Blair convinces Moderate Muslims to support him
MIL/NYT, Jul 20, 2005. Author: Special Correspondent


Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to meet the moderate British Muslim leaders in the Downing Street in London today. All the leaders that he met were in a mood of lending their support to the Prime Minister in spite of their reservations.

In fact, Mr. Blair was successful in convincing them of the circumstances in the right perspective which led to involve him in Iraq war and the Muslim leaders appeared to be convinced and they decided to support him.

According to a new opinion poll, which is published in the Guardian on Tuesday says that two-thirds of Britons believe that there was a direct link between the bombings on July 7 and the Iraq war.

They deplored the decision taken by Blair to side with the US in Iraq war. They made Blair responsible for the loss of 56 lives in the 7/7 attack.

Though the anger of Iraq war was lowering down in last few months, the recent attack on London transport system practically shook the people and their opinion is now directly linked with Iraq War once again. They feel that the 7/7 attack might be the result of the anger of a section of certain Muslims.

There is not only general feeling in the UK but all over the world that the Iraq war has been unpopular among many Britons.

According to New York Times, "Earlier this month, as Mr. Blair basked in a series of political and diplomatic triumphs, the Iraq debate seemed to be receding. But it has revived as Britons ponder whether the four British Muslim men aged between 18 and 30 who bombed three subway trains and a bus had been inspired to do so because of their opposition to Mr. Blair's policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

One Muslim cleric, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammad, former head of the radical Al Muhajiroun movement, broke his public silence on Tuesday to denounce the bombings, but blamed British voters for returning Mr. Blair to power in elections last May.

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