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US Capitol - Washington, DC
This photo featured in the DCist blog.
This photo featured in the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding website.
So this is heavily 'shopped', perhaps too much even. I created the Tukish P-40E paint out of frustration with the insane islamophobia going around.
Memorial Day is a celebrated holiday in the Unities States where people celebrate and remember the lives of those who served in the armed forces.
Which leads me to another photograph of the candlelight vigil at the Trans Rights protest I attended in which the lives lost in the LGBTQ community were remembered and I'll explain why.
Over time, with the US military, our government has been a little more accepting of people with different sexual orientations and gender identities but our current administration-both Trump and Pence, are incredibly hateful and ignorant of the discrimination and danger that the LGBTQ community is constantly under in America and that this is a valid human rights issue demanding legislative protections.
I want to pose a question to all Americans as well as all conscientious people in the world who care about human rights: What good are these overarching concepts of freedom when they do not apply to all people? This is not a freedom I can believe in. It is a selective discrimination based on the luck of being heterosexual, or white, or able bodied, or male, or born into wealth. This is not the America I want to live in and, though not all soldiers agree with me, I have to say that I don't think the selective freedom is all that worth fighting for. It is far more noble to honor all people. It redeems us as humans.
If you have been watching the news of what is happening in America, you'll see our country is still struggling with a rise in hate crimes. Although the more recent ones have focused on Islamophobia, news stories about those killed for being trans have been under-reported or buried amongst the constant stream of reporting on the insanity of the Trump administration.
This year alone, the following people in America have been killed for being trans. They exercised their freedom to change their bodies, when they felt they were literally born as the wrong gender and they were killed for it. Many of them were also minorities. We could have learned and loved with these people and become better humans. Now, they are gone and we have lost a part of ourselves too. :
Mesha Caldwell
Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow
Jojo Striker
Tiara Lashaytheboss Richmond
Jaquarrius Holland
Chyna Doll Dupree
Ciara McEween
Alphonza Watson
Chayviss Reed
Brenda Bostick
Sherrell Faulkner
Let us remember them. Let us say their names. Let us make sure the violence stops.
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
Shared for this weeks Crazy Tuesday theme: Complimentary colours.
A simple photo but yet it is what the colours represent that are important here: the red heart represents love while the green background represents Islamophobia. ❤️💚
Last week a tragedy took place in my community of London, Ontario (Canada). A 20 year old man, motivated by hate, drove his pick up truck into a Muslim family while they stood at a street corner waiting for the light to change while they were out for a family walk. The grandmother, mother, father and 15 yr old teenage daughter were all killed while the 9 year old son survived the attack. The man that did this has been charged with many things, including terrorism and he belongs in jail.
The London community (and many others across our nation) is showing solidarity with the Muslim community here and are equally saddened and angry at the tragic loss of the Afzaal family.
This saddens me and angers me at the same time. It shouldn't have happened. We need to be accepting of others no matter what their race or religion is. If you have questions about other religions, then educate yourself...ask questions and learn about it. You just might find something interesting. Don't be fearful of others or hate them because they look different and dress differently than you do, or they don't share the same religious beliefs as you. We are all different in certain ways but we are all equal!! ❤️
Thank you for your visit and support. Happy Crazy Tuesday to all!
Grande manifestation contre l'Extrême-droite et le racisme, à Paris (d'autres manifestations avaient lieu dans toute la France)
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Major demonstration against the extreme right and racism, in Paris (other demonstrations took place throughout France)
Left:
Anti-Semitism, insult, racism, sexism, attack on groups and minorities, hate speech, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, exclusion, Islamophobia.
Right:
Exchange of opinions, criticism, tolerance, education, challenge of other's points of view, Free Speech, Open discussions, Exchange of experiences, Opportunity to teach and learn, debates, respect.
Recognize the difference
The world community has to stand against ISIS and all those who support terrorism financially, ideologically and morally. There is an urgent need for recognition of the merciless enemy and the sponsors of mass scale terrorism. An international alliance should be formed of all countries. Extreme military assault must be carried out against ISIS now.
The Wahhabi brand of concocted Islam is responsible for global terrorism. The Saudi Kingdom is the principle sponsor.
The brand of Islam exported to the Western countries is Wahhabi Islam. This brand of Islam isn't merely against all non-Muslims, but also against all denominations in Islam other than theirs. The Saudis spend billions of dollars building Wahhabi mosques and spreading Wahhabist literature. ISIS is more lustful and barbaric than Islamic.
According to the prophesies of the Prophet Mohammad, ‘This mischief would emerge from within Islam and within Islam, this mischief will perish.’
This means ISIS would end up destroying Saudi Arabia and demolishing the Holy Kabbah!
Here's a useful & straightforward introduction to the subject for anyone not in the UK:
www.ucu.org.uk/counterterrorismact
and here are the links included in the image:
www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/mar/28/teachers-nut-bac...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/prevent-will-have-a-...
www.vice.com/en_uk/read/is-prevent-being-used-to-hassle-s...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/muslim-students-t...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/03/prevent-strategy-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/21/government-preve...
