(National-UAE) UK defence officials have reportedly eliminated the Muslim Council of Britain’s role in identifying and endorsing military chaplains.
The MCB had a voice within the Ministry of Defence’s system for appointing chaplains despite a ban on the organisation working with the UK government.
Under the new orders sent out by ministers this week, the ministry must end the [group’s] involvement in endorsing imams to become military chaplains.
The MCB posted on its website on July 26 about the first Royal Air Force imam “endorsed by the MCB.”
The Telegraph newspaper first revealed the crackdown and said senior Conservative party officials had described the arrangement as “shocking.”
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