Saturday 21 November 2009 – To mark Universal Children’s Day and International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
View report, video footage and photographs of the Rally here
SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION TO SHARIA LAW AND ALL RELIGIOUS-BASED TRIBUNALS IN BRITAIN, IRAN, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, SOMALIA AND ELSEWHERE
DEMAND AN END TO CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND RACISM
DEMAND ONE SECULAR LAW AND UNIVERSAL RIGHTS
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FLED SHARIA
Saturday 21 November 2009 afternoon
Central London Rally - North Carriage Drive in London’s Hyde Park
Please take into consideration underground closures on the day
Confirmed speakers: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain’s Asad Abbas; Poet ‘AK47;’ Musician Fari B; International Humanist and Ethical Union’s Roy Brown; Secularist Ismail Einashe; Singer/Songwriter David Fisher; Philosopher AC Grayling; Southall Black Sisters’ Rahila Gupta; Journalist Johann Hari; MP Evan Harris; Poet ‘Lilith;’ Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq’s Houzan Mahmoud, Lawyer Cris Mccurley; Lawyer Rony Miah; Campaigner Maryam Namazie; Writer Taslima Nasrin; British Humanist Association’s Naomi Phillips; European Humanist Federation’s David Pollock; Iranian Secular Society’s Fariborz Pooya; National Secular Society’s Terry Sanderson; Poet Selina aka ‘Jus1Jam;’ Activist Muriel Seltman; Equal Rights Now’s Sohaila Sharifi; Organisation for the Defence of Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq’s Issam Shukri; Iran Solidarity’s Bahram Soroush; Human Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell and National Secular Society’s Keith Porteous Wood.
Simultaneous acts of solidarity and support for the rally and its aims will take place in countries across the world including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland and USA. (To organise an act – however small – contact us; right now acts taking place are groups or individuals handing out leaflets, organising a petition, holding rallies, issuing a statement on Sharia and so on.)
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I would be there if I was able to and hadn’t been injured by sharia type law and brutal men AND women of the UK communists in power now – please get them out for the sake of so many children,and injured women- get them out I beg you
Persecuted: “uk communists in power”? you must be insane! or you know nothing about nature of regimes and systems.
Another event readers may be interested in attending is held on Dec 10 at Conway Hall by a new islamist group called the Muslim Debate Initiative ( http://thedebateinitiative.com ) .
Given that one of the invited speakers is from the Christian People’s Alliance, I suspect they may be trying to portray all those involved in anti islamisation struggles as christian fundamentalists in order to put off the public at large. Similarly, another speaker is Stephen Gash of the Stop Islamisation Of Europe group ( http://sioe.wordpress.com ), the MDI advert already falsely labels him as “far right”, even though this group actively condemn racism & fascism, again, this sounds like an attempt to portray anti islamists as fascists.
I think it would be a good idea if secularists & atheists etc attended so as to speak from the floor and give the islamists a harder time debating than they would have expected.
See you all on the 21 Nov !
its about time all muslims were kicked qut of England, and all the mosks are destroyed. they have no respect for use or our country. We need to fight back ,and if the law wont do it then to arms it must be.
why because its truth
The Shariah law is the only perfect law humanity has; it is not subject to constant change through the desires of men nor driven by greed rather under the clear orders of infinite wisdom from our Lord. We would certainly be in a more peaceful and efficient society if Shariah was practised by all. The misconceptions of it being unjust to women and laughfully children are fabricated and only the gay(retarded) efforts of an ignornent few! Compare Saudiarabia to here, they barely here of thieves forget rape and murder; marriages rarely end in divorce and suicides only occur to rid jews (matyrdrom and because of depression)
Sam Haqq
You say that sharia law is not driven by desires of men. Why then do its supporters need to marry 9yr old girls and have 4 wives? That seems a desire too far to me.
You state that gays are retarded. There are none more retarded than Muslim fathers who thrust their daughters into marriages where they might be obliged to give birth on a dirt floor with no medical help. Gays are not overpopulating this planet and have always uplifted people’s spirits with art, music, comedy etc.. They, without whining, pay considerable sums for your many children, their medical care, education, housing and partial help towards the building of mosques. In return they are promised the worst tortures and deaths for minding their own business in their own bedrooms. As for your attack on Jews, well I don’t know all Jews, do you?
Sharia shrouds little girls in heatwaves and prevents them joining in playground games. Girls need sunlight for strong bones. The boys wear tee shirts and shorts.
And why should an honest, highly intelligent woman like me be controlled by someone like you who is economical with the truth and allows others to dictate even about his facial hair!! Grow up! Get
a life and either enjoy Western life or go and live in a country where you can live under sharia law. Personally I’m sick of whiners like you.
Emmeline.
WELL SAID. I COULD NOT HSVE PUT IT BETTER MYSELF
LYNN
E Barrett
Your comments show your height of ignorance and bigotry against islam.
Coming to your points- Shariah Law Allows four wifes to protect the rights of women, so that each one gets an equal status of wife and not like in the west where only one women is the wife and all other women with whom a man has affairs are thrown away like used tissue papers.
