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| Muslim clerics plan protest for Powell, Annan visits to Sudan |
| 2004-06-29 |
| Sudanese Islamic and trade union groups are planning protests Wednesday against visits here by US Secretary of State Colin Powell and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, a state-owned daily reported. Some 500 people are expected to take part in a rally in the capital called by the Sudanese Muslim clerics’ association and trade unionists, before handing in a protest letter to the UN representative, the Al-Anbaa newspaper said. One of the organisers, Fathi Khalil, who heads the lawyers’ association, said the letter would protest "the criminal acts being committed by the United States in Iraq and Palestine, as well as the passive attitude of the international body." Trade union federation chief Ibrahim Ghandour said the demonstrations would protest US and UN "double standards". Unbelievable. Black Muslims take notice, and feel the love. |
| Posted by:TS(vice girl) |
| #3 Vietnamese monks used to torch themselves in protest. Take a hint from history, "clerics". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-29 11:36:21 AM |
| #2 Protesters-oooo, scary. Why don't they make a red carpet for these esteemed protesters? They have the material already-just drain the blood from the corpses in Darfur. After all, blood is the new commodity in Islam-especially Black blood. Hypocrisy and savagery-thy name is Islam. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-29 10:37:36 AM |
| #1 I agree with Ibrahim Ghandour that there is a double-standard with respect to human-rights. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-29 3:34:28 AM |