Photographers from the majority world have refused to become circumscribed by western stereotypes and have tried to provide a more nuanced, complex and holistic understanding of our cultures. Munem Wasif’s observations on Islam is informed by his own growing up in a Muslim family that seamlessly embraced many rites, characteristic of other religions. Part of Wasif’s series “In God We Trust”. Wasif studied at Pathshala, and worked at DrikNews. He is currently with the agency VU.
Don't ask for credentials. They know best.....( "Because that’s what we do in Ontario"; Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario)
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CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Part 1
Fundamental Freedoms:
Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
(a) freedom of conscience and religion;
(b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
(c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
(d) freedom of association.
..... But
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Participo un concurso de fotografía cuyo tema es la inmigración y la convivencia.
Como podrás apreciar, se trata de cuatro mujeres musulmanas de Ceuta, viendo una procesión cristiana de la Virgen de Africa, patrona de dicha ciudad.
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"ISIS is not an immediate concern for either Europe or North America. Your problem is that those among Muslims in your countries who have been radicalised can act as a lone wolf any time." - HH Younus AlGohar
Read the article below:
rariazgoharshahi.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/the-real-threat-t...
jørn utzon turns ninety today and the Danish press abounds with misinformation about this elusive master of architecture.
"the utzon center" in aalborg, denmark, opens today. designed by utzon with the help of his sons, claim the newspapers. impressive news considering his failing eyesight, not to mention the fact that utzon closed down his office when the production of construction drawings for kuwait national assembly moved to max walt's office in zürich in the mid 1970's.
the utzon center in aalborg is designed by kim utzon, his youngest son, who is also the architect behind another utzon news story today: "jørn utzon designs 22 single family houses in skagen". no, he doesn't. the son does. inspired by his father, no doubt, but a novel inspired by stendhal is not a novel by stendhal. it really is that simple.
another misunderstanding from today, and I quote: "today the opera is being restored following the original drawings". sadly it isn't. it is being restored to designs by jan utzon. his design abilities can be studied here: Las Pulgas
increasingly, I am reminded of the actions of nietzsche's sister and mother after he fell ill.
but members of his family are not the only ones to fail utzon's legacy. today saw the publication of a 260 page book dealing only with his design for the national assembly in kuwait. I left work early to secure a copy for myself. the parliament building has been published extensively already but the three different designs for a mosque that utzon did in connection with it have received little coverage. sadly, the new book is no different.
seen in connection with the fact that a recent book on the church in bagsværd did not include a particular sectional sketch in which the vaults can be seen as a piece of stylized arabic calligraphy, and the fact that richard weston's huge book on utzon dismisses his great design for farum town centre as being too islamic, I can only see this as a sign of today's islamophobia. utzon himself never displayed such sentiments and indeed his work cannot be understood without the east.
in 1948, utzon wrote: "different types of nature arise from the same seeds under different conditions. the conditions in our times are completely different from those that existed before, but the essence of architecture, the seed, is the same".
this belief, that the fundamentals of architecture are the same regardless of culture and age, meant that utzon could learn equally from ancient iranian masters and from modern engineering. ultimately, it means that cultures can learn from each other, that we are not separate but that we share values and experiences intrinsic to being human. in todays political climate, that amounts to optimism. utzon's architecture, said sverre fehn, is world-architecture. I return to it for the comfort of wisdom in an age where exchange between the cultures seems reduced to insult, trade or bullets.
the photo shows an original utzon design:
middelboe house, holte, denmark.
architect jorn utzon, 1953-1955.
photographer is my good colleague christoffer pilgaard.
A rally at Carfax Tower and down Cornmarket Street in Oxford, United Kingdom, in protest of Trump's recent executive order temporarily banning citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Click on the photo to see the gallery.
Australia is a beautifully diverse country! Even our bigot hate groups are multicultural. Here we have what appears to be a Spartan, an Anglo-Aussie and a Korean-Aussie all standing together "against the scourge of Islam that has overtaken Australia."
#ReclaimAustralia #ignorance #noroomforracism
More pics: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102726878096615.10737...
Anti-Racism activists assembling at Portland Place at the beginning of Saturday's March Against Racism. More photos to follow soon.
I assume that the "No to war" on the placards might refer as much to the war being waged against Yemeni civilians - with schools, markets and hospitals targeted - by the Saudis - armed by the UK and the United States - as it does to Ukraine suffering from Putin's devastating assault.
The rally was organised to mark UN Anti-Racism Day and came at a moment when ethnic minorities feel under severe assault on multiple fronts. Covid 19 and the recent surge in the cost of living have both had a disproportionate and devastating impact on black and other minority communities, while the Nationality and Borders Bill will criminalize asylum seekers and gives the government the power to strip the citizenship away from as many as six million people.
Meanwhile the Ukraine war is revealing Britain's double standards on refugees. Newspapers that were calling for the navy to be deployed to repel small boats of desperate victims of conflict and famine in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, are now declaring how we can be proud of our efforts to house those fleeing Ukraine. Some activists on Saturday's march carried placards reminding us that we should welcome refugees from ALL wars.
