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A leading Islamic teacher has urged Muslims in Wales to play a full role in their communities and join with people of other faiths in combating secularism.
Sufi Muhammud Azmat- Ullah-Shah, a spiritual teacher with an estimated four million followers around the world, also used his visit to Wales to denounce al-Qaeda and religious extremism.
The 62-year-old Sufi, who formerly served in the Pakistan army and fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghani- stan, belongs to a tradition of Islam which believes love is a projection of God in the universe.
He was honoured at a celebration in Cardiff's City Hall. Before the ceremonies began, he met local followers at a farmhouse north of the capital.
Many British Muslims still suffered from an inferiority complex, he said, but he urged them to join with Christians to halt moral decline. The Sufi said he was horrified when he discovered a minister was selling a church building.
He said, 'I decided to ring that man. He said, 'There's no membership.'
'What's gone wrong? If our Christian brother is in trouble, why don't we help him?'
When told that...