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Great Britistan? Anger as Train Board Hijacked to Preach Islam
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20:53Now PlayingA religious controversy exploded in London when Network Rail, Britain's state-owned rail firm, provoked anger by displaying a hadith quote from the Prophet Muhammad calling "sinners" to repent prominently on a main departure board at the busy King's Cross Station on March 19th, the 9th day of Ramadan. The Islamic scripture stating "All the sons of Adam are sinners, but the best of the sinners are those who repent often" was shown alongside the Muslim prayer times for fajr and maghrib, catching passengers off guard and sparking backlash across social media. While the Islam Channel praised "the beauty of Ramadan in unexpected places", secular groups like Humanists UK condemned the overtly religious message to a captive audience as "inappropriate and profoundly misjudged", arguing public spaces should remain neutral and demanding the transport secretary investigate. Though Network Rail defended marking religious festivals like Christmas and Diwali to celebrate its workforce's diversity, it admitted the hadith quote "shouldn't have been shown" on the main board, removed it, and pledged to use "general Ramadan celebratory messages" instead after its mistaken prominent display exposed tensions around religious expression in public spaces.
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