Although it is good to see Ukrainian refugees being housed in Britain, elementary morality would suggest that our responsibility to those fleeing Yemen and Afghanistan is even greater, as it is British and US aircraft and bombs that are targeting hospitals, markets and schools in Yemen, while Western sanctions are inflicting severe shortages of essentials and near famine conditions on millions in Afghanistan.
Sign the petition to ban Wahhabism: www.change.org/p/rt-hon-david...
HH Younus AlGohar responds to slogans raised by radical Muslims of imposing Sharia Law in the United Kingdom and taking over England. He gives practical advice for the British government on handling the situation.
⁃Radical Muslims want to impose Sharia Law in the UK, banning the sale of alcohol and restricting the way women can dress. Ironically, many of these radical Muslims are people originally from the Middle East who were granted asylum in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom gave them shelter and benefits, and as repayment, they want to take over the country and kick out the British natives. This is madness and hypocrisy.
⁃If anyone from the West were granted asylum in Saudi Arabia and then raised slogans of imposing the Christian faith in Mecca, Muslims would not like it. It makes no sense to impose Sharia Law in the UK, a non-Muslim country. Radicals are so bold because the laws in the United Kingdom are soft.
⁃Most converts in the United Kingdom are radicalised by Anjem Choudary. The government must take strict action against him. He outright opposes the British police and army; he must be put behind bars.
⁃Had the UK been strict, the number of people being radicalised would have been manageable. Right now, many areas in London, Luton, Bedfordshire, Bedford, Bradford, Oldham, Rochdale, Barry and Altrincham. Dewsbury is the British Kaaba of Dewsbury. It is a mini Saudi Arabia.
⁃The Islam that does not promote terrorism does not exist today. What is left is Wahhabism. All Wahhabis are potential terrorists. All radical Muslims want to impose Sharia Law - this is not an individual opinion. Rather, it is rooted in their ideology. Wahhabis want world domination; part of their plan is to take over the United Kingdom.
⁃The UK government must study Wahhabism and recognise radical Islam. They should keep track of the points mentioned in the Wahhabi ideology and check them against the belief system of Wahhabi Muslims. If Muslims are found to practise this ideology, they should be put behind bars. Strict measures must be taken before the situation gets from bad to worse.
You can watch the live recordings of these videos every day at 22:00 GMT on younusalgohar.com
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Yesterday while I was at work, I was checking some one's (was in my friends list and I was in his/her) photo stream.. .There I found one photo of a tied guy with the comment (A comment not the photo's description) below says That he wish to see all the Arab terrorists to be tied this way.
I replied with the comment "There is a different between terrorism and defending your own country + I will look better than that guy if I was tied LOL".
(F.Y.I. I consider 9/11 attacked pure terrorism)
In the evening I was uploading a photo, then I checked my flickr mail and there was a msg from the owner of that photos stream, I read his msg but i couldn't reply because I was blocked plus I was banned from his/her groups; since because I am a silly,dumb, terrorist Muslim & Arab with no rights of speech,no brain and dignity, who should be killed curley.
Anyway that person asked me to go and fight side by side with Hezbollah, I really would love to but I didn't for two reasons, first I don't have a camouflage outfit & the second I won't be able to login flickr anymore and upload more photos since Israel blown up everything communications, power stations and TV stations to stop them from showing the truth about what's going on in Lebanon; probably know one would ever care about what I am talking about since everybody have their own right of speech except Arabs & Muslims.
I don't blame the owner of the photos stream because he/she clearly has a stereo type idea of Muslims and Arabs delivered to him through a non objective western media and some idiots such as Osama Bin laden and Saddam Hussain, yet I do blame him for not seeking the truth him/her self.
At least he/she had to put him/her self in Arabs & Muslims shoes to realize how does killing his own family, neighbors, friends, husbands or wife makes him/ her feel.
Have any of you seen these images through any of your reliable media such as CNN, BBC or maybe NEWSWEEK?
Perhaps you'll need to few a LARGER IMAGE to make sure that those little murdered kids really belongs to Hezbollah and Hamas!
I believe it's easy for people who does not live in the Arab & Muslims countries to criticize them for taking a reaction against the daily murders they are performed by Israel..
I don't get why the Westerns only see the reaction while they skip the reason?! Since I am a dumb Arab & Muslim could someone help?
If you didn't agree about anything I said let me know because I really would love to discuss it and I do promise no hard feelings (at least my side).
Have a peaceful week..
A rally at Carfax Tower and down Cornmarket Street in Oxford, United Kingdom, in protest of Trump's recent executive order temporarily banning citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Click on the photo to see the gallery.
"If you are not angry you are not paying attention" - a young activist with a 'Defy Tory Rule' placard in Parliament Square. For me, the message reminded me that the mainstream media does it best to distract viewers from the issues which are really important, as of course does mass consumerism. The good news is that young people are taking to the streets to make their voices heard, educate others and campaign for change.
On Saturday 5 February 2022, protesters gathered outside the British parliament to demand the government drop its proposed Elections Bill which most civil society groups and serious academics agree is an attack on voter rights - a deliberate attempt to either render ineffective or suppress the votes of marginalised and poorer communities.