Secondly regarding your comment about getting married to a 9 year old..Shariah recognises that every woman is different, some might have the physical and mental ability of a twenty year old at the age of 10 or less while others may be 25 and still have the maturity of a 10 year old. Western law just looks at age, while shariah law gives importance to physical and mental maturity with regards to marriage, which is much more logical, rather than having a blanket age of 18 years for marriage.
Regarding covering women with proper clothes in Shariah is again protecting their rights and respecting them. Women go out semi naked in the west just as an object of pleasure for men, which is the worst form of degradation of women.
So anyone with reason and logic can see how much respect and protection Shariah Law gives to Women. Practical example is the number of rape cases in the west versus the number of rape cases in Saudi Arabia. Difference is clear!
Sharia law is barbaric, medieval, and perpetuated by inadequate men who seek only to control and exploit women.
Off you go then. There are plenty of flights to Riyadh.
sam haqq if you want to live under shariah law the pi*s off back to the islamic sh*thole you came from, you muslims only come to the UK for free hand outs that this labour government gives you. If it was not for Free Housing, Free Health Care and Welfare you scum would not be in the UK!
What are you talking about?
Have you not seen the films of muslims hanging, stoning, beheading and otherwise abusing other muslims in the sharia-dominated countries?
You muslims that claim it is a religion of peace are so much in denial, it’s unbelievable!
It’s islam that is corrupt, murderous,and immoral!
How about getting the excellent atheist comedian Pat Condell (http://www.patcondell.net ) to do a stint on the 21st ?
Much more entertaining than the Guardianistas !
So you wish to stop Sharia law, but does this mean that you will then extend your campaign against the Jewish Community who have already established their courts in this country? Israel has already carried out ethnic cleansing in Settlements? Or are you just going to ignore this? So will you do this even though Israel has committed war-crimes, ethnic cleansing, internment, torture and has nuclear weapons, ready to use them against any Arab Country?
Erbus,
What a load of rubbish you write. Hamas has done more ethnic cleansing than Israel, and what has Israel got to do with Sharia law.
It is about time you got your campaign against the right people. Thank goodness Israel has a nuclear deterent. It would be very unfortunate if Iran was able to have a nuclear deterent, there would probably be world war three.
Lynn
I wish you every success in this rally and campaign to liberate the world from the bondage of islamic extremism, of which sharia is its major weapon.
In Africa, millions of people are forced to live under sharia law. Millions of women and children are suffering and dying as a result of islamic extremism and sharia-based tyrannies in Somalia, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria etc
May your campaign bring hope and light to these countries and to the world at large.
Best of luck. I’ll be there if possible, along with other left-wingers and feminists who haven’t forgotten what we’ve been fighting for all our lives.
If any British left-winger or liberal can explain why they support one of the most misogynist and reactionary ideologies to spread in Europe during our lifetime, I would be interested to know.
It’s a shame some people are mistaking this for a racist or anti-Islamic organisation. We are not. We oppose religious courts because they are discriminatory and ghetto-ise entire communities of vulnerable people who don’t know their rights. Our sole aim is to uphold human rights.
If you’re looking for an anti-Muslim movement, look elsewhere. I won’t be providing you with any addresses.
well janet a left winger who does not support islam, thats a turn up!
Paul, the principles of islamism and of the European left are so totally opposite to each other that I have no idea how anyone can believe in both without their head exploding!
Of course I’ve been called ‘racist’, by people who refuse to debate any further when I point out that islamism is a political ideology, not a race. If the opposition were racist, the hindu and sikh religions would be equally unpopular here.
There are plenty of so-called lefties who don’t so much support socialism as hate the British state. I’d call them anarchists myself, but that would just start another argument!
“It’s a shame some people are mistaking this for a racist or anti-Islamic organisation”
Not really. The English Defence League also oppose sharia law in the uk yet Maryam Namazie describes them as a “racist organisation”. So why is this group any different? Because the leader is not white!? What nonsense
Hi all, I have been responding to various comments on the FAQ page of our site so please do look for any responses here: http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/about/faq/. Hope to see as many of you as possible on November 21. Maryam
Maryam a few questions, could you answer please.
1. Why are there so many Rape Cases in the West against Women while extremely rare rape cases in Saudi Arabia?
2. Look at the percentage of Nude Female Models to Nude male models in the western advertisements. Why are women mostly shown nude rather than men in the west. Is this not extremely degrading and disrespectful to women and shows a society that provides pleasure for men and is controlled by them?
3. why is the divorce rate multiple times higher in the West as compared to Islamic countries?
4. Why are extramarial affairs in which the ‘other woman’ is the main loser very rampant in the west and not in Islamic Countries like Saudi Arabia?
5. Why are women used as a sex symbol and valued by their bust size in the West while none of this happens in the islamic countries?
6. Why is it that women have great respect as mothers, sisters and daughters in Islamic societies but in the western society these concepts are fading away?
