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Greetings for the Holy month

This author wishes to extend his greetings to his Muslim readers in South Shields and other parts, hoping that the pursuit of abstinence will bring peace, patience, humility, inner strength and a profound understanding of the privations of those less fortunate. It is important that we understand and empathise with the diverse and various faith beliefs within our communities and respect the commitment to religious purpose given by the adherents of all faiths.

Curly is intrigued like Cranmer as to why Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reported to have offered his greetings at the time of Ramadam to the Muslims of Kuwait, whilst for all intents and purposes failing to offer the same message to the Muslims of Great Britain who form part of the constituency which maintains him in Downing Street. It seems rather odd to send this message to the citizens of another country who are not even members of the British Commonwealth, don’t you think?

Gordon Brown appears to have no record of sending greetings to the beleaguered and persecuted Christians in Iran, Iraq, or China, nor does the British taxpayer expend a lot of effort or money on sending out greetings at the start of Lent to Christians in this country either. I suspect that Cranmer might have hit the nail on the head when exclaiming from his burning pile:

So why now mark the beginning of Ramadan as well? And why on earth in Kuwait? And why are British taxpayers forking out for this? Surely Gordon Brown’s greeting for this most holy month is not sullied by any possible link with oil, is it?

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