As the Conservative Party has orientated itself increasingly to the service of corporate interests, it has had to devise successful ways to win elections, despite having policies that are detrimental to all but very high income earners. In part it has been able to do this through the promotion of culture wars, whipping up Islamophobia, stoking fears of Britain being 'swamped' by refugees as well as inciting fears of an immediate threat from supposed enemy states such as China or Russia.
However, the Tories are concerned that even such divide and rule strategies are not sufficient to allow them to continue to win elections, and they are now pinning their hopes on the Elections Bill - which along with its Policing Bill also on its way through parliament - is one of the most worrying attacks on democracy in recent years.
MANDATORY VOTER IDs
The Elections Bill proposes to introduce a mandatory voter ID system - even though all serious political scientists accept that voting fraud is so rare as to be almost non existent (just four people were convicted for voter fraud for the 2019 election).
However, the new IDs will either put off or effectively prevent many people from ethnic minority and poorer backgrounds from voting. They are less likely to have valid forms of identification. At a series of pilot trials in which voter ID was used during local elections in 2018 and 2019, 1,159 people were turned away from polling stations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/04/millions-in-uk-f...
However, if the system goes national it is likely that tens of thousands will be effectively deprived of the right to vote. The cost of implementing it will also be considerable and will fall on already struggling local authorities.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR THE ELDERLY BUT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE YOUNG
Under the proposed legislation, the elderly will be allowed to use travel passes as a form of ID, but young people (who are far more likely to vote Labour or Liberal) will not be allowed to do so.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR WEALTHIER CITIZENS BASED OVERSEAS
On the other hand, the rules relating to voting for British citizens registered to vote overseas, who tend to be far wealthier than the average voter and therefore usually vote Conservative, will be made easier. There will no longer be a fifteen year limit and they will only have to register every three years, whereas currently they must do so annually.
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LABOUR AND THE UNIONS TO EFFECTIVELY FUND ELECTIONS
New measures on the limits to third party contributions could significantly cut Labour campaign spending - for details see either of the following links -
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/election-bill-co...
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION TO BE OUTLAWED IN MAYORAL ELECTIONS
First Past the Post voting would also be imposed on mayoral elections. At the moment voting for the mayors of London, Manchester and some other local authorities is based on a form of proportional representation - the transferable vote system. However, the Conservatives hope that by forcing a less representative first past the post (FPTP) system and outlawing the transferable vote that would benefit them, as under FPTP the opposition would be divided between several liberal and left wing candidates.
EVEN A LEADING TORY MP AND A FORMER SHADOW HOME SECRETARY OPPOSES THE BILL
Tory MP David Davis, has joined the chorus of condemnation from both the opposition and civil society, declaring that the bill 'risks undermining one of the most fundamental rights we have here in the UK - to vote freely without restriction.'
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/what-is-the-elections-bill-an...
Well switched. We knew it all along and now the coupled astronomical telescopes are finally proving it with a shot of Trump's Black Hole. There is no guess work left - all orange with a black hole where a brain should be. This newly exposed picture is of Trump's vacuum that replaced his minuscule brain, that is gathering in every bit of racial hate, antisemitism, Islamophobia, every scam, mobsterism, praise, money - foreign and domestic, human and American suffering - including his father's and his fathering of unprincipled offspring while all the time working a new grift and inventing a new lie for the Orange bowl fans.
This is the results of finding the Orange Singularity on the news and net. I think that this view missed Trump's dangling orange bone spurs that were bought and paid by his felon daddy to dodge the draft.
Trump's biggest pitch to his winos is for his FAUX production company. Watch out - his lips are still moving. Deep inside, his righties want to charge us for breathable air as long as they are losing control of fossil fuels sales as American are yet willing to pay to fuel their monster trucks to haul a single person. There is no point in counting lies if you can't count over 10k, Everything is a lie from das leader. I already did a MAGA cap series. That's right, I am trying to elevate my Trump pix to Google images.
This shot is all about a vacuous noggin and not executive IQ. As you can see, It's important to separate the hordes on the left from the cloudy Make America Greaters dream of bilking the 99%ers on the right. After another 1.5 trillion payoff to the filthy rich, we can no longer afford less than Eisenhower's 91% top tax rate.
Don't get me wrong... I am for the wall but am a bit worried about high tech invasions. Really high tech, you know, like ropes, grappling hooks, shovels, tunneling, drones over the top and simply passing fentinyl packages through the slotted fence. On the other hand can you imageine the number of border hires that would be needed to watch every inch of the big beautiful wall.
More on the Islamic eight point star! This detail in stucco is from the Salon de Embajadores (Ambassador's Room) in the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. This is where the Muslim ruler received senior dignatories and is the grandest room with a high ceiling and stunningly decorated walls. It is also the most dimly lit room and as a result has preserved some of the colours. Again, you see all the three elements of Islamic art here: geometrical patterns, vegetal patterns, and Arabic calligraphy. The calligraphy is simple stuff and is just two words, literally, Help (top) and God (bottom). I'm of the view that perhaps no building in the world has the word God or Allah inscribed on it as many times as in the Alhambra. The last Muslims rulers of Spain, the Nasirids, were well aware of their position and, I think, decorated the Alhambra fittingly: imploring God for His help and protection. Everyone interpretes the Alhambra as royal palace, a secular place, but it is, I believe, a masterpiece of the Sufi artists and a significant piece of Islamic religious architecture and decoration. The Nasirids held on until 1492 and the years that followed saw the holocaust of Muslims in Europe. Today, the witch-hunt or Islamophobia continues in other guises.
