'Report them!' Boxer Amir Khan makes strong plea for Muslims to join fight against terror
AMIR Khan made a passionate plea to Muslim communities, calling for them to report youngsters thinking about carrying out terror attacks to the police.
Amir Khan begs young muslims to "think"
The former boxing champion, who has represented Britain at the Olympics, met with grieving families at the memorial in Manchester after the terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert in the city on Monday night.
Speaking on Sky News, Khan added he wanted young Muslims considering anything similar to “follow positive role models” before they do it.
Khan, from Bolton, said: “It’s a very sad time for Manchester.
"There’s always good and bad in all different types of religions.
“I’m totally against killing innocent people. That’s something that’s not in the Koran.
If there is anyone doing anything like this, if anyone knows, you should report it to the police
“It upset me to know that he’s a Muslim.
“I want to be sending the right messages across and if there is anyone out there who is even thinking of doing anything like this and if anyone knows, you should report it to the police.”
“I always want to be known as a role model to the Muslim young kids out there. So I just want young Muslim people who are even thinking to do something stupid like this to follow positive role models and to just think before they do anything like this.”
The 30-year-old added he feared there would be a backlash against Muslims and revealed concerns he would one day be called a terrorist on the street.
He said: "Everyone is normally one community in Manchester.
"It's only going to make things harder for Muslims.
"I never want to be one of those people walking on the street and getting a finger pointed at me, being called a terrorist.
"It's never happened but I can see it happening one day, maybe.
"It makes it very tough for the younger generation who are going to school, it must be very hard for them.
"We all just need to stick together."
Diane Abbott claims ‘mothers’ are key in preventing Jihadists
Meanwhile, Diane Abbott was ruthlessly mocked after she suggested the war against terrorism should focus on speaking to the mothers of British Muslims.
Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Ms Abbott was quizzed on Labour's credibility in handling the threat of terrorism.
The shadow cabinet minister said the counter-terror effort should focus on reaching out to mothers of possible terrorists - much to the ridicule of social media.