بريطانيا: إلغاء زيارة داعية لجامعة ليكستر لرفضه للشواذ

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

ألغى الداعية "إسماعيل منك" زيارته لـ"جامعة ليكستر" البريطانية التي كانت مقررة هذا الأسبوع لعقد لقاء دعوي مع الطلاب حول الشباب والمسؤولية.

جاء ذلك بعد تأكيد جمعيات حقوق الشواذ عن رفض زيارته لما يحمله من آراء تجاه الشواذ جنسيًّا، رافضة أن تسمح الجامعة للداعية بالحديث عبرها.

وعقب إلغاء اللقاء أعربت الجمعية عن سعادتها، وأعلنت أنها قد أعدت لتنظيم مظاهرها خارج مقار الجامعة للتعبير عن رفض الداعية وموقفه الذي اعتبرته مسيئًا ومخالفة لحقوق المساواة؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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الخبر من مصدره الأصلي:

A MUSLIM cleric has cancelled a visit to Leicester after concerns about his views were raised.

Zimbabwe-born Mufti Ismail Menk was due to appear at the University of Leicester next Wednesday to give a talk to students entitled Young and Responsible.

However, members of Leicester Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) centre, in Wellington Street, said they would protest if the visit went ahead because he had previously made disparaging references to gay people.

Paul Fitzgerald, centre manager of the centre, said: “The views which Mufti Menk openly expressed are dehumanising and offensive and we told the university that we did not see how affording this man a platform to express such views was consistent with their duties under the Equality Act.

“We are therefore pleased to hear that this event will not now be taking place.”

The LGBT group had planned to stage a demonstration outside the university, but called it off following news that the visit was not going ahead.

The Muslim preacher was also due to make an appearance at five other universities in the UK, but similar concerns were raised in Oxford, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Glasgow - resulting in the organisers cancelling the tour completely.

The Mercury contacted the university’s Islamic Society for a comment, but it did not respond.

A spokesman for the University of Leicester said: “The university was in the process of reviewing the visit after being made aware of his views, but the organisers pulled the event before we made any decision.”