LONDON RALLY CHEERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND AGAINST RADICAL ISLAM

A rally was held in Central London on Saturday 21 November to show
support for the people living under radical Islam in Iran, and to warn
people in Britain of the dangers of Sharia law.

The rally, which lasted for three hours! heard from many British
speakers, including human rights activists and campaigners;
representatives from different faiths; representatives from humanist
and secular societies; philosophers, writers, poets and singers; and
politicians.

FOUR speakers in particular were very inspiring :

MARYAM NAMAZIE, who organised the day's event and is spokesperson for
One Law For All. She said :

"Sharia law is becoming a key battleground, particularly because it is
an extension and representation of the rising threat of Islamism.
Sharia matters to people everywhere because it adversely affects the
rights, lives and freedoms of countless human beings across the world.
Opposing Sharia law is a crucial step in defending universal and equal
rights and secularism and showing real solidarity with people living
under and resisting it everywhere."
http://www.onelawforall.org.uk
onelawforall@gmail.com

MURIEL SELTMAN an Activist, who said radicalism (in ANY FAITH!!) was
very dangerous.

PETER TATCHELL, Human Rights Campaigner, who is the only man in the UK
every to be prosecuted in recent memory under an ancient law, and yet
one that still to this day remains on Britain's statute book!! He and
others had interrupted the Archbishop of Canterbury during a sermon to
protest at the Church of England's policy of homosexual relationships.
Peter was the only person prosecuted, probably because he was the only
one with a high profile! This man works tirelessly for the human
rights of everyone, and can often be found outside the Iranian Embassy
in London, protesting against the inhumanity of the I.R.I.
http://www.petertatchell.net/

Liberal Democrat British Member of Parliament EVAN HARRIS, said that
freedom of expression does NOT give anyone the freedom to incite
hatred against anyone else or to ABUSE peoples human rights. He was
not against Islam or any religion, but he did not think Sharia law
should be allowed to be used to abuse women and he would shout this
from the rooftops! What he was against was RADICAL Islam, jut as he
was against RADICAL Christianity and RADICAL forms of any other
religion, both in the UK and around the World.
www.evanharris.org.uk

Full list of speakers :

AC Grayling Philosopher
AK47 Poet
Asad Abbas Council of ex-Muslims of Britain
David Fisher Singer/songwriter
David Pollock European Humanist Federation
Evan Harris Member of UK Parliament
Fari B Musician
Fariborz Poolya Iranian Secular Society
Houzaan Mahmoud Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq
Ismail Einashe Secularist
Issam Shukri Org for the Defence of Secularism and Civil Rights in Iraq
Keith Porteous Wood National Secular Society
Lilith Poet
Maryam Namazie Campaigner
Muriel Seltman Activist
Naomi Phillips European Humanist Association
Peter Tatchell Human Rights Campaigner
Rahila Gupta Southall Black Sisters
Rony Miah Lawyer
Roy Brown Ethical Union
Selina aka Jus1Jam Poet
Sohaila Equal Rights Now
Taslima Nasrin Writer
Terry Sanderson National Secular Society

Other links :

http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/universal-childrens-day-and-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women/

http://atheistnews.blogs.fi/2009/11/21/why-are-we-against-sharia-law-7428326/

www.iransolidarity.org.uk

iransolidarity.blogspot.com