Muslim gay row continues

[Matt25]

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The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that there will be no further action taken against Sir Iqbal Sacranie, head of the Muslim Council of Britain umbrella group, after the Crown Prosecution Service advised that he had no case to answer for alleged anti-gay comments on a BBC radio programme.

But Muslim leaders immediately became involved in another row, after the organisers of a Festival of Muslim Cultures due to be opened in Sheffield tomorrow by Prince Charles refused permission for an event to celebrate the lives of gay Muslims…

 

[MikeWM]

Matt25:

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that there will be no further action taken against Sir Iqbal Sacranie, head of the Muslim Council of Britain umbrella group, after the Crown Prosecution Service advised that he had no case to answer for alleged anti-gay comments on a BBC radio programme.

Good, as expected. As far as I know, the police are required to ‘investigate’ when someone complains, however silly the complaint, because of the way the government statistics work, and perhaps legally too. No-one with a modicum of sense expected any further action (any more than the Prime Minister got into trouble for swearing about the Welsh).

Mike