Islamic prayers in Oldham council
from Christian Concern:
It has emerged over the summer that the latest Full Council meeting of Oldham Council opened with Islamic prayer led by an Imam. This is not the first time this has happened. Tim Dieppe explains what was said and shows how the Imam misquoted the Qur’an. He argues that the problem with pluralism is that it assumes all religions are equally valid and equally good for society when they are not. Islamic prayer is prayer to a different god, that seeks political and spiritual influence in society.
It has emerged over the summer that the latest Full Council meeting of Oldham Council opened with Islamic prayer led by an Imam. The new Mayor of Oldham is a Muslim and asked his Imam to lead the prayers. The previous Mayor asked an Anglican chaplain to lead prayers. The mayor before that was also Muslim and also had prayers before full Council meetings led by an Imam.
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Videos of all the Council meetings are available online. In the video for the Full Council Meeting on 12th July 2017, the Islamic prayer starts at 6:25 minutes. The meeting on 16 July 2014 also starts with Islamic prayer (from c.4:00), as do various other Full Council meetings.
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