One city: One voice for peace

Diana Lampen reflects on a powerful witness for peace in Birmingham

by Diana Lampen 7th October 2011

The days of rioting, looting and violence in August, which culminated in the killing of three young men in Birmingham – Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir – shocked us all. Surely there was going to be a violent racial backlash? But there wasn’t, largely because Tariq Jahan, Haroon’s father, pleaded for calm and urged that no-one carry out revenge attacks.