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Brexit would jeopardise peace in Europe, warn religious leaders Faith groups join forces to oppose the Leave campaign as voter registration drive is ramped up Toby Helm and Mark Townsend Sunday 29 May 2016 00.05 BST Religious leaders from the UK’s main faith communities – including former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams – have joined forces to oppose Brexit, saying the EU is vital to preserving peace, !ghting poverty and tackling the migration crisis. In a letter in the Observer , 37 leading !gures from across the faiths say that they hope people will re"ect, before voting on 23 June, “on whether undermining the international institutions charged with delivering these goals could conceivably contribute to a fairer, cleaner and safer world”. The signatories include Rabbi La ura Janner-Klausner, the principal rabbi at the Movement for Reform Judaism; Bharti Tailor , executive director of the Hindu Forum of Europe; and Miqdaad Versi, assistant general secretary of the Muslim Council of Great Britain. Anglicans the Right Rev Paul B ayes, bishop of Liverpool, and the Right Rev Stephen Conway , bishop of Ely, also signed. Members of the group, who say they signed in their personal capacities, write that “faith is about integration and building bridges, not about isolation and erecting barriers”. They add: “ As leaders and senior !gures of faith communities, we urge our co-religionists and others to think about the implications of a Leave vote for the things about which we are most passionate. “The past 70 years have been the longest period of peace in Europe’s history . Institutions that enable us to work together and understand both our di# erences and what we share in common contribute to our increased security and sense of collective endeavour. “What’ s more, so many of the challenges we face today can only be addressed in a European, and indeed a global, context: combating poverty in the developing world, confronting climate change and providing the stability that is essential to tackling the current migration crisis.” Meanwhile, more than 13,000 businesses, including dating app Tinder, car hire service Uber and takeaway !rm Deliveroo, will this week start encouraging their users to register to vote before the 7 June deadline. Registration teams will also visit mosques throughout the country , and formal Bre xit woul d jeopar dis e pea ce in Euro pe, warn religious leade rs | .. . htt p://www.theguardian .com/politics/2016 /ma y/28/r eligious-leade... 1 of 2 25/06/2016 19:03

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approaches will be made to the Jewish, Sikh, Hindu and Christian communities.

On Monday comedian Eddie Izzard will start a tour of universities in an attempt to getyoung people to register for the referendum and vote to stay in the EU. He will begin atAston University in Birmingham. A recent poll by the National Union of Students foundthat 76% of students want to remain in the EU, with just 14% backing Brexit. But IpsosMORI found 18- to 24-year-olds were much less likely to vote than the over-65s, at just

44% voting compared with 76%.

Izzard said: “We know the overwhelming majority of young people want to stay inEurope because of the opportunities it presents to work, to study and to travel. I sharetheir positive view of Europe – I am a British European who has performed in German,French and Spanish.

“But if they are not registered, they can’t vote, and those opportunities will be takenaway without them getting to have their say. It only takes two minutes to register on asmartphone, and it must be done by 7 June.”

Nick Lowles, chief executive of Hope not Hate, which is also running a registrationcampaign, said: “The young could decide the future of the referendum and, by default,the future direction of this country. It’s absolutely vital they get registered and have anopportunity to vote in this election.”

Campaigners are concerned that around 770,000 individuals, mostly young people,private renters and ethnic minorities, may have dropped o# the electoral register since2014, when the government moved from registration of electors by household to askingindividuals to sign up.

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