End the Occupation Conference

by Abdul Haseeb - Federation of Students Islamic societies Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:21 eto at fosis dot org dot uk www.fosis.org.uk 0863225963

World Premiere of Carlo Nero's 'Dissent' - film portraying the brutal Russian occupation of Chechnya.

More confirmed speakers

Akhmad Zakaev - Special Envoy to Europe of the late Chechen president, Aslan Maskhadov

Special appearance by Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, spokesperson for the Neturei Karta, Jews against Zionism

Dr Abbas Aroua - Director of Hoggar Institute of Human Rights and expert on Algeria

Richard Boyd-Barrett - Chair of Irish Anti-War Movement

Screening of 'The Tak Bai Massacre: The True Story' showing the brutal massacre of 78 unarmed protestors in South Thailand on the 25 October 2004.

The truth of what really happened at Tak Bai is still unknown. FOSIS hopes to expose it at the End the Occupation Conference next Monday

by Pajo - majo Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:40

End the occupation conference
The aim of the End the Occupation Conference (ETOC) can be summed up by the motto of the conference: ,"When injustice is law, resistance is duty". Wherever we look around the world today, whether it is Palestine, Chechnya, Iraq or Tibet, where there is occupation for self-interest, there is oppression and injustice. There is inherent injustice within the system which necessitates people from around the world to resist in
whatever way they can. Only an end to the occupation in these areas can bring about justice and freedom.



From this side of the world, our resistance may be carried out at various levels. The ETOC is aimed at educating, motivating and activating students in Ireland to join this resistance. Before any action may be taken, people must first be educated about the root causes of these conflicts. Only when the exact problem is identified may effective action be taken to solve it. Otherwise all our efforts are in vein. One can not treat cancer with the remedy for a common cold. The education process will be done through a series of lectures, films and exhibitions.



End the Occupation does not just refer to ending military occupation. It also refers to the occupation of the mind. Today, the mass media has by and large become a tool of the political establishment designed to legitimate the occupation of these lands. Through certain terminology, the omission of certain facts, the cover up of history, the usage of mass media has sought to strengthen the roots of the injustice. We aim to expose this and train delegates to challenge these myths.



Finally, the ETOC aims to arm the delegates with the skills necessary to effectively resist from this side of the world. This will be achieved through a series of workshops on issues such as media monitoring and response, political lobbying, supporting prisoners, and economic warfare, i.e. the boycott.



End the Occupation Conference

March 21 - 22, 2005

Astra Hall, UCD Belfield



Conference Programme (Provisional)



Monday 21st March 2005



0900 - 1000 Registration

1000 - 1020 Introduction & Qur'an Recitation

1020 - 1100 The Importance of Struggle (Massoud Shadjareh)



Session 1: Chechnya



1105 - 1155 Premiere of 'Dissent' by Carlo Nero

1155 - 1215 Chechnya: A People who Refuse to Kneel (Speaker TBC)

1215 -1235 Q & A

1235 -1330 Lunch & noon (Dhuhr) Prayer



Session 2: South Asia


1330 -1400 Kashmir: The Forgotten Occupation (Khalid Sofi)

1400 - 1430 Tibet: Dreaming of Freedom (speaker TBC)

1430 -1500 Q & A

1500 -1510 Break

1510 -1640 Workshops / Films

1640 -1710 Break for afternoon (Asir) Prayer

1710 -1730 Human Appeal International Presentation



Session 3: The New World Order


1730 -1810 The New Crusade: Iraq, Afghanistan (Imam Muhammad al-Asi)

1810 -1830 Q & A

1830 -1900 Break for evening (Maghrib) Prayer



Session 4: Lessons from Apartheid


1900 -1940 Resisting Apartheid: The Ultimate Struggle

(Imam Achmad Cassiem)

1940 -2000 Q & A

2000 Close







Tuesday 22nd March 2005


0900 -1000 Registration



Session 5: Lessons from History


1000 -1030 The French Occupation of Algeria (Dr Abbas Aroua)

1030 -1100 Ireland: The Path to Peace (Danny Morrison)

1100 -1130 Q & A

1130 -1140 Break

1140 -1300 Workshops / Films

1300 -1400 Lunch and noon (Dhuhr) Prayer



Session 6: Palestine


1400 -1430 Israel: An Army with a Country (Dr Azzam Tamimi)

1430 - 1500 Palestine: The Way Forward (Dr. Ilan Pappe)

1500 -1530 Q & A

1530 -1540 FOSIS: The Vehicle for Change

1540 -1630 Break for afternoon (Asr) Prayer



Session 7: The Media


1630 -1710 War Spin: Occupation of the Mind (Yvonne Ridley)

1710 -1730 Q & A


Session 8: The Struggle


1730 -1810 Struggle is our Life: The Concept of Jihad in Islam (Dr. Ismail Adam Patel)

1810 -1830 Q & A

1830 -1840 Concluding Comments (Dr Azzam Tamimi)

1840 -1850 Close

1850 Evening (Maghrib) Prayer



















Workshops:

1. Media Monitoring and Response

2. Political Lobbying

3. Prisoners of Faith & Conscience

4. Economic Warfare: The Boycott



Exhibition:

Images of Resistance

By Paul Mattson, Michael Gallagher,

Paula Gerathy, Guy Smallman
Films
True Stories: Babitsky's War

Greetings from Grozny

Assassination of Russia

Palestine is still the Issue

Gaza Strip

War Spin

Unreported World: The Killing of Kashmir




Speakers:



Dr Ilan Pappe

Historian and Lecturer in the University of Haifa, Palestine. Dr. Ilan Pappe is also the President of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Affairs




Massoud Shadjareh

Founder and Chairperson of the London based Islamic Human rights Commission (IHRC), a UN accredited NGO




Imam Achmad Cassiem

Chairperson, Islamic Unity Convention (South Africa), at the age

of 15 he joined the struggle against the oppressive apartheid regime



Danny Morrison

Irish Republican writer and activist




Dr Azzam Tamimi

Director, Institute of Islamic Political Thought.




Imam Mohammad al-Asi

Senior member of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought



Yvonne Ridley

Award winning journalist and TV presenter on the show

The Agenda' on Channel Islam.



Ismail Adam Patel

Chairman, Friends of Al-Aqsa, a UN accredited NGO working for Peace and Justice in Palestine.

Richard Boyd Barrett Irish Anti-War Movement _ and many more.






www.fosis.org.uk

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TEL: (+353) 086 322 5963




Date: March 21, 2005
Web: http://www.fosis.org.uk
Email: [email protected]

by Najmuddin Sun Feb 17, 2008 17:33

Mashallah the best Anti-war/Human rights conference in the history of Ireland!