UK Muslims gather for rally against extremism

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Thousands of Muslims gathered at a rally in London Saturday to fight extremism.

24 September,2011 08:39 pm

The events organisers Minhaj-ul-Quran International say some 12,000 Muslims turned up at Wembley Arena.The groups founder, the Pakistan-born Islamic scholar Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, says killing innocents is forbidden in Islam and Muslims must integrate into the societies in which theyre living.Some Islamic scholars like Tahir-ul-Qadri have warned that a power vacuum in North Africa and the Middle East could lead to militant and extremist groups gaining ground in upcoming elections caused by the so-called Arab Spring.If these elements come into power, it will be a big disaster, Tahir-ul-Qadri told a news agency.