SOAS, Main Building Lecture Theatre
(lower ground floor)
Thornhaugh St
Russell Square
London
nearest tube - Russell Square

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Campaigning for Palestinian Rights in the USA: from the Right of Return to the War on Terrorism

A Talk by Nancy Murray

Chaired by Victoria Brittain, former Associate Foreign Editor, the Guardian

Nancy Murray is the Director of Education at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and a member of the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights. She co-founded the Middle East Justice Network in 1989, and directed it until 1996. A founding member of the Trans Arab Research Institute (TARI), she helped organize its April 2000 conference on the Right of Return in Boston, Massachusetts. Among her publications on the Israel/Palestinian conflict is the 1991 book, Palestinians: Life Under Occupation, and a chapter in the recent book - The New Intifada (Verso, 2001)

Victoria Brittain is a journalist for numerous publications in the UK and France, former Associate Foreign Editor of the Guardian, currently working on a study of the impact of conflict on women for the UN's women's organisation, UNIFEM.

For more information, contact Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition

info@al-awda.org.uk
tel 020 7900 6767

Al-Awda

The Academy (next to the Union), Manchester University, Manchester.

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Support the Palestine Human Rights Motion

Students at Manchester University have tabled a motion at the Students Union to condemn the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in their own homeland, by the racist 'Israeli' apartheid regime. The motion will be discussed and voted on in a general meeting next Wednesday the 27th of Feb. We urge all student in Manchester to please attend, remember to bring your library cards for voting.

Its vital that this motion is passed, according to Union of Jewish Students this is the "biggest threat" zionists on university campuses have faced in "5 years". All the big zionist organisations are calling for a nationwide zionist mobilisation against this motion . The Muslims at Manchester University are under immense pressure and intimidation from the zionists, please help them in what ever way you can. Here is an extract from a message from the Emir of Manchester University Islamic Society:

Let us make no mistake brothers and sisters, we are in a fight here. We know that the opposition will use the tactics of deceit and spin, and lies, to get their ends. According to the UJS it is the biggest threat the students have faced in 5 years. So it will be a major victory if we win.

However no fewer then 4 National Jewish Websites are organising a Nationwide Zionist mobilisation.The situation is getting bigger and bigger day by day. today the oppostion came out with their banners, full of lies and deceit. they claim that we wish to close down the jewish society, even though the J-Soc isn't mentioned in the motion. They will go to any lenghts to get there ends. A quick look at the Union of Jewish Students website will show that they are mobilising people from around the country to come and help them in Manchester. Further we can look to the Jewish Chronicle website, or the Totally Jewish webite for evidence of this. So far not one Muslim website has done the same for us.

We in Manchester need to act in a similar manner. The situation here needs the assisatnce of muslim from around the country. No doubt, you are able to help, in the same way that the opposition can mobilise help form around the country. Only when we all act together can we acheive our ends. This motion is massive brothers and sisters, that is why they are so determined to stop it. We know we are in the right by their actions. It cannot be acheived without the help of all of you. This is only the beginning - we need to start the ball rolling somewhere, and plz help us to start it rolling in Manchester.

If you want to help us, please please do one of the following :

1) Send us leaflets on Palestine, so we can give them to Non Muslims who will vote on the day, the Zionists have colour leaflets and big banners, we cant afford these, if anyone has access to these please send them to us.

2)The Zionist websites are getting a giant nationwide mobilisation for Wednesday, they are organising coaches to come down, they will have hundreds of Jews leafleting students and talking to them, we only have 10 of us. We need help, can anyone please please come and help us.

3) Standby for an ALERT that MPAC will put out, we have heard that hundreds of emails and calls have been made to pressure the NUS, and the DEEN to buckle, calling what we are doing anti semetic, we need to make calls and demand they do not buckle under this pressure.

Please do pick the phone up when you get the ALERT. I know for a fact that Jews from around the country have been calling including many of the prominant Jewish Organisations including Board of jewish Deputies. Not one single Muslim organisation has made a similar call on our behalf.

For more information please visit the website:

Website: www.manchesterisoc.org.uk
Email: muisoc@hotmail.com

Follow the story - read about the outcome here.

