JOIN A NOBLE CAUSE: 'US MUST PUNISH QUR'AN BURNERS'

Dear All, As-Salaam Alaykum   I am appealing to all lovers of peace, justice and fairness to join me in condeming the type of explosive extremism displayed by the two US pastors who burned the Qur'an recently. This appeal is to all men and women of conscience. We are calling on the United States to punish these two fanatical pastors who have publicly demonstrated their lack of tolerance for another faith. The US would have lost every moral right to wage war on terrorism or extremism outside its own shores if it could not do same within.   You can join me in doing this by visiting Facebook's 'causes'  at 'www.causes.com'.   Click on 'Find a Cause' when the site opens. Type the words 'US Must Punish Qur'an Burners' in the space marked 'Search Causes'. This should open the 'cause'.   Click on the word 'Join' at the extreme right of the page. But dont stop there. Invite others in your address book as well.   Allah bless you for supporting a noble cause.   Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

QUR'AN BURNING: WE REJECT OBAMA'S KID-GLOVE STANCE

QUR'AN BURNING: WE REJECT OBAMA'S KID-GLOVE STANCE   We of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) reject American President Barrack Obama's soft handling of the burning of the Qur'an. He merely condemned the incident. This is not enough. Muslims want those two American fanatics brought to book. Does American law stomach incitement? Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp must be stopped by their own government. No responsible government anywhere in the world will allow its citizens to take actions capable of disturbing world peace. Crisis management requires an iron will. Obama must act now or be held responsible for the reactions of the Muslim world.   Defacing a holy book is an act of aggression against the Creator. Aggression against the Creator is an violent affront against humanity. MURIC has said it before: terrorism is mere smoke; provocation is the fire and cause of the smoke. Any good fire-fighter will direct the hose not at the smoke but at the fire. If you extinguish the fire, the smoke vanishes without lifting a finger at it. But if, in your own wisdom, you choose to fight the smoke, then you may have to keep fighting at very huge cost till Kingdom comes. Justice is the soul of peace.   Both Wayne Sapp and Terry Jones who were responsible for the burning of the Qur'an are planning a protest against the Qur'an for April 22, 2011. The proposed venue is the largest central mosque in America. Only Allah knows what they will do next. We believe that these two American terrorists have been emboldened by the tacit approval so far received for their criminal acts against humanity. As part of the moderate elements in the Muslim world, we are being embarrassed by acts of injustice coming from the United States, the West in general and the United Nations. It is not helping the cause of dialogue, rather it is being used by extremists to justify their acts of terror and to recruit more sympathisers.   We repeat again: JUSTICE is the SOUL of PEACE   Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

POSTPONEMENT OF NIGERIA'S ELECTION

2nd April, 2011 PRESS RELEASE: CANCELLATION OF TODAY'S ELECTION: JEGA NOT TO BLAME     The hopes of Nigerians were dashed today Saturday 2nd April, 2011 when the parliamentary elections were suddenly postponed hours after the exercise began. The postponement was attributed to the non-delivery of vital electoral materials as at this morning.      We are not surprised by this development because the few reports reaching the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) from our monitoring team have not been encouraging. In Eti-Osa, Surulere and Ojo Local Governments of Lagos State, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were yet to arrive as the polling stations as at 12 noon. The story is the same at Gatakonwa area, Oja Oba Bus Stop, Abule Egba.   MURIC laments over this national tragedy but we salute the courage of INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, for having the courage to face the truth early in the exercise. The non-arrival of materials can hardly be blamed on him personally. We appeal to Nigerians to exercise patience at this critical moment in the history of our nationhood.   Apart from logistic issues, the printing and delivery of electoral materials are very sensitive matters which involve security and the state of our infrastructure. The fact that many of INEC's materials had to be produced outside the country is pregnant with meanings. The level of corruption and the reputation of our politicians for rigging had kept INEC on the tip-toes of alertness and anxiety. These and other factors must be held responsible for what happened today.   We have seen that so far so good, INEC chairman has maintained his independent status. Unlike his predecessors, he has refused to dance to the gallery. Neither has he dined and wined with the high and mighty. MURIC calls on Nigerians not to slay the goose that lays the golden eggs.   The Federal Government must also leave Jega alone. President Jonathan in particular must avoid the temptation to seize the opportunity of today's postponement and the national embarrassment to get rid of a 'non-compliant' Jega and to replace him with a stooge. That will be an unmitigated disaster. Jega must be given the chance to prove his worth.       Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace

QUR'AN BURNING:WESTERN FANATICS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD TENSION

QUR'AN BURNING:WESTERN FANATICS RESPONSIBLE FOR WORLD TENSION   The world remains under great tension and serious threat today in spite of talks about religious tolerance, lessons on peaceful coexistence and trainings in conflict resolution. The crux of all these is the determination of certain elements to compel the Muslims to do their own bidding. It is the belief of this group to ensure that Muslims around the globe are robbed of their identity, their culture and their religious freedom.   This manifests in widespread Islamophobia: the hatred for Shari'ah, the ban placed on hijab and the minaret in Western countries, disallowing Muslim children from having access to Islamic education, turning traditional Muslim countries into satellites of the West and their rulers into mere cronies of Western leaders.   The latest onslaught is the campaign for the burning of the Qur'an which, though dissuaded in the United States in 2010, materialised in the same US in 2011 when evangelical preacher Wayne Sapp burned the Qur'an in a renegade Florida church.   The question is: what is the West doing about the extremists among them when the Muslims have excommunicated fanatical elements and have even gone to the extent of fighting them? Why is the West treating Israel with kid gloves when Muslim countries have joined forces to attack Iraq and Libya?   Why does the West hurriedly impose and apply sanctions on Muslim countries while failing to impose a single sanction on Israel in spite of hundreds of United Nations (UN) resolutions ignored by Israel? Why is the US always more than willing to veto UN resolutions on Israel? What is wrong if Iran possesses nuclear power when nobody has ever querried Israel for its nuclear arsenal?   Western wrongs against Muslims and their nations flow from Western fanaticism. The earlier the White House discusses this with No.10 Downing Street the better for the conscience of the West. Is-haq Akintola (Ph.D), Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), 234-818-211-9714 E-mail: muslimrightsconcern@yahoo.co.uk              muslimrights@gmail.com Website: www.muric.net Yahoo Group: groups.yahoo.com/group/muslimrights Blog:       muslimrightsmuric.blogspot.com Twitter:   twitter.com/muslimconcern           Be just Justice is the soul of peace No one can deny one and have the other Neither can violence or naked force bring lasting peace