Britain's Guantanamo: Muslim Solidarity Iftar at HMP Belmarsh 29/09/2007
AN EVENT TO REMEMBER MUSLIM PRISONERS IN THE UK AND ABROAD
6 years after 9/11, the number of Muslims in Western prisons continues to soar. Many of these Muslims are not behind bars due their involvement in drug related crime, violence or hooliganism, but are instead prisoners of conscience- prisoners whose only crime has been to voice an opinion. They have either been found guilty 'by association' or are languishing behind bars through laws that permit indefinite detention. Those are the fortunate ones.
Other Muslim prisoners have either been subjected to torture and abuse in legal anomalies such as Camp X-Ray, or have disappeared altogether, only to resurface in Gulags of the modern world. All these prisoners have one thing in common- they have all been robbed of their human rights.
This Iftaar has been arranged to remember the plight of these prisoners and their families.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
MUDDASSAR ARANI (Arani and Co.Solicitors)
SHERAZ KHAN (Muslim Prisoner Support Group)
UTHMAN LATEEF (Hittin Institute)
MUHAMMAD AL GABRA (Ex-Belmarsh Detainee)
MURTAZA KHAN
STATEMENTS FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF DETAINEES AND MUSLIM PRISONERS
3.00 PM TO 9.00 PM
SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
COME AND WITNESS FIRSTHAND WHAT THIS INJUSTICE IS ALL ABOUT.
* Note: Iftaar arrangements include Dates and Milk, and cooked
meals for up to 300 attendees.
Please bring appropriate clothing in case of weather change.
The Muslim Prisoner Support Group serves Muslim prisoners by offering prisons guidance on Islamic dietary regulations, gender sensitivities and ethical guidelines when dealing with Muslims. We also offer direct support to the prisoners through the delivery of material, spiritual and legal aid. In addition we also offer logistical and emotional support for the family and friends of incarcerated Muslims.
The Muslim Prisoner Support Group is completely a non-judgmental organization and supports prisoners both nationally and internationally in securing their basic human rights that are based purely on Islamic foundations.
The Muslim Prisoner Support Group is a registered Charity, and has been functioning since 1994 under the umbrella of the Al Ikhlas Foundation. The Charity is a non-profit making organization.
Re: Britain's Guantanamo: Muslim Solidarity Iftar at HMP Belmarsh 29/09/2007
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MUDDASSAR ARANI (Arani and Co.Solicitors)
SHERAZ KHAN (Muslim Prisoner Support Group)
UTHMAN LATEEF (Hittin Institute)
MUHAMMAD AL GABRA (Ex-Belmarsh Detainee) MURTAZA KHAN
I just wanted to inform you of another forth-coming event organised by CagePrisoners and was afraid that it may pass by before Mods approve of the event thread I made for it.
Again Ustaadh Murtaza Khan of the Tayyibun Institute and other guests shall be addressing the audience, the details of which can be found below insha'allaah:
CagePrisoners presents:
The Plight of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Sunday 19th October
2.00 pm
Br. Moazzam Begg
Author and Ex-Detainee of Guantanamo Bay, CagePrisoners Sis. Yvonne Ridley (TBC)
Acclaimed journalist and Activist Ust. Murtaza Khan
Lecturer and Teacher, Tayyibun Institute Dr. Umar Butt
Innocent victim of the War on ‘Terror’
For further information:
07917 09 51 25 / 07853 58 55 63 [email protected]
Refreshments and Creche facility available
Segregated seating available for sisters
Free Admission- All Welcome
Supported and sponsored by:
Shahi Naan
Quality Carpets
Lionheart
Jusdesserts
Inugo
Rinero
Tayyibun Institute
Who is Dr. Aafia Siddiqui?
Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the American educated Pakistani scientist and mother of three was detained for years by the US in Bagram. She has been the victim of the US programme of secret detention for five years since having been kidnapped in Karachi by Pakistan security services in 2003 along with her three children.
On Monday 4th August 2008, federal prosecutors in the US confirmed that Aafia Siddiqui was extradited to the US from Afghanistan where they allege she had been detained since mid-July 2008. The US administration claims that she was arrested by Afghani forces outside Ghazni governor's compound with manuals on explosives and "dangerous substances in sealed jars" on her person. They further allege that whilst in custody she shot at US officers and was injured in the process.
According to her lawyer, Elaine Whitfield Sharp, "We do know she was at Bagram for a long time... she was there for years and she was held in American custody; her treatment was horrendous."
Aafia Siddiqui now faces trial in the US in circumstances that can only be described as strange at best. Questions remain as to her own whereabouts over the last five years and still that of her children.
Her medical condition is currently extremely poor as she suffers from gun shot wounds, and part of her intestine has been removed. Her condition is not made any easier by the strip and cavity searches that she is forced to endure.
In October 2008 Aafia was moved to FMC Carswell, for psychiatric evaluation. The facility is notorious for abuse of prisoners.
CagePrisoners is a human rights organisation that exists to raise awareness of the plight of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and other detainees held as part of the War on Terror. We aim to give a voice to the voiceless.
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subhanAllah! jzk for telling us! May Allah easen their burden!
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