One city: One voice for peace
Diana Lampen reflects on a powerful witness for peace in Birmingham
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.
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