Manchester University Islamic Society

Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square
London WC1

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The Case Against Sharon

Michael Verhaeghe,

part of the legal team in Belgium

Organised by Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights

Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights

Palestine
United States
Canada
England
see below for specific locations

DETAILS:

Annual Zionist Flag-burning Event by Orthodox Jews

Tuesday 26th February 2002 is the Jewish Festival of Purim.  Purim is the commemoration of the destruction of Hayman from the tribe of Amalek whose aim was the destruction of the Jewish people.

Jews throughout the world celebrate this festival and continue with the fight against Amalek in every generation.  Today’s Amalek is Zionism and what it stands for, and annually on this day Jews throughout the world publicly burn the Zionist flag as a symbol of the destruction of evil.  This takes place in New York, Brooklyn, Quebec (Canada), Monsey, and two places in occupied Palestine, and in here in England in London and Manchester.

See previous flag burnings:
http://www.netureikarta.org/dmnsrtn-flag.htm

Times:

Palestine

Beit Shemesh (front of Kollel Yoru Mishpotecha, Chazon Ish St.) 2:00 PM

Jerusalem (Rachvas Meah Shearim) 3:00 PM (Note this event will be on the 27th)

United States

Monsey, New York (Maple Avenue and Phyllis Terrace) 2:00 PM

Monroe, New York (Corner of Van Buren Drive and Forrest Road) 2:30 PM

Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, New York (Corner of Lee and Hewes Streets) 3:15 PM

Boro Park, Brooklyn , New York (Corner of 16th Avenue and 53th Street) 4:00 PM

Canada

Quebec: (580 Des Bouleaux, Ste-Agathe-Des-Monts) 4:00 PM

England

London, England: (Corner of Dunsmure Road and West Bank) 3:30 PM

Manchester, England: (Northumberland St. and Leicester Road) 4:00 PM

( UK: For further information, please contact: Rabbi Goldstein on 07971 325781 or 07814 535584.)

Neturei Karta

Islamic Centre, 140 Maida Vale,
London, W9.

Nearest Tube: Kilburn Park
Nearest Train: Kilburn High Road

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Imam Achmad Cassiem speaking in London, UK

Imam Achmad Cassiem, the renowmed Islamic scholar and a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, be speaking at the 'Islam
in Focus' programme.

Further Information contact :
Islamic Human Rights Commission
Tel: +44-20-8902-0888
email: info@ihrc.org

Islamic Human Rights Commsion and Islamic Centre

DETAILS:

Resisting the War on Terrorism / Breaking the Economic Sanctions on Iraq Conference

Speakers: Amber & Ryan Amundson, Tariq Ali, Matt Barr and Milan Rai (recently returned from Iraq, Kathryn Tulip (recently returned from Palestine) & others.

Fee: £10 waged, £5 unwaged

More info: 0845 458 9571

Voices in the Wilderness UK and
ARROW (Justice Not Vengeance)

Cooper Union,
Great Hall,
New York City
51 Astor Place (4th Ave. & 8th St.)
USA

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An Evening for Peace with Justice for the Palestinian & Iraqi People

Purchase your tickets today -- Limited Availability!!!
Tickets are $20, $10 for students & person with fixed income

Featured Speakers Include:

• Ramsey Clark -- Former U.S. Attorney General
  
• Mohammed Kanana -- General Secretary, Abna al-Balad (Palestinian organization inside 1948 Israel)
  
• Omar Nazzal -- Founder & Director, Al-Wattan TV (Ramallah)
  
• Rania Masri -- Iraq Action Coalition
  
• Samia Halaby -- Al-Awda Palestinian Right of Return Coalition
  
• Michel Shehadeh -- Committee for Justice (former Palestinian political prisoner in U.S.)
  
• Dr. Asha Samad Matias --Muslims Against War & Racism

*** Also showing: "Intifada: The Road to Freedom" ***
(Dramatic new video footage of the Palestinian Intifada)

For more information , contact us at:
(212) 633-6646
International A.N.S.W.E.R.

International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
(Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)

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Sept 11 Relatives Speak Out Against War

The widow (Amber Amundson) and brother (Ryan Amundson) of 11 September victim Craig Scott Amunson are comming to the UK to speak up publicly for peace and against war. Milan Rai, recently returned from Iraq, to speak on economic sanctions against Iraq.

