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MPAC MACSHANE CAMPAIGN Apologise or Resign!
Aafreen
12/01/03 at 11:21:45
MPAC MACSHANE CAMPAIGN HITS UK PRESS
 


Apologise or Resign!


Day 2 - MPAC calls for Macshane to resign in Guardian. CALL NOW!


Alhamdulilah, MPAC's call for Muslims to demand Macshane resign was highlighted in a Guardian report today. Moreover we were delighted to read accounts of the political activism of Muslims in Denis Macshane's constituency of Rotherham:

"Activists in Rotherham yesterday sent a strongly worded motion to Labour's national executive committee voicing no confidence in their MP and saying he should be disciplined.

"It says: "Denis MacShane is inciting racial and religious hatred, by publicly implying in the press that the Muslim community elected members and leaders are in favour of terrorism and being anti-British.

"We feel these comments are ill-informed, designed to portray us in the media as conspiring against the state. The Nazis in world war two similarly accused the Jews, disputing their patriotism, which was so well executed that it led to what we now know as the Holocaust."

While Muslim leaders had vigorously condemned terrorism, it said, the minister had been "silent" about "killings and torture by the states in Chechnya, Palestine, Indian-controlled Kashmir and Gujarat".

The motion was proposed by a community leader, Ghulam Nabi, whose son has served with British forces in Iraq."

Please read the full report at:

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/localgovernment/story/0,9061,1095112,00.html

We need to keep the pressure on! Please write to the Prime Minister if you haven't already done so:

A member of our own government has said Muslims are guilty of supporting terrorism, unless proven innocent… And Muslims are not part of the "British way". How does that make YOU feel?

Denis MacShane MP continues to ignore protests from Muslim organisations and the Commission for Racial Equality. Although he toned down his language in the final version of the speech, he has refused to apologise, saying "I am quite happy with my speech".

Write to his boss - Tony Blair - and tell him it is unacceptable to have such a blatant Islamophobe in the government. If MacShane won't apologise, Blair must give him the sack.

Please tell the Prime Minister what you think about MacShane's insults. Here's some points to get you started:

MacShane's message is that Muslims are not already part of the "British way" and do not respect the rule of law. This is hugely offensive to the British Muslim community, who make a valuable contribution to our democratic British society.
MacShane ignored British Muslims' repeated, public condemnations of terrorist atrocities (e.g. by the MCB) and treats British Muslims as guilty of supporting terrorism.
It is not acceptable to have a minister with such openly Islamophobic views serving in a government that represents so many Muslim voters. MacShane should apologise, but if he refuses to do so he must be removed from his post at the Foreign Office.
 


CONTACT THE LABOUR PARTY: info@new.labour.org.uk
CALL THE LABOUR PARTY ON 08705 900 200

Also Send to: The Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA.

Or fax: 020 7925 0918.

(or e-mail via http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page821.asp)


(N.B. Please make the effort to send by post or fax - then he has to reply).

Copy to: macshaned@parliament.uk


Denis MacShane MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.


And also copy to: The Foreign Secretary, The Foreign Office, King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH


Or e-mail via the website: http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket
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