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News Date: Wednesday 20th July 2005

Worthing MPs visit Worthing Mosque

The terrible events in London in July have shocked us all. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims and our praise to the police and emergency services who are doing so much to track down the evil perpetrators of these crimes. It is up to all of us to be vigilant and report anything suspicious to the police. It is also vital that whilst strengthening the tools available to deal with terrorism we do not sacrifice the liberty of our own people to go about our business as normally as possible. The terrorists will not succeed in changing the way we live our lives, but Governments can depending on the way they respond to terrorist activity.

Over recent years Peter Bottomley and Tim have built up a close relationship with the members of the mosque in Worthing. They visited again soon after the 7/7 attacks to listen to Muslim concerns and reinforce the message that we are all in this together and the Muslim community needs to do its bit to hunt down the terrorists who have carried out their crimes supposedly in the name of Islam.

Tim and Peter were invited to the Worthing and district Islamic centre at the invitation of the chairman, Ali Abdul Rahman together with Sussex Police. The importance of a united common resilience in the face of terrorist attacks was agreed by everyone and during the prayers, the Imams declared that all true Muslims were peaceful.

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