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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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27th February 2003
IHRC Events & Alerts: Tajikistan; Palestine; Muslim Minority Politics
1. URGENT ALERT: Tajik regime sentences 11 Islamists to death, jails a further 74
See below for further details.
2. UK Event: ‘JERUSALEM / QUDS: THE CITY OF THREE MONOTHEISTIC FAITHS’
1st & 2nd March 2003Conference organised by the Institute of Islamic Studies. Please see details below for names of IHRC speakers and topics, and a full programme.
3. UK IHRC Event: ‘Islamic Perspectives on Engaging as a Minority in Western Politics’
Monday 3rd March, London. A roundtable discussion. Open to all. Please see below for full details.
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1. URGENT ALERT: Tajik regime sentences 11 Islamists to death, jails a further 74
Please visit https://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=554 for further details on the case and how to campaign.
2. JERUSALEM / QUDS: THE CITY OF THREE MONOTHEISTIC FAITHS
01 March 2003
A two-day international conference organised by Institute of Islamic Studies – London. Date: 1st & 2nd March 2003 (Sat. & Sun.) 09:30 AM – 06:30 PM. Various IHRC speakers will attend.
Confirmed IHRC speakers at the following event (see below for dates and times):
Massoud Shadjareh \’Palestine, Human Rights & Justice\’
Sultana Tafadar \’The case against Ariel Sharon\’
Dr. Saied Reza Ameli \’Al-Quds as a Millenium Dome\’
IHRC advisors attending:
Imam Mohammad Al-Asi, \’What the Western Press Calls \”Suicide Bombings\”\’
Mohammad Asi, Washington, D.C. Islamic Centre, USA
Imam Achmad Cassiem \’Justice Before Peace\’, Islamic Unity Convention, Cape Town, South Africa
M. Saeed Bahmanpour, London, UK
Also attending:
Rabbi Yisroel Weiss, \’Jerusalem: Source of Conflict, Symbol of Peace\’ from anti-Zionist group Neturei Karta, New York, USA
Dr. Anthony McRoy, pro-Palestinian activist \’The Condition of Israeli Arabs\’
Rev. Steven Sizer, \’Christian Zionism and the Destruction of Haram Al-Sharif,\’ UK.
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JERUSALEM / QUDS: THE CITY OF THREE MONOTHEISTIC FAITHS
A two-day international conference organised by Institute of Islamic Studies – London.
Date: 1st & 2nd March 2003 (Sat. & Sun.) 09:30 AM – 06:30 PM
Day One: Saturday 1st March 2003
9.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.15 Welcome and Opening Remarks
H. Bashir (Director, Institute of Islamic Studies)
Panel 1: (10.15-12.20)
A Holy City for the Three Monotheistic Faiths
Chair: Mohammad Asi
10.15-10.35 Jerusalem in the Arab-Jewish Writings
Hassan Hanafi, Cairo University, Egypt
10.35-10.55 Jerusalem: Source of Conflict, Symbol of Peace
Yisroel Dovid Weiss, Neturei Karta International, USA
10.55-11.15 The Condition of Israeli Arabs
Anthony McRoy, Journalist/Researcher, UK
11.15-11.35 Jerusalem and Worship: An Anglican/Christian Response to Christian Zionism
Frank Gelli, Arkadash Network for Dialogue of Civilisations, UK
11.35- 11.55 The City of Al-Quds under the Islamic Rule
Mohsen Araki, Islamic Centre of England, UK
11.55-12.20 Panel Discussion
12.20-14.00 Lunch and Prayer Break
Panel 2: (14.00-15.40)
Jerusalem/Al-Quds Through the Ages of History
Chair: Hassan Hanafi
13.30-13.50 A Tragedy of an Arab Islamic Land
Mohamed Ibrahim El Fayomi, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
13.50-14.10 Jerusalem: Colonisation or Reunification?
