British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) held their officially launch event in central London yesterday.
Their official launch consisted of a debate chaired by Baroness Faulkner called ‘The Secular State – the best option for Muslims?’ The panel consisted of BMSD chair Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Ed Husain, Usama Hasan and Inayat Bunglawala.
BMSD aims to “give voice to the ‘silent’ majority of Muslims committed to democracy,” and “raise awareness within British Muslims and the wider public, of democracy particularly ‘secular democracy’ helping to contribute to a shared vision of citizenship.” It also says it promotes social inclusion, co-existence and harmony.
BMSD are the second Muslim group committed to democracy to launch in two weeks, following the inception of the counter extremist think-tank, the Quilliam Foundation.
Comments (1)
Soon there will be as many anti-Islamist Muslim organisations as Islamist ones! All these acronyms remind me of the alphabet soup I ate when I was young!
Posted by Andrew | May 3, 2008 9:14 AM
Posted on May 3, 2008 09:14