More info: 0845 458 9571

Voices in the Wilderness UK and
ARROW (Justice Not Vengeance)

SF FEDERAL BUILDING
450 Golden Gate Avenue,
San Fransisco
USA

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National Day of Solidarity with Arabs, Muslims and South Asian Immigrants

SPEAKERS:

• Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee
  
• Jeff Adachi, Former Chief Attorney for the Public Defenders Office, SF
  
• Rosalyn Chan, Asian Law Caucus
  
• Riva Enteen, National Lawyers Guild SF
  
• Iman, Grassroots Organization Muslim Arab Community
  
• Yuri Kochiyama, former internee of WWII concentration camps
  
• Lisa Maldonaldo, Field Director, ACLU Northern California
  
• Siri Margerin, family friend of Idriss Stelly
  
• Students for Justice in Palestine
  
• Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council
  
• Xochitl, Refuse & Resist! Youth Network
  

  Organizers have invoked the famous quote by Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who in describing the evolution of repression in Nazi Germany said:
  
  "First they came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, but by that time, no one was left to speak up."
  
  According to organizers of the day of solidarity: "This time, first they
  are coming for the Arab, Muslim and South Asian immigrants. Based on their racial profile, over 1500 have been rounded up and the government refuses to say who they are, where they are jailed and what the charges are!!! Already, a Pakistani man has died in custody. Who will be next? The recent "disappearances", indefinite detention, the round-ups, the secret military tribunals, the denial of legal representation, evidence kept a secret from the accused, the denial of any due process for Arab, Muslim, South Asians and others, have chilling similarities to a police state."
  

Participants will express their perspectives on efforts to twist our grief
for the tragedy of September 11 to justify repression, and will express
their views on why being an immigrant is not a crime. They will demand
these attacks STOP to insure freedom and justice for all.

Contact:
Colleen Akai (510) 288-7432

Main Lecture Theatre,
Physiology Department,
Downing Site (off Tennis Court Road and Downing St.),
Cambridge CB2 3EG

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The Islamic Struggle for Justice:The Cases of South Africa & Turkey

Many movements against oppression world-wide have been motivated by or have included Islamically-motivated struggles in pursuit
of justice.  Two of the Islamic Human Rights Commission’s advisors, Merve Kavakci, a former Turkish MP and Imam Achmad
Cassiem, a veteran of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, will comment and take questions on struggles past and present
and the overall commitment of Muslims to the creation of a just society.

Imam Casseim was very much involved in fighting apartheid, and he was imprisoned with Mandela on Robben Island after their trial. Merve
Kavakci is a Turk who was elected into the Turkish Government, but she was then not allowed to enter because she insisted on wearing her
headscarf.

Further Information contact :
Islamic Human Rights Commission
Tel: +44-20-8902-0888
email: info@ihrc.org

Islamic Human Rights Commsion and Cambridge ISOC

Islamic Centre, 140 Maida Vale,
London, W9.

Nearest Tube: Kilburn Park
Nearest Train: Kilburn High Road

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IHRC's International Conference on Prisoners of Faith

A conference to discuss the experiences of imprisoned believers and reasons for their persecution. Topics to be discussed include:

* Experiences of Prisoners of Faith from various countries
* Democracy in Crisis
* Islamic Law and imprisonment
* Internment, Military Tribunals and Persecution in the West
* Persecution and Discrimination against Believers
* Histories of Islamic Struggles for Justice

Speakers include:

* Professor Hamid Algar (USA)
* Mu'allim Ibraheem Al-Zakzaky (Nigeria)
* Imam Achmad Cassiem (South Africa)
* Merve Safa Kavakci (Turkey / USA)

Further Information contact :
Islamic Human Rights Commission
Tel: +44-20-8902-0888
email: info@ihrc.org

Islamic Human Rights Commsion

DETAILS:

BIG campaign action day - Store Picketing

We will be picketing outside stores selling "Israeli" goods.
 
If you are interested in attending please contact the IHRC volunteer co-ordinator Abdulnasser abdulnasser@ukonline.co.uk.

SOUTH LONDON:

Mass Picket of Brixton Tescos from 1 - 3 pm

NORTH EAST LONDON:

Whitechapel Sainsburys from 1 - 3 pm

CENTRAL LONDON:

Selfridges from 1 - 3 pm

MANCHESTER:

Mass Picket of M&S starting at 12.00pm running to 2.00pm.

