Religious Hate Crime

Lord Singh of Wimbledon Excerpts

Wednesday 27th January 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale (Lab)]

My Lords, will the Minister agree with me—

[Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB)]

My Lords—

[Noble Lords]

Cross Bench!

[Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon]

I totally agree with the noble Lord. One other point I would add is that whenever we face such bigotry, the resilience of our country and our historic legacy shows that when we face those challenges, we come together as a more united nation going forward.

[Lord Singh of Wimbledon]

My Lords, when religions claim competing exclusive truths, the end result is conflict. Is it not better to go along with the proposition that the one God of us all is not in the least bit interested in our different religious labels but in what we do to make life better for those around us?

[Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon]

I totally agree with the noble Lord, who speaks with great poignancy and expertise in this area. I regard religion very much as a route: we all have the same beginning and the same end, and the religion we follow is but a different path towards that end.