Ali Bracken

Rioting by Muslim youths in Paris is unlikely to be repeated here despite the fact that not all Muslims have integrated positively in to the Irish society , a popular moderate Islamic preacher , Amr khaled   has said.

Mr Khaled visited Ireland over the weekend and gave a talk on religious extremism to 50 students at the royal collage of surgeons in Dublin on Saturday .He also gave  a talk entitled "Muslims and positive integration at the Islamic culture" at the Islamic cultural centre of Ireland in Clonskeagh, Dublin

Mr Khaled said that the failure of some Muslims to integrate was not because the Irish society was exclusive, but because some Muslims were not open to integration

However Mr Khaled did not thinks riots like those in Paris would ever occur here

" No, there is not enough positive integration [in Ireland ], the problem actually to be honest not with the western society, the problem with the Muslims they come and take good education but what do they give? Don’t stay in this society if you do not want to give and to integrate.

I don’t think anything like the riots in Paris could happen here. First of all Muslims here in ireland have many rights and the government and the people are different.. Because Ireland suffered a lot and has had many troubles in the past and because people from ireland have also emigrate a lot, I don’t think this could happen, “he said.

Mr.Khaled launched a drugs-awareness training program at the Islamic at the Islamic Cultural Center.

Some 40 members of the Muslim community of the Muslim community in Ireland attended the training as did gardai and community workers.

Mr Khaled said extremism existed both in the Middle East and in the Western World.

There is extremism in the Middle East and the Western World. Both of them want to take the world for conflict, for a big war. We must, the realistic people, Stop them through co-existence   “

Extremists in the west, he said were anyone who wants to take the world to war without talking to other side “

Mr Khaled, who promotes Islam as a religion of peace is originally from Cairo in Egypt. He is currently living in Britain.

He said his main work was bridge building between east and west  as majority of Arabs and Muslims support peace through his charity right start foundation he works with the British government on its effort to improve relations with young Muslims