found provocative posters depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) which was rejected as “absolutely unacceptable”.

“The recent provocateurs attempt to Insult the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in West Watford is absolutely unacceptable,” Numan Majeed, who runs an accountancy business based in Queens Road, told Watford Observer on Friday, May 23.

“Watford’s Muslim Community amounts to several thousand and are part of the towns landscape. We are descendants of immigrants from the 50s and 60s, majority of the second and third generations were born in the town and it is the place we call home.

“The Watford Muslim community contributes positively to the fabric of the town, bringing cuisines from various different continents with the variety of restaurants, businesses that employ people from the town and the many who are employed in the public sector, providing invaluable services.”

Earlier this week, a series of hand-drawn posters were put up around West Watford announcing a draw Prophet Muhammad day.

The posters, which also carried slogans such as “death to those who insult free speech”, appear to be linked to a campaign that started in 2010 relating to the censorship of an episode of the cartoon South Park.

Though angered by the hateful posters, Watford Muslims tried to remove the posters quietly from the streets to avoid making a fuss over them.

Yet, the issue was highlighted in a heated exchange between Phil Cox, the UK Independence Party Watford mayoral candidate, and Liberal Democrat mayor Dorothy Thornhill.

According to the paper, Thornhill linked the rise of UKip party with growing anti-immigration sentiment and posters, which went up around West Watford at the weekend.