Members of the Kashmir Legislative Assembly made the long journey to Keighley to address members of the local community.

Speaker of the legislative assembly Abdul Majeed and fellow minister Mohammed Yasin addressed more than 100 members of Keighley's Kashmiri community. They provided an update about the current situation for the people living in Kashmir. Pakistan and India are currently involved in skirmishes over who controls the disputed province.

The two speakers also highlighted how the current situation had been brought to prominence by the international media.

Sangat Centre manager Khadim Hussain says: "The Asian community in Keighley is predominantly from Kashmir, so it was a very important day for us and provided an update of the current situation."

Also present on the day was the president of the Sangat centre Allah Ditta.

Meanwhile, an advisor to the Archbishop of Canterbury dropped in at the Sangat Centre to discuss the question of faith.

The Rev Canon Michael Ipgrave visited the centre in Marlborough Street to take a study and discuss the multi-faith and multi-cultural nature of Keighley.

As inter-faith relations advisor to the Church of England, he reports to the Archbishop of Canterbury about the way in which different faiths integrate in all parts of the UK.

Representatives from the many different faiths in Keighley, including members of the Jamia Mosque in Emily Street, and the Rt Rev Michael Hardy of Keighley Shared Parish Church, joined together to hear Canon Ipgrave speak.

He said: "Part of my job is to brief the Archbishops' Council on a number of issues at a national level, but it is very important that we know what is happening locally where Christians, Muslims and other religions are working and cooperating. It is very important that people of different faiths talk to one another so that Christians know what is important to Muslims and vice versa. It is essential that people of different faiths talk to one another rather than about one another, so it is great to see people coming together to discuss these issues.

"One of the things that's really impressed me is the level of honesty people have about issues affecting modern Keighley and modern Bradford."

Sangat Centre manager Khadim Hussain says: "The idea of bringing different faiths together is to empower people in the community. By encouraging partnerships we can address a number of issues and themes we share and a common ground which we can work on together. Keighley is different - even though we are only a stones throw away from Bradford - because there is a predominantly muslim community alongside the Christian community."

Canon Ipgrave's day in Keighley was part of a four-day visit to the Bradford district. He had lunch at the Sangat centre.

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