A leading Islamic spokes man has urged Muslims in Scotland to use their vote “like a weapon” and support the SNP in the forthcoming general elections. Dr Azzam Tamimi, director of The Institute of Islamic Political Thought (IIPT), told a conference in Glasgow yesterday that it would be a sin against Islam to vote for a pro-war candidate. He said the SNP was the best party in Scotland to represent Muslim interests and that its line on Iraq, Palestine and on the war on terror was the most acceptable of all the major Scottish parties.

Sunday Herald, 19 December 2004

Reported on Islam Online, 20 December 2004