http://musliminsuffer.wordpress.com/
bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
=== News Update ===
Stop scape- goating Muslims - it’s war and racism that fuel division
by Esme Choonara
Jack Straw's attack on Muslim women wearing the veil was not an innocent
attempt to “raise debate”. He was speaking in a climate of Islamophobia
fuelled by the “war on terror”.
It is this climate that promotes segregation and fuels racist attacks,
not the decision of some Muslim women to cover their faces, as Straw
claimed.
Leading anti-war campaigners have challenged the latest round of
scapegoating.
Victoria Brittain, a journalist and member of Respect’s national
council, said her immediate reaction to the comments was “amazement, and
a foreboding that it would legitimise the crude Islamophobia so current
now in some circles”.
She added that wearing the veil is “a choice made by some of the most
dynamic, educated young women, who will certainly emerge as leaders of
their communities by the time Mr Straw has disappeared from the
political scene”.
Stop the War Coalition convenor Lindsey German said, “This argument is
being framed in terms of women’s rights. If we’re serious about
liberation we should accept the right of women to choose what they wear
and when.
“We should reject the idea that liberation can be imposed by politicians
who are cynically attacking Muslims to cover for their disastrous wars.”
Jane Shallice, a longstanding campaigner and national officer for the
Stop the War Coalition, said, “Some cabinet members have distanced
themselves from Straw’s views. But they have reiterated his right to
raise this issue.
“It’s not a question of his right to raise this, the primary question is
the right of all women to dress how they choose.
“That’s what we fought for in the 1960s and 1970s - the right to wear
trousers to work, to wear miniskirts, or whatever!”
As we show on our centre pages this week, Labour ministers both accept
the myths of “self-segregating” Muslims and increasingly seek to justify
their wars as an attempt to drive back “radical Islam”.
But as the anti-war movement in Britain shows, Muslims and non-Muslims
are perfectly capable of uniting - against the likes of Tony Blair and
Straw. It is this that New Labour fears.
Rania Khan, a Respect councillor in Tower Hamlets, east London, said,
“New Labour has lost the argument over the war. They have lost the
argument with the left. So they are reaching out to the right -
increasing Islamophobia and whipping up fear of terrorism. That is
what’s behind the growth of racism.”
source:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=9916
The following should be read alongside this article:
» Jack Straw's veil comments are ammunition for racists
» Anger in Blackburn at scapegoating of Muslim veil
» A right wing attack on multiculturalism
===
-muslim voice-
______________________________________
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Ajaklah teman dan saudara anda bergabung ke milis Media Dakwah.
Kirim email ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/media-dakwah/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
