Muslims settling down in the UK must not demand parallel Shariat (Muslim personal law) in the country and follow the law of the land instead, leading NRI entrepreneur 'Curry King' Sir Ghulam [Images] Noon has said.

"Those who are complaining about Shariat should follow the rules of the land. If you want Shariat, then go to the country where it is prevailing. This is my message," Noon said at the launch of his autobiography, NOON, With a View.
The 72-year-old, who narrowly survived the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai, said the United Nations should deal with the scourge of terrorism and cautioned that unless something drastic was done, the country that is harbouring terrorists would have to pay a heavy price.

He also said that religion does not sanction violence and terrorists have no religion.

"Quran says if you kill one human being, you are killing humanity and if you save one, you are saving the humanity," said Sir Noon.

Narrating his brush with death when terrorists struck the Taj Mahal Hotel [Images] in Mumbai on November 26, Sir Noon said he, his brother and two others were to dine at the Hotel's restaurant, which came under attack but they decided at the last moment to have their dinner in their room.

He said this was the fourth time he had narrowly escaped death. He had earlier escaped a road accident as a 22-year-old in India before surviving an air crash in Baghdad in 1972. Subsequently, he also survived a bomb blast in a taxi near the same Taj Hotel [Images] in Mumbai.