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Ac­tivist Nafeesa Mo­hammed is call­ing on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to meet with lead­ers of the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty ahead of her up­com­ing meet­ing with Don­ald Trump, fol­low­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s with­draw­al of sup­port for Is­rael in its con­flict with Iran.

Ini­tial­ly, the Gov­ern­ment had sig­nalled sup­port for both the US and Is­rael over Sat­ur­day’s at­tack on Iran, while con­demn­ing Iran’s re­tal­ia­to­ry strikes on US bases in neigh­bour­ing coun­tries. The re­ver­sal has prompt­ed ques­tions about whether the change was in­flu­enced by con­cerns over Mus­lim vot­er sup­port.

Mo­hammed, in a What­sApp state­ment, urged the Prime Min­is­ter to con­sult the Mus­lim cler­gy on is­sues af­fect­ing the com­mu­ni­ty. She high­light­ed that there are two Mus­lims in gov­ern­ment, Sad­dam Ho­sein and Dr Aiy­na Ali, whom she called on to fa­cil­i­tate such a meet­ing.