Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970
Public Meeting - Why the West vilifies Islam
Public Meeting
Why the West vilifies Islam…
Public Meeting
Portabello Hotel
Dublin 2
8pm Monday 11th October 2004
Speaker Kieran Allen - UCD sociologist who has written on racism
From the morning of September 11th Muslims throughout the western world have faced their own new threat, new & improved anti terrorism laws directly primarily at the Muslim community. Bush, Blair and leaders throughout Europe rushed through new laws towards the end of 2001 allowing police forces to detain citizens, be they their own or any other country’s, indefinitely, without legal representation and sometimes without even being questioned.
The US’s bogeyman of Russia has now been replaced with a new & improved version, Islamic Fundamentalism. We no longer have to worry about the cold war creeping up on us in the middle of the night; it’s the war on terror that needs to consume our sleepless nights. Governments, police forces and mainstream media push Islamaphobia on us without analysis, whilst it divides our communities, justifies abuses of power by police forces, excuses the illegal Jewish settlements in Palestine, and waters down the bloody war on Iraq and the theft of the country’s natural resources and public services.
Mondays meeting will have an introduction by Kieran Allen who was has written on racism and was very vocal in his arguments against the recent racist referendum. All are encouraged to attend and to contribute.
For more information contact Sinéad Ní Bhroin @ 087 6490261
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Saturday October 09, 2004 11:45
by Sinéad Ní Bhroin
sineadnibhroin at eircom dot net
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
They will fine new bogeymen, be sure!
More Muslim victimology.....I don't think there were large proprtions of German Jews in the 1930's who refused to be assimilated into German life, who had no regard for German society or the German state and I definitely don't think any German Jews were plotting to murder German civilians or actually go off somewhere to fight the German Army.
Don't blame the West for the fact that Arab Islam can't deal with modernity, exists in irredemibly corrupt and economically stagnant states and will believe whatever loony conspiracy theory is flavour of that particular month.
Pastor Martin Niemöller composed this not about Muslims, but Jews. But I guess that would be a difficult one for you to acknowledge.
Since we're plaigarising, here's my version:
First they crashed planes into buildings
and I did not speak out
because I was not an American .
Then they murdered children in Israel
and I did not speak out
because I was not an American
Then they killed Spanish commuters
and I did not speak out
because I was not am American.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me because I thought I was safe from these people.
First we helped starve their children
and I cheered it on
because I am not a terrorist
Then we helped our friends continue to steal their land and deny them dignity
and I cheered it on
because I am not a terrorist
Then we invaded their lands and slaughtered tens of thousands of them
and I cheered it on
because I am not a terrorist
Then they called a draft and came for me
and I changed my mind
and stopped cheering
It seems the SWP are bidding for the contract of spokespeople for the Islamic Cultural Centre