An activist in Parliament Square showing his determination to oppose Tory rule.
On Saturday 5 February 2022, protesters gathered outside the British parliament to demand the government drop its proposed Elections Bill which most civil society groups and serious academics agree is an attack on voter rights - a deliberate attempt to either render ineffective or suppress the votes of marginalised and poorer communities.
As the Conservative Party has orientated itself increasingly to the service of corporate interests, it has had to devise successful ways to win elections, despite having policies that are detrimental to all but very high income earners. In part it has been able to do this through the promotion of culture wars, whipping up Islamophobia, stoking fears of Britain being 'swamped' by refugees as well as inciting fears of an immediate threat from supposed enemy states such as China or Russia.
However, the Tories are concerned that even such divide and rule strategies are not sufficient to allow them to continue to win elections, and they are now pinning their hopes on the Elections Bill - which along with its Policing Bill also on its way through parliament - is one of the most worrying attacks on democracy in recent years.
MANDATORY VOTER IDs
The Elections Bill proposes to introduce a mandatory voter ID system - even though all serious political scientists accept that voting fraud is so rare as to be almost non existent (just four people were convicted for voter fraud for the 2019 election).
However, the new IDs will either put off or effectively prevent many people from ethnic minority and poorer backgrounds from voting. They are less likely to have valid forms of identification. At a series of pilot trials in which voter ID was used during local elections in 2018 and 2019, 1,159 people were turned away from polling stations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/04/millions-in-uk-f...
However, if the system goes national it is likely that tens of thousands will be effectively deprived of the right to vote. The cost of implementing it will also be considerable and will fall on already struggling local authorities.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR THE ELDERLY BUT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE YOUNG
Under the proposed legislation, the elderly will be allowed to use travel passes as a form of ID, but young people (who are far more likely to vote Labour or Liberal) will not be allowed to do so.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR WEALTHIER CITIZENS BASED OVERSEAS
On the other hand, the rules relating to voting for British citizens registered to vote overseas, who tend to be far wealthier than the average voter and therefore usually vote Conservative, will be made easier. There will no longer be a fifteen year limit and they will only have to register every three years, whereas currently they must do so annually.
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LABOUR AND THE UNIONS TO EFFECTIVELY FUND ELECTIONS
New measures on the limits to third party contributions could significantly cut Labour campaign spending - for details see either of the following links -
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/election-bill-co...
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION TO BE OUTLAWED IN MAYORAL ELECTIONS
First Past the Post voting would also be imposed on mayoral elections. At the moment voting for the mayors of London, Manchester and some other local authorities is based on a form of proportional representation - the transferable vote system. However, the Conservatives hope that by forcing a less representative first past the post (FPTP) system and outlawing the transferable vote that would benefit them, as under FPTP the opposition would be divided between several liberal and left wing candidates.
EVEN A LEADING TORY MP AND A FORMER SHADOW HOME SECRETARY OPPOSES THE BILL
Tory MP David Davis, has joined the chorus of condemnation from both the opposition and civil society, declaring that the bill 'risks undermining one of the most fundamental rights we have here in the UK - to vote freely without restriction.'
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/what-is-the-elections-bill-an...
London Stands Up to Racism, London, March 19, 2016.
"ALL OUT FOR UN ANTI-RACISM DAY!
#M19
#RefugeesWelcome
#BlackLivesMatter
Speakers:
Diane Abbott MP
Claude Moraes MEP
Jean Lambert MEP
Jeremy Hardy, Comedian
Michael Rosen Children's novelist and poet
Gary Younge Journalist
Dave Ward CWU General Secretary
Christine Blower NUT General Secretary
Sally Hunt UCU General Secretary
Maurice Wren Chief Executive, The Refugee Council
Harish Patel National Equalities Officer, Unite The Union
Gloria Mills, Chair - TUC Race Relations Committee
Zita Holbourne Co-Chair, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts
Marilyn Reed Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice / Blaksox
Lee Jasper Movement Against Xenophobia
Malia Bouattia NUS Black Students Officer
Shakira Martin NUS VP Further Education
Shahrar Ali Deputy Leader, The Green Party
Yusuf Hassan VP Federation of Student Islamic Societies
Mohammed Kozbar Spokesperson,
Muslim Association of Britain
Maz Saleem Daughter of the Late Mohammed Saleem
Stephanie Lightfoot Bennett Co-Chair,
United Friends and Families
Gerry Gable Editor, Searchlight
Sam Fairbarn Secretary, People's Assembly Against Austerity
Lindsey German Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
Sabby Dhalu and Weyman Bennett, Organisers -
Stand up to racism
A racist offensive against refugees, migrants and Muslims is being pushed by some politicians and press. It is crucial we
respond to this by standing in solidarity against attempts to divide our communities. The appalling treatment of refugees across Europe and the staggering rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes must be challenged.
Let’s send a message that drives back the tide of racism, fascism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and the scapegoating of migrants and refugees – we say refugees welcome here and yes to diversity!
Join the Europe-wide UN Anti-Racism Day Demonstration when tens of thousands march across Britain, with major mobilisations in London, Scotland and Wales joining thousands in cities across Europe and around the world to say no to racism.
Stand Up To Racism has led some of the biggest anti-racist
mobilisations in Britain of the last decade, including the UN Anti-racism day demonstrations of 2014 and 2015 and the 100,000 strong Refugees Welcome demonstration on 12th September 2015."
Source:
www.standuptoracism.org.uk/2016/02/un-anti-racism-day-dem...
On Saturday 5 February 2022, protesters gathered outside the British parliament to demand the government drop its proposed Elections Bill which most civil society groups and serious academics agree is an attack on voter rights - a deliberate attempt to either render ineffective or suppress the votes of marginalised and poorer communities.
As the Conservative Party has orientated itself increasingly to the service of corporate interests, it has had to devise successful ways to win elections, despite having policies that are detrimental to all but very high income earners. In part it has been able to do this through the promotion of culture wars, whipping up Islamophobia, stoking fears of Britain being 'swamped' by refugees as well as inciting fears of an immediate threat from supposed enemy states such as China or Russia.
However, the Tories are concerned that even such divide and rule strategies are not sufficient to allow them to continue to win elections, and they are now pinning their hopes on the Elections Bill - which along with its Policing Bill also on its way through parliament - is one of the most worrying attacks on democracy in recent years.
MANDATORY VOTER IDs
The Elections Bill proposes to introduce a mandatory voter ID system - even though all serious political scientists accept that voting fraud is so rare as to be almost non existent (just four people were convicted for voter fraud for the 2019 election).
However, the new IDs will either put off or effectively prevent many people from ethnic minority and poorer backgrounds from voting. They are less likely to have valid forms of identification. At a series of pilot trials in which voter ID was used during local elections in 2018 and 2019, 1,159 people were turned away from polling stations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/04/millions-in-uk-f...
However, if the system goes national it is likely that tens of thousands will be effectively deprived of the right to vote. The cost of implementing it will also be considerable and will fall on already struggling local authorities.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR THE ELDERLY BUT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE YOUNG
Under the proposed legislation, the elderly will be allowed to use travel passes as a form of ID, but young people (who are far more likely to vote Labour or Liberal) will not be allowed to do so.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR WEALTHIER CITIZENS BASED OVERSEAS
On the other hand, the rules relating to voting for British citizens registered to vote overseas, who tend to be far wealthier than the average voter and therefore usually vote Conservative, will be made easier. There will no longer be a fifteen year limit and they will only have to register every three years, whereas currently they must do so annually.
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LABOUR AND THE UNIONS TO EFFECTIVELY FUND ELECTIONS
New measures on the limits to third party contributions could significantly cut Labour campaign spending - for details see either of the following links -
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/election-bill-co...
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION TO BE OUTLAWED IN MAYORAL ELECTIONS
First Past the Post voting would also be imposed on mayoral elections. At the moment voting for the mayors of London, Manchester and some other local authorities is based on a form of proportional representation - the transferable vote system. However, the Conservatives hope that by forcing a less representative first past the post (FPTP) system and outlawing the transferable vote that would benefit them, as under FPTP the opposition would be divided between several liberal and left wing candidates.
EVEN A LEADING TORY MP AND A FORMER SHADOW HOME SECRETARY OPPOSES THE BILL
Tory MP David Davis, has joined the chorus of condemnation from both the opposition and civil society, declaring that the bill 'risks undermining one of the most fundamental rights we have here in the UK - to vote freely without restriction.'
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/what-is-the-elections-bill-an...
Today I'm going to post something a little controversial. Recently, there has been even more fear of Muslims and the Islamic religion due to terrorist attacks, and Donald Trump's illogical rambles in the United States. Today, I want to dedicate my photo to this topic. I want to address this issue of Islamophobia, especially in the United States. Many Americans, as well as other people, have been in heightened fear of the Islamic religion due to terrorism, and more recently, the terrorist group ISIS's attacks. People are grouping all Muslims into the same category as the terrorist groups, not realizing that these extremists only account for a very small percentage of the population. Like all religions, there are radicals. However, we should not group every Muslim into this extremist category, that is unfair. People do not group the Westboro Baptist Church in with other Christian groups. People do not think that all Christians are like the Westboro Baptist Church, so why do we do that with Islam? Islam is a religion of peace. But people in their ignorance, not knowing anything about this religion, fall prey to believing what they see advertised on media. They know nothing yet they base their knowledge about this group on what little they know. Their pride and ignorance prevents them from knowing otherwise. Living in America, this seems especially true. People are so terrified of Muslims, not knowing anything, feeding into the media. They are blinded. We need to stop living in ignorance and start seeing reality. Muslims are people. They are fathers. They are mothers. They are doctors. They are lawyers. They are workers. They are students. They are people. Stop this ignorance and learn. Muslims are not terrorists. Muslims are people.
I came out of class to find that a light drizzle had taken over Toronto during the time I had been in a classroom. I ducked under the overhang of a nearby building to find shelter from the rain and discovered I was not alone. This man with his bright red bow tie and suit was having a smoke with his friend and I couldn’t let the opportunity to meet an interesting stranger pass. I said hi and introduced myself and my Human Family project and asked him to participate. He was eager. Meet Laszlo who was with this friend Steve.
Keeping us all out of the rain meant the photos would be taken against the face of a boulder and I started with Laszlo wearing his wrap-around sunglasses and soon invited him to remove them. I also helped him “tweak” his bow tie and the chains around his neck and he was glad for my attention to detail. Steve watched on, proud for my interest in his friend. When I asked, Laszlo told me he always dresses up and proceeded to open his jacket to show me the Armani label. I was suitably impressed.
Laszlo explained that he is 42 and came to Canada six years ago from Hungary. His employment has been as an excavator but he is currently improving his English through ESL classes (English as a Second Language). Our conversation was very enthusiastic but left me a bit confused. It was a somewhat like surfing a high-energy wave. I explained what my wife and I had a friend who came from Hungary after the revolution but she is no longer alive and we talked about Schnitzel and goulash. Steve seemed thrilled to have these familiar foods mentioned. I discovered that Steve has been in Canada three years and has been working in restaurant jobs. He is on the verge of returning to his family in Hungary and spoke little English. Evidently, his main goal in coming to Canada had been to acquire Canadian citizenship which he has done. I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns to Canada – next time with his family.
From what I could understand of Laszlo’s energetic conversation, things became worse in Hungary following the revolution and he made reference to “too many phobias and Islamophobia, etc.” He advocated taking down the borders and voiced support of the United Nations. I noticed that both men were wearing Toronto pins and crossed flags – Hungary and Canada – suggesting their dual nationalities. I offered to do a couple of photos of Steve and he was pleased and of course I had to do one of the two friends together. I’m not sure but I had the feeling that Steve was on a break from his restaurant job and that Laszlo had finished his ESL class and was keeping him company on this rainy-day smoke break. Our meeting began as strangers and ended in friendship with warm handshakes as we all wished one another well.
This is my 722nd submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
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London Stands Up to Racism, London, March 19, 2016.
"ALL OUT FOR UN ANTI-RACISM DAY!
#M19
#RefugeesWelcome
#BlackLivesMatter
Speakers:
Diane Abbott MP
Claude Moraes MEP
Jean Lambert MEP
Jeremy Hardy, Comedian
Michael Rosen Children's novelist and poet
Gary Younge Journalist
Dave Ward CWU General Secretary
Christine Blower NUT General Secretary
Sally Hunt UCU General Secretary
Maurice Wren Chief Executive, The Refugee Council
Harish Patel National Equalities Officer, Unite The Union
Gloria Mills, Chair - TUC Race Relations Committee
Zita Holbourne Co-Chair, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts
Marilyn Reed Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice / Blaksox
Lee Jasper Movement Against Xenophobia
Malia Bouattia NUS Black Students Officer
Shakira Martin NUS VP Further Education
Shahrar Ali Deputy Leader, The Green Party
Yusuf Hassan VP Federation of Student Islamic Societies
Mohammed Kozbar Spokesperson,
Muslim Association of Britain
Maz Saleem Daughter of the Late Mohammed Saleem
Stephanie Lightfoot Bennett Co-Chair,
United Friends and Families
Gerry Gable Editor, Searchlight
Sam Fairbarn Secretary, People's Assembly Against Austerity
Lindsey German Convenor, Stop the War Coalition
Sabby Dhalu and Weyman Bennett, Organisers -
Stand up to racism
A racist offensive against refugees, migrants and Muslims is being pushed by some politicians and press. It is crucial we
respond to this by standing in solidarity against attempts to divide our communities. The appalling treatment of refugees across Europe and the staggering rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes must be challenged.
Let’s send a message that drives back the tide of racism, fascism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and the scapegoating of migrants and refugees – we say refugees welcome here and yes to diversity!
Join the Europe-wide UN Anti-Racism Day Demonstration when tens of thousands march across Britain, with major mobilisations in London, Scotland and Wales joining thousands in cities across Europe and around the world to say no to racism.
Stand Up To Racism has led some of the biggest anti-racist
mobilisations in Britain of the last decade, including the UN Anti-racism day demonstrations of 2014 and 2015 and the 100,000 strong Refugees Welcome demonstration on 12th September 2015."
Source:
www.standuptoracism.org.uk/2016/02/un-anti-racism-day-dem...
On Saturday 10 August 2024, Stand Up To Racism held solidarity rallies across the UK calling for solidarity and end to hate following far right inspired racist riots. This particular one was held outside Reform UK HQ on Victoria Street in central London
While it is true that many of the towns and cities that suffered the most during the riots have long felt disenfranchised and ignored by politicians, the understandable anger, rather than being focused in a constructive, carefully calculated collective way on those responsible, was misdirected in a terrifying display of hatred against the most vulnerable.
While some in the mainstream media correctly pointed to the fake news, islamophobia and racist incitement online, they failed to acknowledge their own role in stoking unjustified fears of immigrants and refugees and legitimizing the far right.