Additional contact : London@palestinecampaign.org

Islamic Human Rights Commsion

Islamic Centre England,
140 Maida Vale, London   W9 1QB

Nearest Tube: Kilburn Park
Nearest Train: Kilburn High Road

DETAILS:

Conference: Islamophobia, Faith and Globalisation

Speakers:

1. PROF RONALD ROBERTSON, Univ. Aberdeen & Univ. Pittsburgh.
   
   Orientalism, Occidentalism and Globalization: Reflections on 11 September 2001
   
   
2. DR SALMAN SAYYD, Univ. Salford
   
   Global Ghostance
   
   
3. PROF BRYAN TURNER, Univ. Cambridge
   
   Islam and the End of Globalization: Reflections on Terror and Global Community
   
   
4. PROF SCOTT LUCAS, Univ. Birmingham
   
   The Limits of Globalization: The State, Ideology, and Faith in America
   
   
5. PROF ALI HAYDAR, Univ. Stockholm
   
   Roots of Globalization in American Culture
   
   
6. DR SAIED AMELI, Islamic Centre of England
   
   Islamophobia, Faith and Globalization

ADMISSION BY REGISTRATION  (registration also on the day)

For further information please contact the Department of Interfaith Dialogue of ICEL.

Please confirm your place by either telephone 020 7604 3777 or fax 020 7604 3999.

Islamic Centre

Islamic Centre England,
140 Maida Vale, London   W9 1QB
Tel. 020 7604 5507 --5500

Nearest Tube: Kilburn Park
Nearest Train: Kilburn High Road

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Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran

“A Theoretical and Practical analysis of the Islamic System. ”

panel discussion with:

Mr. M.S. Bahmanpour and Mr. Vaezi

Islamic Centre

SRC 1450 AB
College of Dupage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Elly,
IL 60137
USA

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23rd Anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution

Program:

Salat
Speech by Moulana Sheikh Mukhtar Faeizi
Dinner

Contact:
Irshad IslamicCenter
PO Box 6696
Villa Park, IL 60181
Tel: 630-415-3225
Email: goirshad@yahoo.com

DETAILS:

Picket of Selfridges Store

There will be the usual picket of Selfridges this Saturday afternoon,
and London PSC will be there from 1 - 3. Join us! An excellent and
fruitful way of speading awareness on Palestine. Live entertainment
will be also be provided!

If you are interested in attending please contact the IHRC volunteer co-ordinator Abdulnasser abdulnasser@ukonline.co.uk.

Additional contact : London@palestinecampaign.org

Islamic Human Rights Commsion

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Teach-In : War on Terrorism

To help get to grips with some of the underlying issues behind the "war on terrorism". Speakers include: Tariq Ali, Louise Christian, bernard Regan, Lindsey German, Suresh Grover, George Monbiot (invited).

Registration Fee: £6 / £3

Also Teach-Ins organised for:

17th February, Manchester
2nd March, Cardiff

For more details:
email: office@stopwar.org.uk
tel: 020 7527 2783

Stop the War Coalition

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Protest Israeli War Criminal Sharons Visit to White House

Join American Muslims for Jerusalem and a coalition of Muslim, Arab, civil rights and peace and justice organizations in protesting US-supported Israeli occupation and aggression in Palestine. Ariel Sharon faces war crimes charges in Belgium, yet this Thursday he will be welcomed at the White House for the 4th time.

Bring a Sign and Bring a Friend!

In addition to Sharon's visit on February 7th, a team from Israel's finance ministry is slated to visit Washington within weeks to ask for an additional 800 million of American taxpayer dollars.  This is in addition to the more than $5 billion Israel already receives from the United States annually. American money and weapons are used to attack Palestinian civilians, demolish their homes, uproot their livelihoods and expand illegal Israeli settlements on their land.

For more information contact AMJ at (202) 548-4200 or amj@amjerusalem.org

American Muslims For Jerusalem

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Live QA with Ayatullah Fadlullah (Lebanon)

Live on the Internet: Questions & Answers in English with Ayatullah al-Udma as-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlullah.

Instructions:

1) Download and install free program Paltalk from http://www.paltalk.com

2) Click on 'Groups' then enter 'Islam' section

3) Enter the room called 'QA with Sayyid Fadlullah'

You can type your questions in english and then listen for it to be translated into arabic and then hear the Sayyid reply in arabic and then listen for the translation back in to english.

Time: