Wonder if this will disturb Islam's leftist supporters worldwide? Bruce
<http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2006/04/27/the_muslim_council_of _britain_reverts_to_homophobia.php> http://hurryupharry.bloghouse.net/archives/2006/04/27/the_muslim_council_of_ britain_reverts_to_homophobia.php April 27, 2006 The Muslim Council of Britain reverts to homophobia A couple of weeks ago, there was a piece of <http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/politics/2005-1116.html> pleasant news about the Muslim Council of Britain: MCB policy advisor, Muhammed Aziz, revealed a five-year plan against homophobia in an interview with PinkNews.co.uk last week. "This u-turn is a positive, hopeful sign that the gay and Muslim communities can work together to challenge the twin evils of homophobia and Islamophobia," said Aaron Saeed, OutRage!'s Muslim Affairs spokesperson. "The MCB's policy shift follows discreet contact by gay rights groups OutRage! and Stonewall. It comes three months after MCB leader, Sir Iqbal Sacranie, was heavily criticised for anti-gay remarks on the BBC's PM programme," said Mr Saeed It is understood that the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) will facilitate dialogue between the MCB and the gay community. These are the details of the agreement that had been reached: Mr Aziz made this commitment during round table equality talks that included gay lobby group Stonewall. The talks were sponsored by the Equality and Diversity Forum (EDF) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Mr Aziz is named on the forum's membership list as an MCB advisor and is described as representing the MCB at the forum. The EDF minutes are <http://www.edf.org.uk/publications/MinsJan06Mtg.doc> here. The DTI talks resulted in outline agreement on a five-year plan for dialogue between Muslim and gay groups and for joint action against homophobia within the Muslim community and against Islamophobia within the gay community. Well, it was a false dawn. The MCB's Inayat Bunglawala has <http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1759313,00.html> rejected his Aziz's proposed new direction for the MCB on homophobia: Inayat Bunglawala...insisted Aziz's views did not represent those of the MCB. He told the Islam TV Channel: 'There is no truth in these quotes. Our position is very clear, our Secretary General was nearly prosecuted for this because we maintain that homosexual relationships are sinful in Islam.' He also said: "We do not believe that it (same-sex love) is in any way equal with marriage between man and wife. We do not accept the idea of gay adoption; we believe it is completely wrong." Bunglawala really is a piece of scum, isn't he? Why do people defend him? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> 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/