Suraj
Why are there so many Rape Cases in the West against Women while extremely rare rape cases in Saudi Arabia?
Because in Saudi Arabia you STONE the females to death for being RAPED so they are too afraid to go to he police.
Like I said you want too live under islamic law then piss off back to the islamic country you came from, you are not wanted and will not be missed in the UK!
Call to Arms Civil War needs to happen to drive these scum from our shores, the Labour government are Traitors!
Suraj
You nned to think more for yourself. You know the answer. Women in the west are encouraged to report rape.
Opressed women do not complain.
The BBC reported, Amnesty International’s report of the stoning of a 13-year-old girl in southern Somalia. The teenager was stoned to death after her father informed the authorities that she had been gang-raped. She was reportedly accused of adultery and the stoning, in front of a crowd of around 1,000, was her punishment.
Well, I think that Sharia Law is good set of rules But in in one’s own and personal life. Countries should not use it as a Law System. For example, they should set a min. marriage age for males and females: 18. It’s as simple as that. Sharia Law also says about one’s personal life. The State has not right to be involved in this.
Basically, if a country wishes to use Sharia Law, then it must firstly read it and see what is obligatory. Afterwards, they must follow the Western ways on whatever is not neccessary. (Such as, it does not, as far as I am aware, state a specific marriage age. It talks about arranged and forced marriages but becuase it does not give an age limit, the state could then say “18″ without going against the Sharia Law, I think)
A final point;
The Peoples of this world must learn to live in peace and not try and enforce their beliefs upon one another! This applies to every human being, not just those narrow minded terrorists, that kill innocent people, claiming to be on a Jihad, when the rules of war in Islam say that nothing other than enemy soldiers must be harmed. A enemy who has given themselves up must not be killed, POWs must be treated humanely and there is never a need to inflict pointless harm using weps. like Nukes.
That is all I have to say.
Question to Maryam Namazie, who is with the Communist Party of Iran, could you please clarify your position on the human rights of women oppressed by Communist nations today? As testified a week ago in Washington DC, Communist China continues its practices of forced abortion and denial of women’s human rights throughout Communist China. As you are a public support of Communism and a promoter of Communism in Iran, will your human rights support for women’s rights also challenge Communist nations that are oppressing women – perhaps the largest violator of women’s human rights in the world?
Jeffrey, please don’t let your dislike of Communism lead you into making silly sniping comments which, if you stop and think for a moment, make you sound foolish. Women face discrimination in any developing country – it’s certainly not unknown in the West either! Women actually have more rights in China than in most developing countries and many rich ones, but that’s not the point here.
You simply cannot compare sharia law to any other legal system in the world. Women and children being stoned to death for having dared to report a rape? That’s just the worst of a horrific litany of abuses being routinely carried out in islamist countries, not as crimes but as legal punishments under sharia law.
Or rather, you can compare sharia with communism if you like. But it makes you look very silly.
I cant be at hyde park. Wish you all the best and hope it goes smoothly, I totally agree with you and support you in this fight againt Sharia law, Peace to you and success, cheers.
I think these are extremist chrisitian, that are a threat for humanity.
Suraj.
WHAT A F**K? What are you talking about? This is not your buisness how is in West. The thing is – all of you came on our lands and fucked all up. Europe is not similar to Europe from the past. Tell me why? Because we’ve got different law towards womens? NO!! Becouse you trying to change our world include everything!! If somebody coming into my house I show my hospitality BUT that person should to keep the respect to me (to my religion – my law – MY LIFE) and remember that is only the guest here. You came to us (by the way – why dont you stay in your country, huh?) and made here a mess. I HAVE RIGHTS TO FIGHT FOR MY HOME, FOR MY IDENTITY.
To all Europeans (non-Muslims of course) – Why you still talking about this everything? All is clear – we know whats happend in West Europe, we are not happy with this so we have to stop talking and take the plunge. Get your ass on the street, dont be scared of the Muslims. We are in our home, we are not a slaves.
THE ISLAM IS DECEIT. They trying to cheat us by talking rubbish and showing fake stories. OPEN YOUR EYES.
TIME TO WAKE UP EUROPE!!
both sharia and islam should be banned not just from UK but from the world.
this evil religion advocates animal cruelty and child abuse.
they believe dogs are evil and should be killed and never kept as pets.
if you love animals you should hate islam..because it believes that animals and the beloved mother Earth are here only for humans to abuse.that is why they have so many kids..they dont care for this planet at all.or all of the beautiful animals on it.
they also slit animals throats to kill it for food. in fact.. they glorify the murder of animals for food as their false god says its ok.
they believe man can have anal sex with a child as long as virginity intact,.mohamed curses be upon him married a little girl aged 6.
foul and vile cult of sickos
go to hell
good luck on saturday i wish i could be there. men of all religions need to take responsibility for the sexual depravities of all men. Men are not trafficked for sex, men are not made into prostitutes, women are not selling men to other women. All religions need to end the domination of women. islam being just one of them.
Suraj love, one day you will see the light and it aint in islam.