UK MB Groups Reject Interfaith Pact Over Chief Rabbi’s Israel Support

On 24 March 2025, The Alge­mein­er report­ed that a coali­tion of Mus­lim orga­ni­za­tions in the UK had reject­ed the Drum­lan­rig Accords, a Mus­lim-Jew­ish rec­on­cil­i­a­tion agree­ment, due to the involve­ment of British Chief Rab­bi Ephraim Mirvis, whom they crit­i­cized as a “staunch Zion­ist.” The arti­cle begins:

A coali­tion of Mus­lim orga­ni­za­tions in the Unit­ed King­dom has reject­ed a recent­ly announced Mus­lim-Jew­ish rec­on­cil­i­a­tion agree­ment aimed at improv­ing rela­tions between the two com­mu­ni­ties, con­demn­ing the land­mark pact over the involve­ment of British Chief Rab­bi Ephraim Mirvis, who they denounced as a “staunch Zion­ist.” In a joint state­ment, more than 25 Mus­lim groups, includ­ing Friends of Al Aqsa and The Cor­do­ba Foun­da­tion, expressed strong oppo­si­tion to the Drum­lan­rig Accords over Mirvis’s sup­port for Israel. They also argued that the agree­ment, which was draft­ed in Jan­u­ary and signed last month, lacked legit­i­mate rep­re­sen­ta­tion as it was backed by “self-appoint­ed” Mus­lim lead­ers who do not rep­re­sent the will of the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty. The sig­na­to­ries “failed to con­sult wide­ly with grass­roots orga­ni­za­tions sup­port­ed by the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty before they signed these accords with the chief rab­bi, who is a staunch Zion­ist,” the state­ment said. “Rab­bi Mirvis has sup­port­ed Israel’s war on the Pales­tini­ans in Gaza,” the coali­tion con­tin­ued, before cit­ing debunked casu­al­ty fig­ures sup­plied by Hamas-con­trolled author­i­ties. “We can­not in good faith acknowl­edge these accords when the chief rab­bi has made pub­lic state­ments sup­port­ing Israel despite the hor­rif­ic actions of the Israeli Occu­pa­tion Forces.”

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The coali­tion includ­ed sev­er­al groups in the UK Mus­lim Broth­er­hood and Hamas sup­port net­work, includ­ing Friends of Al Aqsa, the Pales­tin­ian Forum in Britain, and the Cor­do­ba Foun­da­tion, an orga­ni­za­tion head­ed by British MB leader Anas Altkri­ti. The Islam­ic Human Rights Com­mis­sion, an Islam­ic NGO close to the Iran­ian regime, was also among the signatories.

Key Points:

• A coali­tion of UK Mus­lim groups has reject­ed the Drum­lan­rig Accords, a Mus­lim-Jew­ish rec­on­cil­i­a­tion agree­ment, due to the involve­ment of Chief Rab­bi Ephraim Mirvis, whom they crit­i­cized as a “staunch Zionist.”
• The groups argued that the agree­ment lacked legit­i­mate rep­re­sen­ta­tion, as it was backed by “self-appoint­ed” Mus­lim lead­ers who did not rep­re­sent the wider Mus­lim community.
• The sig­na­to­ries con­demned Mirvis’s sup­port for Israel and cit­ed debunked casu­al­ty fig­ures, stat­ing they could not acknowl­edge the accords in good faith.
• The accords had aimed to improve rela­tions between Jew­ish and Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ties in Britain, tack­ling anti­semitism, Islam­o­pho­bia, pover­ty, and isolation.

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