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Birmingham Mosques Join Campaign to Stop Reckless Driving

  • The mosques will educate the community on road safety through various activities and outreach efforts.
  • The campaign is in response to a series of deaths and serious injuries on the streets of the region.

Mosques across the West Midlands have joined a campaign to stop reckless driving in Birmingham following an alarming series of deaths and serious injuries on the streets of the region.

Green Lane Mosque in Small Heath was among these mosques after four people, including two children, were killed in a month in different collisions in June, one while using a pedestrian crossing, Birmingham Mail reported.

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The mosques backed the Better Streets for Birmingham campaign, the Safe Streets Now campaign organized by other community groups, and a safer road campaign launched by West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.

“Sadly this year, Birmingham saw an increase in reckless driving, with a direct impact on local mosques and the communities they serve,” the mosque said.

“Among other things, it caused the police to request dashcam footage for evidence. The Safe Streets Now campaign presses for further action of this sort, calling for:

“Peace – from the threat of antisocial driving;

“Space – to walk, cycle, and play without fear;

“Justice – for the victims of road violence.”

Several Activities

There will be various activities and outreach efforts to educate the community on road safety, including Friday sermons delivered widely throughout West Midlands’ mosques.

They will also launch a comprehensive social media campaign to reach people, saying that the Qur’an says: “And whoever saves one [life] – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.”

“This collaborative effort is not just a civic responsibility; it’s a moral duty grounded in our shared values,” Mustafa Hussein, an imam at Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre, said. 

“In our faith, we are taught that life is sacred. We urge everyone to consider the consequences of your actions, be responsible drivers, and keep our roads safer.”

Saving lives is a key teaching in Islam that can be found in the Qur’an.

Allah tells us that “If anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the life of the whole humanity.” Qur’an 5:32

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