DAR AL HARB - U.K.: GAY & MOSLEM RIGHTS

Gay rights and Muslim rights
The Muslim Council of Britain's support for the new Equality Act has brought some negative reactions.

It's been a week now since the new sexual orientation regulations came into effect in mainland UK as part of the Equality Act 2006. The Equality Act brought the goal of a fairer society closer by proscribing - for the first time - discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the grounds of religious belief or sexuality.

Brian Whitaker noted on Cif last week that the Muslim Council of Britain has "formally declared its support for the new Equality Act", but what has been the response of other UK Muslims?
It is still early days, but I wanted to share with you a couple of responses I have received from two British Muslims who were clearly unhappy.

The first is from Dr Abdul Majid Katme who sent his complaint to a number of figures in the UK Muslim community, including me:

MCB has given in to the homosexual lobby ... A Muslim printer will be taken to court now if he refuses to print a leaflet on homosexuality ... A Muslim owner of a hotel/bed and breakfast will be taken to court now if he refuses to offer a room to two homosexuals to sleep the night together.

The second response is from a British convert to Islam, Daoud Rosser-Owen, who had also received Dr Katme's email:

I agree with everything that you wrote in protest at the caving in of the MCB to the homosexualists' lobby, and I feel that the Christian organisations will certainly feel let down.

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