Pandeli M Glavanis, Northumbria University, UK
14.10-14.30 Jerusalem in the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BC
J. H. Hassan, Islamic College for Advanced Studies, UK
14.30- 14.50 Christian Zionism and the Destruction of Haram Al-Sharif
Stephen R. Sizer, Religious Researcher, UK
14.50-15.10 The Importance of Al-Quds from Islamic point of view
Nassif Al-Jibouri, France
15.10-15.40 Panel Discussion
15.40-16.00 Break
Panel 3: (16.00-18.30)
International Perceptions of Jerusalem/Al -Quds
Chair: Saeed Bahmanpour
16.00-16.20 The Legal Case against Ariel Sharon
Sultana Tafadar, Islamic Human Rights Commission, UK
16.20-16.40 Crimes Committed in the Holy Quds
Nouri Jafar, University College Kensington London, UK
16.40-17.00 The International Legal Position of Jerusalem
Abdallah Al Ashaal, NYU Law School, USA
17.00-17.20 The Unfeasibility of Oslo Treaty
S. A. Al-Hakim, Institute of Islamic Studies, UK
17.20-17.40 Jerusalem in the International Law
Saleh B. Al-Tayar, France
17.40-18.00 Palestine Human Rights and Justice
Masoud Shajareh, Islamic Human Rights Commission, UK
18.00-18.30 Panel Discussion
Day Two: Sunday 2nd March 2003
Panel 1: (10.00-12.30)
Civilisation and Culture of Harmony and Tolerance in Jerusalem/Al-Quds
Chair: Pandeli M Glavanis
10.00-10.20 The Preservation of the Cultural Heritage in the Old City of
Jerusalem
Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO: World Heritage Centre, France
10.20-10.40 Quds from the View Point of the Three Monotheistic Faiths
Zahra Mostafavi, Society for the Defence of Palestinian Nation (S.D.P.N.), Iran
10.40-11.00 Saeed Bahmanpour, Islamic College for Advanced Studies, UK
11.00-11.20 Aesthetics of Architecture in Al-Quds City
Raouf M. A. Al-Ansari, KCRS, UK
11.20-11.40 Palestine as a Millennium Dome
Saied Reza Ameli, University of Tehran, Iran
11.40-12.20 Panel Discussion
12.20-14.00 Lunch and Prayer Break
Panel 2: (14.00-15.40)
The Future for Jerusalem/Al -Quds
Chair: Ahmad Cassiem
14.00-14.20 United States Policy in the Middle East: Palestinian Issues
Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham, UK
14.20-14.40 Repatriation of the Palestinian Refugees The Untried Key to Middle East Peace
Majed Al-Zaeer, Palestinian Return Centre, UK
14.40-15.00 The Future of Quds
Seyed G. Safavi, SOAS, University of London, UK
15.00-15.20 An Analysis of Different Solutions for the Future of Quds
S. A. Mohtashami-Pour, Member of Parliament, Iran
15.20-15.40 Panel Discussion
15.40-16.00 Break
Panel 3: (16.00-17.30)
Al-Quds and Intifadha (Uprising)
Chair: Majed Al-Zeer
16.00-16.20 What the Western Press Calls \”Suicide Bombings\”
Mohammad Asi, Washington, D.C. Islamic Centre, USA
16.20-16.40 Palestinian Resistance for Al-Aqsa Mosque
Ismail Patel, Friends of Al-Aqsa, UK
16.40-17.00 Justice before Peace
Ahmad Cassiem, Unity Convention, South Africa
17.00-17.30 Panel Discussion
17.30-17.45 Closing RemarksInstitute of Islamic Studies – London
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3. UK IHRC Event: ‘Islamic Perspectives on Engaging as a Minority in Western Politics’, Monday 3rd March, London
03 March 2003
IHRC presents a round table discussion between Imam Mohammad Al-Asi, Imam Achmad Cassiem and Dr. Muhammad Al-Massari. The panel will be open to question by the audience for a full and frank discussion of views.
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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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UK Event: ‘Islamic Perspectives on Engaging as a Minority in Western Politics’, Monday 3rd March, London
Date: 3rd March 2003
Time: 6 p.m. (for 6.30 p.m.)
Venue: Islamic Centre of England, 140 Maida Vale, London, W9.
IHRC presents a round table discussion between Imam Mohammad Al-Asi, Imam Achmad Cassiem and Dr. Muhammad Al-Massari. The panel will be open to question by the audience for a full and frank discussion of views.
Current events have seen Muslims in minority situations apparently confronted by the twin dilemmas of either staying silent in the face of oppression or participating in mainstream political activity. Our three panel members will address Islamic issues dealing with Muslim minority political activity.
Imam Mohammad Al-Asi is the elected Imam of the Islamic Centre in Washington DC, a senior member of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, and advisor to the Islamic Human Rights Commission, and regularly writes for Crescent Newspaper.
Imam Achmad Cassiem is the National Chairperson of the Islamic Unity Convention (South Africa). At aged 15 he joined the armed struggle against the oppressive apartheid regime in South Africa and at the age of 17 he was one of the youngest people to be imprisoned on Robben Island. Imam Achmad Cassiem is also an advisor to the Islamic Human Rights Commission.
Dr. Muhammad Al-Massari is a well-known scholar and Saudi dissident. Now based in the UK, he runs the CDLR and is an advisor to the Islamic Human Rights Commission.
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