Refugees, Sharia and Islamophobia: In 2000 the UN June Normal Meeting declared that June twentieth yearly is World Refugee Day on which, because the UNHCR site places it, ‘the world celebrates the energy and braveness of people that have been compelled to flee their residence nation to flee battle or persecution. The 2023 theme of World Refugee Day is “hope away from residence.”’
Again in 2010 it was celebrated with parades together with one in London. Additionally on Sunday twentieth June there was a rally by One Legislation For All calling for an finish to Sharia and different spiritual legal guidelines, opposed by a small group of Islamic extremists, who had been opposed by Islamophobic EDL supporters, in flip opposed by largely Asian East Londoners.
Umbrella Parade for Refugees – Whitehall to Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park.
The London Umbrella Parade for refugees was organised by a partnership of teams together with Amnesty Worldwide, British Purple Cross, Oxfam, Refugee Motion and Pupil Motion for Refugees working with ECRE, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, and the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees.
The umbrella was “an emblem of care and shelter, representing our proud custom of providing security to these in want of worldwide safety,” a convention that was then clearly below risk from the UK Borders Company, with compelled deportation flights wherein refugees are returned to an unsure future in Iraq, with beatings on the flight and on arrival.
Since then we now have seen successive Residence Secretaries racheting up more and more racist anti-refugee insurance policies, now clearly and intentionally flouting worldwide legal guidelines. The UK as soon as had proud custom and well-deserved status for upholding human rights, enjoying a number one function in establishing these human rights legal guidelines it’s now breaking.
IN 2010 I wrote “Competitors between the political events to be even more durable on immigration and appease the right-wing press have severe eroded the possibilities of refugees and asylum seekers receiving humane therapy and correct consideration within the UK.” Issues have travelled a lot additional solely this inhumane path since then.
I walked with the campaigners from the Defence Ministry in Horseguards Avenue down Whitehall, previous the Homes of Parliament and throughout Westminster Bridge. The march ended with a picnic in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park exterior the Imperial Battle Museum. The beginning and ending locations had been chosen appropriately as most refugees and asylum seekers are a results of warfare.
Extra footage at Umbrella Parade for Refugees.
No Sharia – One Legislation For All – Whitehall
One Legislation for All campaigns in opposition to Sharia and spiritual arbitration within the UK, Iran and throughout the globe. They are saying these spiritual legal guidelines are discriminatory in opposition to and promote violence in opposition to girls and don’t have any place within the twenty first century.
They wish to finish “spiritual legal guidelines and theocracy and promote secularism and the separation of faith from the state, schooling, legislation and public coverage at least precondition for the respect of human, girls and LGBT rights.”
They’ve have campaigned for an finish to Islamic regimes in Iran and Afghanistan, and have just lately been concerned within the Girl, Life, Freedom protests in London and elsewhere, selling the Girl, Life, Freedom Constitution.
Their rally reverse Downing St on twentieth June 2010 got here on the anniversary of the the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan in Iran, and after the rally the a number of hundred participating marched to the Iranian Embassy in Kensington.
A brief distance away had been a bunch of primarily younger Muslim males wearing black and holding posters and flags. The known as themselves ‘Muslims In opposition to the Crusades’ or ‘Muslims In opposition to Crusaders’ broadly regarded as a reincarnation of the banned ‘Islam4UK’ (itself a relaunch of the banned Al-Muhajiroun.) One in every of their banners proclaimed ‘Sharia Will Dominate The World’.
In my 2010 account I quote from Maryam Namazie of One Legislation for all, writing on the Iran Solidarity weblog:
“The battle in opposition to Sharia legislation is a battle in opposition to Islamism not Muslims, immigrants and folks dwelling below Sharia legislation right here or elsewhere. So it is vitally apt for the Islamists to carry a counter-demonstration in opposition to our rally. That is the place the true battleground lies. Anybody eager to defend common rights, secularism and a life worthy of the twenty first century should be a part of us now as a way to push again the Islamists in addition to fringe far Proper teams just like the English Defence League and the British Nationwide Social gathering that goals to scapegoat and blame lots of our residents for Islamism.”
In the course of the rally police escorted a small group of EDL supporters alongside Whitehall to reverse the Muslim protesters the place they shouted insults and risk at each them and the photographers who went to take their footage. After a couple of minutes they had been led away to a penned protest space additional south of the One Legislation For All rally.
A second a lot bigger group had been then introduced down Whitehall, rather more fastidiously surrounded by police, making them arduous to {photograph}. Some carried Unite In opposition to Fascism placards and a lot of the a number of hundred had been younger British Asians. Earlier the UAF and United East Finish had marched frpm Stepney Inexperienced to a rally at Whitechapel in opposition to the EDL and this group had marched to confront them in Westminster. However by the point they arrived the One Legislation for All rally had ended and the Muslims In opposition to the Crusades had left.
After some minutes photographing the younger Asians, together with one man being reasonably forcefully arrested, primarily having to work over the heads or between their police escorts, I rushed after the One Legislation For All marchers to take extra footage.
I didn’t make it to the Iranian embassy. By the point the march was passing Victoria Station I made a decision I used to be drained and had taken sufficient footage and obtained on a prepare to start my journey residence.
I wrote about this and posted footage of the One Legislation for All campaigners at No Sharia – One Legislation For All however separated out the images of the opposite protesters into posts at Muslim Crusaders For Sharia, EDL Oppose Muslims In opposition to Crusades amd UAF Arrive to Oppose EDL
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