Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Murder in the name of God

A policy debate on the rise of extremism internationally and its impact on Britain, House of Commons, 18 May 2011. The event was co-hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK and the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Community. Speakers were:

The Attorney General, The Rt Hon DOMINIC GRIEVE QC MP; Writer, broadcaster and cultural critic ZIAUDDIN SARDAR; Co-Director of the International Centre for the Study of radicalisation DR JOHN BEW; Director of Asia Pacific at Amnesty International SAM ZARIFI; and daughter of assassinated Governor of Punjab Pakistan Salman Taseer SHEHRBANO TASEER. In the absence of Siobhain McDonagh MP (Chair APPG), Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP chaired the event.

Watch a Video on this sitting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2gWpDctccY&feature=player_embedded

Read an article from the Archives on the tile of "Murder in the name of religion": http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100810/opinion/murder-in-the-name-of-religion.321772

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