Saudi-funded Muslim World League chief tells Britons to avoid talk about Gaza to integrate

The head of the Muslim World League (MWL) has urged Britons to talk less about Gaza and more about domestic issues, saying that the UK government should consider integration a matter of national security. 

Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Issa, the former Saudi Arabian justice minister who has headed up the Mecca-based international Islamic NGO since 2016, said in comments to The Times that Israel's war on Gaza has increased division in Britain.

"The problem of integration has been exacerbated by the conflict in Gaza and the politics in the Middle East," he claimed.

"The Muslim World League calls on Muslims and non-Muslims in the UK instead to focus on domestic issues where there are shared concerns. Such as policy areas that unite rather than divide."

Issa made the controversial remarks despite numerous polls which indicate that most people in Britain, irrespective of their religious background, have consistently backed an arms embargo on Israel and ceasefire in Gaza.

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