Plenty of examples from Daily Mail headlines in the following tweet by Nicola James
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and in the Daily Express here -
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Commenting on the Mail, Owen Jones tweeted
"The Daily Mail has obsessively whipped up hatred and bile against Muslims, migrants and refugees. It played a pivotal role in making the far right insurgency possible."
x.com/owenjonesjourno/status/1821460377474867575
Then, above an image of last Thursday's Daily Mail with the headline "Night anti-hate marches faced down the thugs," he added that it was "absolutely outrageous and ridiculous," for the paper "to [belatedly] try and ride the anti-fascist wave."
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A5AAYC The Muslim Action committee held a rally in London Trafalgar Square 18 February 2006 against Islamophobia
One Day Without Us saw diverse groups across the country take action in support of migrants and against racism, xenophobia and the divisive policies of Donald Trump, whom the UK Prime Minister supports. In London I managed to catch fast food workers leafleting commuters, a mass lobby of MPs calling on politicians to guarantee residency rights to EU citizens, students from the Movement for Justice against discrimination in education, and a huge rally in Parliament Square against any State Visit by Mr Trump.
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On Saturday 5 February 2022, protesters gathered outside the British parliament to demand the government drop its proposed election bill which most civil society groups and serious academics agree is an attack on voter rights - a deliberate attempt to either render ineffective or suppress the votes of marginalised and poorer communities.
As the Conservative Party has orientated itself increasingly to the service of corporate interests, it has had to devise successful ways to win elections, despite having policies that are detrimental to all but very high income earners. In part it has been able to do this through the promotion of culture wars, whipping up Islamophobia, stoking fears of Britain being 'swamped' by refugees as well as inciting fears of an immediate threat from supposed enemy states such as China or Russia.
However, the Tories are concerned that even such divide and rule strategies are not sufficient to allow them to continue to win elections, and they are now pinning their hopes on the Elections Bill - which along with its Policing Bill also on its way through parliament - is one of the most worrying attacks on democracy in recent years.
MANDATORY VOTER IDs
The Elections Bill proposes to introduce a mandatory voter ID system - even though all serious political scientists accept that voting fraud is so rare as to be almost non existent (just four people were convicted for voter fraud for the 2019 election).
However, the new IDs will either put off or effectively prevent many people from ethnic minority and poorer backgrounds from voting. They are less likely to have valid forms of identification. At a series of pilot trials in which voter ID was used during local elections in 2018 and 2019, 1,159 people were turned away from polling stations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/04/millions-in-uk-f...
However, if the system goes national it is likely that tens of thousands will be effectively deprived of the right to vote. The cost of implementing it will also be considerable and will fall on already struggling local authorities.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR THE ELDERLY BUT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE YOUNG
Under the proposed legislation, the elderly will be allowed to use travel passes as a form of ID, but young people (who are far more likely to vote Labour or Liberal) will not be allowed to do so.
VOTING TO BE MADE EASIER FOR WEALTHIER CITIZENS BASED OVERSEAS
On the other hand, the rules relating to voting for British citizens registered to vote overseas, who tend to be far wealthier than the average voter and therefore usually vote Conservative, will be made easier. There will no longer be a fifteen year limit and they will only have to register every three years, whereas currently they must do so annually.
MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LABOUR AND THE UNIONS TO EFFECTIVELY FUND ELECTIONS
New measures on the limits to third party contributions could significantly cut Labour campaign spending - for details see either of the following links -
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/07/election-bill-co...
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION TO BE OUTLAWED IN MAYORAL ELECTIONS
First Past the Post voting would also be imposed on mayoral elections. At the moment voting for the mayors of London, Manchester and some other local authorities is based on a form of proportional representation - the transferable vote system. However, the Conservatives hope that by forcing a less representative first past the post (FPTP) system and outlawing the transferable vote that would benefit them, as under FPTP the opposition would be divided between several liberal and left wing candidates.
EVEN A LEADING TORY MP AND A FORMER SHADOW HOME SECRETARY OPPOSES THE BILL
Tory MP David Davis, has joined the chorus of condemnation from both the opposition and civil society, declaring that the bill 'risks undermining one of the most fundamental rights we have here in the UK - to vote freely without restriction.'
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/stand-up-for-democracy-op...
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/what-is-the-elections-bill-an...
Western countries feel morally obliged to take Syrian refugees. Even after the untoward tragedy of Paris, some Western countries are taking them.
I wonder why Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Gulf States do not want to take these refugees? Being Muslim states, these countries should be the foremost ones in helping out these stranded Syrian refugees.
It is so obvious now that many ISIS terrorists have entered Europe in the guise of refugees. If the Western countries keep taking the refugees, they will be putting their country at the risk of potential terrorist atrocities. Do not put your country at stake! Save your country!
ISIS is the mischief that the Prophet Mohammad foretold almost 1400 years ago. The Prophet Mohammad declared them to be the worst creature under the shadows of the sky. The Prophet said that they would read the Quran but it would not go beyond their throats. Their mosques would be beautifully built; however, these mosques would be void of guidance. The Prophet said that mischief would emerge from them and would return to them eventually!