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MAYOR (of London) LAUNCHES ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK
pw ^ | RELIGION Islam London, Yesterday, 3:58pm | Rosamond Hutt

Posted on 11/21/2005 4:39:48 PM PST by dennisw

A leading Islamic organisation was today kicking off its nationwide awareness week in the capital in an effort to promote better understanding of the religion and its historical links with Britain.

Mayor Ken Livingstone was launching Islam Awareness Week at a ceremony at City Hall with the message "One London".

Guest speakers at the ceremony include author and leading historian Professor Nabil Matar and secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain Sir Iqbal Sacranie.

Shafeeq Sadiq, national co-ordinator of Islam Awareness Week, said: "We need to remember the positive spirit that embraced the nation, and especially the capital, after London won the Olympic bid.

"It is with such optimism and hope that we will defeat terrorism."

Now in its 12th year, the Islamic Society of Britain's initiative aims to bring Muslims and non-Muslims together through a host of events and activities being held in towns and cities across the country.

During the week, the capital will see an east London mosque throw open its doors to the public, the staging of Islam-themed exhibitions and lectures and the screening of a film exploring the life of a great Muslim philosopher.

This year's theme is "Past and Present: 1,000 years of Islam and Britain" and will highlight the relationship between Islam and Britain which stretches back more than a millennium to the eighth century CE when Muslim explorers and traders began to visit British shores and Anglo-Saxon sailors ventured to North Africa.

Mr Sadiq said: "For over a thousand years of Islam and Britain, one has given shape to the other, whether we call this the Islamic legacy of Britain or the British heritage of Islam.

"Amid all the negativity, our past actually shows a rich history of co-existence between Islam and the British Isles.

"We can choose to make the future. Let's learn from the past and make it bright."

The Islamic Society of Britain is an affiliate of the Muslim Council of Britain.

For more details about Islamic Awareness Week, log on to www.iaw.org.uk


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: dhimmitude; eurabia; islam; kenlivingstone; livingstone; london; londonattacked; redken; rop; trop; uk; ukmuslims
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1 posted on 11/21/2005 4:39:48 PM PST by dennisw
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To: dennisw

Sorry I forget the barf alert


2 posted on 11/21/2005 4:40:08 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: dennisw

As the West continues to kill itself.


3 posted on 11/21/2005 4:40:37 PM PST by Rosemont
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To: dennisw

i am pretty sure the subway riders are aware of it


4 posted on 11/21/2005 4:42:01 PM PST by Flavius (Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum")
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To: dennisw

Was there a metal detector at the announcement? Was there one before the London bombings? Seems to me that everyone's more aware these days.


5 posted on 11/21/2005 4:42:27 PM PST by kingu (Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
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To: dennisw
the Islamic Society of Britain's initiative aims to bring Muslims and non-Muslims together through a host of events and activities being held in towns and cities across the country.

Activities such as train bombings, perhaps. Muslims throw and non-Muslims receive. Sounds like fun.

6 posted on 11/21/2005 4:43:06 PM PST by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: dennisw
"Mayor Ken Livingstone was launching Islam Awareness Week"

Maybe we FReepers should do the same.

7 posted on 11/21/2005 4:43:29 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: dennisw
the eighth century CE when Muslim explorers and traders began to visit British shores to loot, rape and enslave the local population.
8 posted on 11/21/2005 4:44:21 PM PST by Argus
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Islam awareness week!...for their sake I hope it's not like the one France just had.


9 posted on 11/21/2005 4:44:40 PM PST by SouthernFreebird
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To: dennisw
During the week, the capital will see an east London mosque throw open its doors to the public, the staging of Islam-themed exhibitions and lectures and the screening of a film exploring the life of a great Muslim philosopher.

Great Muslim Philospher? Isnt that oxymoronic?

10 posted on 11/21/2005 4:45:08 PM PST by cardinal4 ("One man gone and another to go....")
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To: dennisw

They forgot the positive effects of the
barbary seamen giving islamic instruction to british sailors for several hundred years.


11 posted on 11/21/2005 4:45:21 PM PST by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: dennisw
"Ken Livingston: "Let's learn from the past"

Like consigning communism to the ash heap of history?

12 posted on 11/21/2005 4:46:51 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: dennisw

Ken Livingstone is a POS. A natural born POS.


13 posted on 11/21/2005 4:46:56 PM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: w1andsodidwe
Activities such as train bombings, perhaps. Muslims throw and non-Muslims receive. Sounds like fun.

An appropriate comment for dusting off this classic:


14 posted on 11/21/2005 4:47:35 PM PST by Dahoser (Time to condense the nonsense: Terry Tate for Congressional Linebacker.)
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To: dennisw

Hmm, wonder how long until the mayor of Riyadh holds "<> Awareness Week?"

<> = Religion of your choice other than Islam


(Yes, that was sarcasm. I already know the answer.)



15 posted on 11/21/2005 4:47:37 PM PST by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: dennisw

It never fails. The moment I feel the slightest bit sentimental about my former life back in London, Red Ken comes up with another piece of socialist idiocy which makes me glad to have left it for the Sussex countryside.

Regards, Ivan


16 posted on 11/21/2005 4:48:07 PM PST by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: dennisw

How about 'Islam Bewareness Week'


17 posted on 11/21/2005 4:52:37 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: dennisw
The Communist mayor of London, is the ultimate example of a dangerous idiot.

I've been VERY aware of the Islamist sonsuvbitches since November, 04,1979.

That's when the original Iranian lunatics attacked our Embassy, took hostages - and PRESIDENT Carter stuck his thumb up his ass and smiled for 444 days - to no avail...

Our hostages were not released until Reagan took office - probably because the Iranians may have feared he would actually do something..

They KNEW the freaking peanut farmer from Georgia was a spineless asshole - without a clue on the role of PRESIDENT of the United States of America...

Then, 9/11 was the prize for allowing another cowardly asshole like Clinton play the role of President for 8 years of being the punching bag for Islamanazis -- kissing Arafat's ass for 8 years and rescuing the Muslims from the Serbs.....

Weakness ALWAYS attracts attack..
The Democrats CONSTANTLY prove the fact...

Semper Fi
18 posted on 11/21/2005 4:54:38 PM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: dennisw
An appropriate time for Islamic Awareness Week. On November 27th, 1095, Pope Urban II started to preach the First Crusade.

In 1189, Richard the Lionhearted showed similar Islamic Awareness. On succeeding to the throne he began preparations for the Third Crusade.

19 posted on 11/21/2005 4:55:38 PM PST by omega4412 (Multiculturalism kills)
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To: dennisw

What? You aren't aware of the ROP yet?


20 posted on 11/21/2005 4:57:34 PM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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