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3,000 Muslims set for war protest
They don't say when this massive display of Muzzy protest and seething and marching will occur, so I can't offer the traffic alert I intended to our cousins, but it'll be, um, something, I'm sure.Thousands of members of Britain's Muslim community are to march against what they see as oppression resulting from the "war on terror". More than 100 Islamic organisations from across the country will take part in the demonstration across central London. One of the organisers, Dr Imran Waheed, said three to five thousand people were expected to attend the event which will begin at Marble Arch. He said: "The basic message is that the Muslim community wants to voice its opposition to what it views as the oppression of the war on terror." People were angry about control orders imposed on suspects and detention of people without trial in Guantanamo Bay, he said. The issues of increasing stop-and-search, detainees held at Belmarsh, and the extradition of individuals to the United States were also causing concern. Dr Waheed added: "We are speaking out about the atmosphere which is being generated in our community. We believe our community is making a contribution the wider society. We feel that this draconian implementation of the war on terror is damaging relations between Muslims and others." The Islamic Human Rights Commission, the Muslim Association of Britain, and Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain are among the groups taking part. Dr Waheed said groups who disagreed on many other issues were joining together to make their voices heard. The march will end at the high-security Paddington Green police station, where a number of terror suspects have been held. "It is kind of symbolic because a lot of people are taken there and released without charge a couple of days later," Dr Waheed said. I'm hoping for a pink Kaaba, myself. It would need wheels, of course. Posted by: .com 2005-04-30 |
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