MECO Press Statements

MECO has issued press statements on various subjects and these have been published in a variety of newspapers. Our statements include:

• MECO condemns death threats against Dr Usama Hasan (6 March 2011)
• MECO offers historic platform for Christian chaplain to deliver Friday Sermon (khutbah) (14 May 2007)
• MECO says that British Muslims should uphold ban on Niqab (7 February 2007)
• MECO supports niqab ban in schools (1 & 5 February 2007)
• MECO proclaims that male-female hand shaking is not prohibited in the Holy Qur'an (24 January 2007)
• MECO declares that Saddam's execution violates Islam (3 January 2007)
• MECO dismisses spurious Western notions of winning hearts and minds (30 November 2006)
• MECO rules that obligatory female face-masking (niqab) is not Islamic (16 October 2006)
• MECO declares that MCB does not speak for all British Muslims (20 July 2006)
• MECO condemns collective and convenient western amnesia (10 July 2006)
• MECO states that the MCB and MAB not the only voice for British Muslims (26 June 2006)
• MECO supports music in Islam (17 June 2006)
• MECO media statement on Reciprocal Religious Freedom (18 May 2006)
• MECO protests capital punishment for Apostasy (22 March 2006)
• MECO mourns the bombing of Mosques (25 February 2006)
• MECO statement on Hijabi clad Women (17 February 2006)
• MECO highlights Danish duplicity and double-standards (9 February 2006)
• MECO criticises insulting carricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (3 February 2006)
• Saudis cannot be trusted with the Haj (14 January 2006)
• MECO denounces Honour Killings (5 November 2005)
• MECO condemns barbaric attacks on civilians in London (7 July 2005)