PRIME MINISTER David Cameron welcomed more than 150 high-flying Muslims and others to celebrate Eid with him.
He was joined by minister without portfolio Sayeeda Warsi – who had just returned from Hajj – and other Tory politicians who have close links with the Muslim community.
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg also attended the function at Downing Street last Monday (November 22), as did a number of Lib Dem local councillors.
Cameron said it was important for the country to recognise how vital faith was to some and what a cause for good it could be. He said when he lived with an Asian family in Birmingham, they sent their children to King Edward’s Jewish School. When he asked them why, they said: ‘We are all Abrahamic faiths and we want our children to understand the importance of faith, and this is a very good school.’
‘Eid has messages for all of us about family, about friendship and about worship; that whatever religion we belong to we can take very seriously,’
said the prime minister.