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I think others can make the point with prayers, more forcefully!
Ah well! - That's how to make a real pickle in politics! The Xtian councillors in Bradford and a few other places can look forward to facing Mecca 5 times a day with their backsides in the air during meetings!
.... ... .. Unless moderate Moslem opinion prevails!
Imran Khan, a Muslim and Conservative councillor on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, welcomed the judgement, - [ that prayers in council meetings were illegal ] - saying religion "had no place" in politics.
He said the ruling was a "victory for everyone who believes that democracy and religious freedom is the cornerstone of Western free society".
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