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"Point of clarification. I don't think Gov. Ryan pardoned
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Also see letter from Ms. Arlene Johnson at end of this
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Massive Peace Rally in Washington Ridicules
Bush-Cheyney-Rumsefeld
Creative Responses to War Propaganda: Brutal Cold defeated by 10-deep
Procession
Poor Muslim Representation: Podium Used for Democratic
Party support campaign
January 18, 2003 was indeed a historic day for the anti-war movement.
Hundreds of small groups from the east coast and the mid-west arrived on
the west side of the capitol in Washington, DC to oppose
President Bush's plans of war on Iraq. Tremendous support was expressed
for
Palestine.
America's
Zionists
have lost the support of America's grassroots.
A variety of speeches went on from 11 to almost 3. Some of the speeches
were brilliant. The peak of the speech making came when
Ramsey Clark urged the IMPEACHMENT of Bush for violation of the U.S.
constitution. Jesse Jackson
was very good too and ended on a high moral tone, somewhat
as if he were in church. Damu Smith was passionate and powerful.
Unfortunately, African-American movements and White groups which reject
both Republicans and Democrats were not well represented in
the speeches from the dais. At times one got the impression of a
Democratic Party rally, what
with Mckinney (who lost in Georgia), Jesse Jackson,
Conyers, and Sharpton braving the cold to speak. What a blunder it would be
to think that replacement of Bush by the Democrats would change the
situation when the Democratic party is as much pro-war as Bush's party.
Lieberman
is the leading hawk in the war campaign. None of the Democratic speakers
had to courage to condemn Lieberman's moves or to note that
Israel
and the American
Jews
are the main force in the war moves against Iraq.
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IMAM BADI ALI WENT WITH FOUR BUS LOADS OF DEMONSTRATORS FROM
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.
From NORFOLK, Virginia, Muslim students went with a bus
organized by
Amnesty International.
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The Muslim representation in the speeches was pathetic. The Muslim
speakers were used as fillers, fobbed off with five minutes each. Most of
them were unknowns, quite unused to public speaking. The only authentic
speaker was Imam Musa from Washington DC but he got less than five minutes.
The most ridiculous was one from a recently manufactured
group called MAS. He claimed that he represented "thousands of mosques."
The most interesting feature of Muslim representation was that Mahdi
Bray (connected to W.D. Muhammad?) was part of the group of dais managers.
Although Bray did better than usual but he seemed to think he was on a late
night TV show and repeatedly urged the audience to "give it up" (clap) for
people whom he introduced as celebrities with a flourish,
like an actor on stage..
Bray's own Islamic contribution was extremely limited. He vehemently
stated that he is not afraid of saying that he is a Muslim.
Once he had made that brave venture, he went on to talk of Martin Luther
King, as if that made up for his declaration of being a Muslim.
Ghazi Khankan,
CAIR's
rep from New York turned up on stage wearing a
COWBOY HAT and read a cute poem like a high school kid.
Is that all Islam in America has to offer, the whimpering of
intellectual pygmies? The Qur'an and the
Hadith
were sorely
missing from these presentations. A rare occasion for mass da'wa was
missed.
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MORE THAN 200,000 WERE THERE
The
media
have as usual tried to diminish the number of participants. The
mass demonstration and march, though shown on
C-Span,
was rapidly removed
from reporting in the major media. Some media claimed that only 30,000
people were there. It's possible that the estimate was made when
the rally began or was about the conclusion of the march. The difficulty
of counting on such
occasions is that people keep joining the gathering all day
while others leave after a while.
Our ESTIMATE is that more than 200,000 participated.
During the march, from the capitol to the Navy Yard, one of our
representatives stayed on the
sidewalk while the procession, 10 deep most of the time,
passed by for an hour and a half. The people were packed so thickly into
the procession that
the intense cold made no impression as long as the people marched.
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CRITICISM OF BUSH MORE TRENCHANT THAN ANY FROM MUSLIMS
The participants SHARED ONE THING IN COMMON: They had no illusions
about the policies of Bush-Cheyney-Ashcroft-Rumsfeld. One poster compared
Bush's foreign policy to a sewer: what goes into a sewer is
what will come out.
Some posters raised the question of Bin Laden: Where is he? Why can't
the government get him? Gently, the posters brought out
Bush's failure in the "war against terrorism."
Some other posters, beautifully prepared by
A.N.S.W.E.R
(Ramsey Clark's organization), carried pictures of Iraqi girls and
boys who would be killed in case of a U.S. attack.
Other protestors used sexual innuendo to attack the relationship
between "Dick" Cheyney and Bush. ("Dick" in English is used for the male
sexual organ.) The irreverence tried to bring out the nature of the regime
which has emerged in America: a cabal in which the very rich, linked to
Israel and "Muslim" dictators, is trying to create a fascist America.
Near the Navy Yard, the march ran into a handful of counter
demonstrators supporting Bush. They were waving the flag,
singing the national anthem and speaking the usual stuff against Saddam.
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REPORTS OF DEMONSTRATIONS FROM OTHER CITIES ARE COMING IN.
The second biggest was in San Fancisco.
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HIZB-ut-TAHRIR BANNED IN GERMANY: ACCUSED OF ANTI-SEMITISM
Hizb-ut-Tahrir, an international Islamic movement, was banned in
Germany on January 14, 2003. The obscure charges against it indicate that
Germany considers the Hizb "anti-semitic." Observers say that the Hizb
criticizes Israel which is obviously a Jewish entity carved
out of Palestine by force of arms. It is doubtful that the Hizb says
anything which other Islamic movements are not saying, except that the Hizb
says it clearly and unambiguously.
Germany is seen by many observers as a land mentally enslaved by the
allies who were victorious in 1945. Any criticism of the Jewish version of
World War II is seen as "anti-semitism." German scholars and scientists
have lost their jobs for showing scepticism about the Holocaust
story. Even the historian David Irving is banned from visiting Germany.
Hans Schmidt, U.S. citizen of German origin critical of pro-Jewish policies
of his home country, was arrested when he visited there.
Vast American military bases are firmly established near Frankfurt and
other places. Although Germans have shown their opposition to the war
planned against Iraq, only days back Germany sent anti-scud missiles to
Israel.
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IN A NEW LOW, CAIR, a front for
ISNA,
HAS JOINED OTHER PRO-GOVERNMENT
GROUPS CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF SADDAM HUSSAIN. Their
resolution states as follows:
"To call on the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, to save
the Iraqi people
from further suffering and despair and to clear the image
of Islam, a
religion incompatible with dictatorships, by resigning his
position as
President and by calling on the United Nations and the
Organization of
Islamic Countries to supervise free democratic elections in
Iraq for the
purpose of electing new leadership that can lead Iraq out
of the current
desperate situation."
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A few months back, NEW TREND reported that CAIR has
received $500,000 from
the Saudi Arabian government. CAIR did not comment or deny.
Now MUSLIM LINK,
a local newsletter has reported too that CAIR got $500,000
specifically from Prince Waleed of Saudi Arabia. Thus pro-government
groups are being primed to control and lead America's Muslims
while authentic Islamic voices are censored and/or muzzled.
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Letter:
Thank you for sharing the reality of Khatami with your readers. You are
absolutely correct about him and the relationship he holds with the US.
Could you help me by making your readership aware of the accurate history
that I publish? We must end the atrocities that my (our) government
perpetuates around the world.
In peace and solidarity,
Arlene Johnson
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