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| You and Your MP: MPACUK Interviews John Hemming |
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| Wednesday, 13 February 2008 | |
 As a Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming represents the constituency Yardley in Birmingham. Mr Hemming joins MPACUK to discuss issues such as Islamophobia, the media’s attitude toward Muslims, lobbying, the occupation of Palestine, the invasion of Afghanistan amongst other controversial topics.From MPACUK, sisters Tasneem and Abida invite John Hemming to talk about the issues affecting Muslims in Britain today, and what Muslims could and can be doing today to tackle these issues that surround us. Among other things John Hemming has been known to have voted on key issues such as, voting strongly against introducing ID cards, voting strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws, and voting strongly for investigating the Iraq war.
For more information on John Hemming please visit his website at: http://johnhemming.blogspot.com/
Please listen to the podcast and leave your comments. Thank you.
To join MPACUK Birmingham and get involved
please email us at info@mpacuk.org or call 0870 760 5594
          Readers have left 21 comments.
Taz:
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Thanks MPAC for an interesting interview. Lets see how many Brummie Muslims take up the challenge and start working with mainstream political parties.
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2008-02-15 10:31:54
Brum bad boy:
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Nice interview, the questions hard and the answers good, we need to ask all of our MP's these questions. I like the way this guy argued against detention without trial. nice American and Turkish examples
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2008-02-15 12:06:14
kermit:
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top interview MPACUK.
nice one taking Tony Blair to task. Unbelievable that a pro Israeli should be given the role of peace envoy.
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2008-02-15 12:18:45
jr:
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Good interview.
One question: why get politically active for the Ummah, and not for all people? Is this not prejudiced?
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2008-02-15 13:10:50
Ming:
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Well done sisters of MPACUK you really rock. great interview.
Does the ummah only refer to muslims and not humans? bad bad word.
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2008-02-15 17:32:14
safnor:
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well done MPACUK, good interview, some interesting points raised, more muslims should be getting involved in engaging with their local MPs
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2008-02-15 18:46:20
A A:
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Well done sisters of MPACUK you really rock. great interview. — MingDoes the ummah only refer to muslims and not humans? bad bad word. The word Ummah is not exclusive to Muslims but covers all humanity as a brotherhood. We believe everyone is born on the right path but can get distanced from God's true guidance. The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (Peace be upon him)was a prophet for humankind and everyone is part of his Ummah.
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2008-02-15 18:53:20
A A:
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Btw, briliant Initiative MPAC. Its nice to see Muslims working within the political system and with their local MPs for issues other than Visas and mosque building.
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2008-02-15 19:12:21
Capt. Picard:
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Well done MPACUK - you really are setting the standard to demonstrate how British Muslims can engage with mainstream politics.
I want to get involved and will try to come to the manchester meeting soon. Keep it up!!
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2008-02-15 20:04:29
yo yo yo:
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nice one mpac, and it's so good to see sisters standing up and taking action - keep up the good work :D
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2008-02-15 20:13:08
luton lad:
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John makes some very good points about communities engaging with the government, surely a clear sign to muslims to flex their political muscle if they want to see positive change in the country...
excellent work MPACUK, Hemmings argument against detention without trial is both logical and compelling..
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2008-02-15 22:17:55
tkhan:
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Excellent Interview MPACUK!
Well done for raising issues important to Muslims with our elected representatives. Only through initiatives like this will Muslims become more involved in the democratic process.
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2008-02-15 23:01:36
Syed:
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Very interesting.
As a comparison, maybe you could interview a MP that's not as friendly towards Muslims as John Hemming?
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2008-02-16 09:01:09
Tahira:
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Brilliant - great to see an MP that's actually doing his job and engaging with his constituents, including Muslims! Well done to the MPAC sisters for facilitating this type of engagement.
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2008-02-16 12:17:08
Aisha:
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John Hemming seems like the kind of MP Muslims should be supporting - it's great to see he is making the effort to engage with Muslims through organisations like MPACUK.
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2008-02-16 12:19:47
zayba:
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very informative interview i look forward to more from other MPs
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2008-02-16 23:01:21
Tariq:
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Great Interview MPACUK,
Good questions and surprisingly good answers in the main.
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2008-02-17 20:54:14
abdul khan:
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You know every town should pressure their MP's to vote accordingly.....
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2008-02-17 22:17:12
Sam:
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Interesting interview MPACUK, good to see there are decent MPs out there who follow their conscience. More interviews please.
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2008-02-19 19:02:25
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