What are you doing this Saturday?

Thinking about going for a drive? Then please remember Mrs Abdal-Karim who went for a drive with her husband and 4 children. "We never did anything to the Americans and they just killed us," the heavily pregnant Ms abd al-Kerim said. "We were calling out to them 'Stop, stop, we are a family', but they kept on shooting." Doctors said the father and his two daughters would have survived if they had received treatment quicker. Instead, they were left to bleed to death because the Americans refused to allow anyone to take them to hospital. How would this woman feel if she heard that her Muslim brothers and sisters in Britain voted for the man who took us to war against Iraq?

Going to the park? Then please remember 9 year-old Omar Zara'an, shot dead by Israeli soldiers while playing football. What would his family think if they heard that their Muslim brothers and sisters in Britain voted for the man who made sure Israel had the weapons to murder their child?

Perhaps you’ll attend an Islamic talk or a study circle? Then please remember Muzafar Avazov, boiled to death by the authorities in Uzbekistan for belonging to an Islamic group. And don’t forget his 63 year old mother Fatima, sentenced to hard labour after she spoke out about her son’s brutal fate. What would this old lady say if she heard that her Muslim brothers and sisters in Britain voted for the man who supported the use of ‘intelligence’ tortured out of Muslims in Uzbekistan?

Or maybe you’re planning to visit friends or family? Then spare a thought for Babar Ahmed, locked in his cell in Belmarsh, waiting to find out if he will be shipped off to face the US Authorities without the chance to prove his innocence. What would he think if he found that Britain’s Muslims had voted for the man who has trampled on the human rights of Muslims worldwide in the name of the ‘war on terror’? Well, he’s said himself in his article Why British Muslims Must Vote: “If, on 06 May 2005 Blackburn’s Muslims wake up to Jack Straw as their MP, then may Allah help them”.

This Saturday 30th April

March Against Jack Straw

Assemble outside Bangor Street Community Centre, Whalley Range, Blackburn - 2.30pm.

March through Blackburn to a Rally in the City Centre with speakers including high-profile national Activists and Ulema.

Brothers and sisters, this is the time to stand up and be counted! Saturday 30th April 2005, 2.30pm – 5.30pm

Coaches will be provided from major cities and towns insh’Allah – if you are interested please e-mail us for further details of transport from your area: [email protected]