Why I Won’t Be at the Gaza Protest March: Rep. Keith Ellison on Gaza

Why I Won’t Be at the Gaza Protest March: Rep. Keith Ellison on Gaza

By MuslimMatters on from muslimmatters.org

I wrote this last year, but with today’s events surrounding the storming of the flotilla, I thought it timely for a refresh:

Growing up, I was a serious news junkie and always felt a sympathy for the Palestinians as an underdog and just out of an innate sense of justice. After the collapse of President Clinton’s last ditch peace initiative, the Ariel Sharon years, President George W. Bush’s ineffectual policy of the last eight years, and incessant coverage and outrage from the Muslim community on the issue to the exclusion of other issues, I had become disillusioned with the Israel/Palestine issue.
What Are We Marching For, America?

What Are We Marching For, America?

By elan on from www.elanthemag.com

Last weekend, I attended the “March for America” rally for immigration reform on the National Mall. I traveled to Washington, DC with a group of Arab and Muslim Americans from Brooklyn. The sixty of us joined more than 200,000 others marching for a path to citizenship, an end to deportations and the breaking up of families, and an insistence that all people, no matter their legal status, be treated like human beings. We walked with Latino and Mexican groups, West African immigrants, and even an organization of Polish Americans.
UK Bans Muslim Group Over War March

UK Bans Muslim Group Over War March

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

CAIRO –- Britain has decided to outlaw a Muslim group that planned but dropped an anti-war march through a town symbolizing Britain's commitment to its war dead, a move slammed by the group as a failure to tolerate freedom of expression. .
UK Muslims Slam Coffins March

UK Muslims Slam Coffins March

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

British Muslim leaders are slamming a “provocative” coffins protest by a self-styled group through the town where Britain’s Afghanistan war dead are repatriated....
Gaza Freedom March Gears Up for December 31st - Here’s How to Show Your Support

Gaza Freedom March Gears Up for December 31st - Here’s How to Show Your Support

By elan on from www.elanthemag.com

It has been nearly one year since Israel’s 22-day attack on Gaza last December-January. More than 1,400 Palestinians died in the siege, including hundreds of children, and the neighborhoods of Gaza were left in ravages. It was an atrocity of epic proportions, but at least one good thing has come of it. For the first time since Israel’s founding, we are hearing mainstream criticism of its policies and increased action from Palestine solidarity activists. Read More

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