A peaceful protest is to be held this Saturday, regarding the cartoon affair, to counteract the yobbish antics of last Friday (hat tip: Osama):
Rally against incitement & Islamophobia, Saturday 11th February 2006
Date: 11th February 2006, 1pm-5pm, Trafalgar Square, London.
Full details here.
Comments
Should be good inshallah.
Posted by: somali expat | February 10, 2006 3:15 PM
assalamu alikeum
anyone go then?
It was alright. The press was swarming the area. I even saw that vile journalist Peter Hutchins from the Daily hate Mail and a few others. Dr Azzam Tirmani (sp?)was great. he really got the crowd going.
Posted by: somali expat | February 11, 2006 5:43 PM
"Peter Hutchins"
Peter Hitchens.
Believe me his brother is much more vile.
Posted by: Shamil | February 12, 2006 11:36 AM
Shamil,
Is he related to Christopher Hitchens- the other right wing, hawish journalist, who writes for various papers, including the Mirror and Galloway's enemy? Im just guessing because of the name.
Actually, them being brothers wouldnt be a suprise. There're both as bad as each other!
Posted by: somali expat | February 12, 2006 8:56 PM
Yes they are brothers.
Christopher Hitchens isn't right-wing though. He's a Trotskyist. I haven't worked out though if his recent enthusiasm for American imperialism is merely an extention of his Trotskyist belief in a global state (many of the neo-cons are former trotskyists as well). Or alternatively did 9/11 scare the crap out of him and get him to start backing any military adventure that might save him from such distresses in the future? I've come a across a number of left-wingers who've become liberal imperialists because of 9/11.Seems like a pretty monor event to base your ideology on.
Posted by: Shamil | February 13, 2006 10:18 AM
In terms of Peter Hitchens I actually think that people like him (conservative and anti-liberal imperialism) could potentially be our allies and he's suggested so in the past.
Posted by: Shamil | February 13, 2006 11:26 AM
I've posted this link below which seems to argue that their is little difference in the premises of either demonstration i.e the al-gharaba and mab.
A Tale of two Demos http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CAF76.htm
Posted by: Jabar Yafai | February 14, 2006 9:15 PM