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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Edinburgh Evening News - Mosque Meeting "And anger among Edinburgh's Muslim community over the war in Iraq surfaced at a hustings meeting in the Central Mosque at Potterrow last night.
The Evening News revealed last week how the Lothian Muslim Voting Committee is urging Muslims to vote tactically to oust Labour MSPs in protest at the war. Their recommendation includes a vote for the Scottish Socialists on the list.
SSP leader Tommy Sheridan was given a rousing reception when he told the meeting the British people had been "cruelly conned" into supporting the invasion of Iraq. But city councillor Alan Tweedie, representing Labour, was given a hard time when he argued tackling racism in Scotland was a more important issue for the elections than Iraq. "