Salaam everyone,
Defend freedom of religion, conscience and thought
End Attacks on Muslims
Date: 20th November 2006
Venue: Methodist Central Hall Westminster,
London. SW1H 9NH
Time: 6.00 pm to 9.30 pm
The rally is called by the British Muslim Initiative and Liberty and
supported by: Mayor of London, Muslim Council of Britain, Pax Christi, Stop
the War, coalition, Muslim Association of Britain, CND, CWC, UNISON,
University and College Union, National Assembly Against Racism, the
1990Trust,Sikhs in England, National Coalition of Black Led Organisations,
Islamic Forum Europe, The Cordoba Foundation, JUSTPEACE, Islamic Human Right
Commission, Islam Channel, Islamic Times, Dawatul Islam, Assembly for the
Protection of Hijab, Friends of Al Aqsa, IWitness, Muslim Safety Forum,
Operation Black Vote, Black Londoners Forum, The Society of Black Lawyers,
Muslim Voices, National Black Student Alliance, UK Islamic Mission,
Federation of Student Islamic Society and IslamExpo.
To see the advert please click below to see the advert on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnm8lYPwWaE
Does any one of you going to this conference or rally?
Do you think that this campaign is a good thing to promote Islam and stop the wave of Islamophobia in the west?
Ellie C
Ellie C,
It bills itself as an anti-Islamophobia campaign. You are asking if it is a good way to promote Islam. It is one thing to talk of presenting the best of Islam, promoting understanding and dispelling hatred. If it is a way to "promote Islam" it is so much bunk and completely ruins its stated purpose. It is not unlike the way the "Anti Nazi League" promotes the Socialist Workers' Party. In other words a disingenuous and reprehensible front. Dispelling hatred is a good thing.
[size=10]I feel I'm gonna move on back down south
you know where the water tastes like cherry wine[/size]