Ramadan row: Tower Hamlets Council leader Lutfur Rahman and Liberal Democrat leader Stephanie EatonIslamic arrogance just gets worse and worse the more the West gives in to their demands. Now they want others to observe THEIR religious observances.
All I can say is: Bite me Sparky.
FROM THE DAILYMAIL.CO.UK:
Muslim council chiefs ban ALL members from 'tea and sandwiches' in meetings which take place during Ramadan
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:04 PM on 28th August 2008
Muslim council leaders have sparked outrage after trying to ban all councillors eating in meetings until sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.
Politicians have hit out after the move to impose hardline Islamic rules on non-Muslim colleagues throughout September. The bombshell has been dropped by Labour chiefs of the notoriously loony Tower Hamlets Council in east London. The storm was sparked by an e-mail sent to all councillors this week highlighting arrangements for Town Hall committee meetings next month, which marks the Muslim fasting period of Ramadan.
The memo said that new council leader Lutfur Rahman and his deputy, Siraj Islam, had requested that meetings be kept to a minimum to accommodate fasting councillors.
They have also urged all other councillors to resist eating until the breaking of the fast at sunset.
Cllr Stephanie Eaton, leader of the Lib Dem group on the left-wing East End authority, said she would be ignoring the new Ramadan regime.
She insisted the new Labour leadership was favouring one religious group over others.
Cllr Eaton said: 'The Liberal Democrats have enormous respect for the contribution of all faith groups and cultures to the life of the community of Tower Hamlets.
'But we fervently believe that the rules of any one religion should not be imposed upon others.'
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