Author: Press Trust of India/Associated
Press
Publication: www.expressindia.com
Date: June 8, 2004
URL: http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=32271
The British government has issued
a travel warning about a state in India, saying that a Muslim cleric had
criticised Britain and two other countries.
Travellers were told to take extra
care and to consider postponing visits to holy sites in Lucknow, the capital
of northern Uttar Pradesh, after the Shia cleric and his followers had
warned British, American and Israeli citizens to stay away.
The brief Foreign Office statement
on Monday did not identify the cleric or his organisation in Uttar Pradesh.
"You should exercise caution in
visiting such sites and may wish to consider postponing visits until the
situation becomes clearer," Britain's foreign office said.
The cleric and his followers have
issued statements in connection with the war in Iraq, the Foreign Office
said, including notices posted at some holy sites "banning" British, American
and Israeli visitors from them. The sites were not identified.
