MPACUK is used to being challenged for the work we do. Sometime the challenges come from Muslims themselves. Other times it can be the press, media and critics who do not support us and might misreport something or a website that may publish quotes out of context. The worst smear mongering and opposition comes from Zionists and their supporters. When we take a stance against the brutal oppression of the Palestinians by Israel we expect opposition but when those people turn out to be members of our own government supporting state terrorism abroad it is time to expose the lies and smears publicly.
For those traditional Muslim voters who always vote for Labour, how
many of you are aware that Mr Gordon ‘can’t get anyone to like me’
Brown agreed to be patron of the Jewish National Fund, only a day after
he took up office. The JNF was established in 1901, to purchase land in
Palestine, JNF openly discriminates against non-Jews who are not
allowed to tender for JNF owned land, facilitating the apartheid state
of Israel’s desire to ethnically-cleanse the land of non-Jews.
The instinctive reaction to the idea of testing for terrorists,
particularly psychological testing with a view to establishing some
kind of rating on a scale, is a fairly strong negative one. A "potential terrorism rating" appears to me to be unhelpful, not least
because, even if somehow it was accurate, it would only be so for one
moment in time and the vulnerability of any one individual to extremist
ideologies evolves according to his personal development and the
circumstances which condition his world.
The Nakbah, meaning “The catastrophe” in Arabic, marks the period when Zionist forces demolished Palestine in order to create a homeland for the Jewish population. Whilst creating this homeland, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed the area of Palestine and declared the independence of Israel in 1948.
I was leafleting in Manchester on the famous Curry mile and happened to be walking past a restaurant. As many of you will know, the Northern Branch are holding an event about Mosque Revival.
After the US President, George W. Bush, gave a speech at the Israeli
Knesset on Thursday, several right wing members of Knesset said that
“Bush seems to be more Zionist the Olmert”, and that “it is better to
have Bush as a PM instead of Olmert”.
This year the Nakba will be remembering 60 years of occupation and 60 years of inhumane terror and injustice. Some children will have been born refugees and have now grown old as refugees. This year Israel will be celebrating 60 years of an independent state. 60 years of denying the right of refugees to return, under the UN law. 60 years of contempt. 60 years of pride of their actions