| Topic: | Good and bad Muslims | |
| Posted by: | David Giles | |
| Date/Time: | 03/08/14 08:42:00 |
| If 14 per cent of the UK prison population is composed of people classified as Muslims, then what is the other 86 per cent composed of? Christians, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists,atheists and agnostics ? There are valid reasons why a higher percentage of Muslims are in prison than in the population as a whole but that has very little to do with their religion. In the same way there are more black people in prison than there are in the population as a whole. Islam is a strict religion which like other religions teaches respect for others and for the law. If Muslims are in prison, it is not because they are Muslims, it is because they have committed crimes and are therefore not good Muslims. Some of those classified as Muslims may not in fact be practising Muslims at all but are classified as Muslims because they say they are Muslims or come from or have connections with Muslim countries . |