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Mohammed Shafiq from the Ramadhan Foundation said the move to ban 4.5million people mixing for at least a week will ruin plans for thousands celebrating the religious festival in Manchester, east Lancashire and West Yorkshire until Monday night.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock was this morning forced to deny that he had targeted Eid when announcing the Covid-19 restrictions as the religious holiday was about to start.
Mr Shafiq said: 'Already by the time the Government announced that on Twitter, families had already travelled to their loved ones' homes and people have already started their Eid preparations. To make that decision on social media, with no regard for British Muslims is an appalling abuse of its power and shows how disconnected they are from wider society. I condemn the announcement and I hope they have learned a big lesson from this'.
Labour Bolton MP, Yasmin Qureshi, said today: 'For the Government to make a major public health announcement on the eve of Eid Al Adha (on Twitter) in haste, without clarity or guidance is beyond disruptive, it's irresponsible'.
But today a Tory with a Parliamentary constituency on the edge of the lockdown zone accused 'BAME communities of not taking this seriously enough' as coronavirus cases have been rising in towns with large Muslim and minority populations such as Blackburn, Rochdale and Bradford.
Craig Whittaker, MP for the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, told LBC: 'If you look at the areas where we've seen rises and cases, the vast majority - but not by any stretch of the imagination all areas - it is the BAME communities that are not taking this seriously enough.
'We have areas of high multiple occupancy - when you have multiple families living in one household. It doesn't specifically have to be in the Asian community, but that is the largest proportion. Look at the areas. You've got Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees. Bradford and Kirklees have two of the largest populations in West Yorkshire'.
When asked he was referring to the immigrant population, he said: 'Immigrant and Asian population.'
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock was this morning forced to deny that he had targeted Eid when announcing the Covid-19 restrictions as the religious holiday was about to start.
Mr Shafiq said: 'Already by the time the Government announced that on Twitter, families had already travelled to their loved ones' homes and people have already started their Eid preparations. To make that decision on social media, with no regard for British Muslims is an appalling abuse of its power and shows how disconnected they are from wider society. I condemn the announcement and I hope they have learned a big lesson from this'.
Labour Bolton MP, Yasmin Qureshi, said today: 'For the Government to make a major public health announcement on the eve of Eid Al Adha (on Twitter) in haste, without clarity or guidance is beyond disruptive, it's irresponsible'.
But today a Tory with a Parliamentary constituency on the edge of the lockdown zone accused 'BAME communities of not taking this seriously enough' as coronavirus cases have been rising in towns with large Muslim and minority populations such as Blackburn, Rochdale and Bradford.
Craig Whittaker, MP for the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, told LBC: 'If you look at the areas where we've seen rises and cases, the vast majority - but not by any stretch of the imagination all areas - it is the BAME communities that are not taking this seriously enough.
'We have areas of high multiple occupancy - when you have multiple families living in one household. It doesn't specifically have to be in the Asian community, but that is the largest proportion. Look at the areas. You've got Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees. Bradford and Kirklees have two of the largest populations in West Yorkshire'.
When asked he was referring to the immigrant population, he said: 'Immigrant and Asian population.'
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