Subject: FW: Taleban
From: Bookem (bookem@totalise.co.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 14:11:04 MDT
Dear Friends,
Please take a few minutes to read and act on this email.
On May 23rd 2001 the Taleban authorities in Afghanistan
confirmed that all Hindus will be required to wear a strip of yellow
cloth sewn onto a shirt pocket in order to identify themselves.
They claim that the measure is for their "protection". The world
has faced this before, in 1939 the world was required, at great cost,
to rid itself of Hitler's tyranny, it is not hard to spot
his child.
Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to
relive it. The Taleban's record on respecting other religions gives
great cause for concern that their ultimate aim, upon which they
are intent, is "religious cleansing". They have already
demonstrated their distain and intolerance for other
religions and traditions by the desecration and destruction of the
ancient Buddhist statues, our collective heritage, within the
Afghanistan.
Whatever your religion, or even if you have none, we hope
that you will agree that this is fundamentally wrong. Remember,
"All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing". Please do not do nothing, add your voice.
DIRECTIONS:
PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message,
add your name and those of your household who wish to
participate to the bottom and forward it to everyone on
your distribution list. If you receive this petition and you
find that you will be the 251st name on it, please e-mail a copy of it
to: alastair@om-int.com. It will then be forwarded to the UN.
Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and
do not kill the petition as you will be denying your friends, and
theirs, their legitimate voice. Instead return it to
alastair@om-int.com
To The Secretary General, Security
Council and General Assembly of the United Nations.
We the undersigned are appalled by the decision of the
Taleban government of Afghanistan to require all Hindus to wear a
piece of yellow cloth sewn onto a shirt pocket in order to
identify themselves. An individual's communion with God, however
they find him, is a matter of personal conscience and must
not be the subject of intimidation or persecution. The right of
everyone to worship as they wish is fundamental and
inalienable. The United Nations was founded in order to defeat Hitler
and
his henchmen who required the same from another religion with
all it's horrific consequences. It is completely unacceptable
that nearly 60 years later history is repeating itself. We ask
the following:
1. That the Taleban government is made aware in the
strongest possible terms that the world will not countenance this
perversion of human rights.
2. That prior to the United Nations and/or it's constituent
members granting recognition of the Taleban government this
obscene policy is reversed.
3. That the United Nations widen the terms of the trade
sanctions currently in force.
1. Alastair Mitton - London UK
2. Robert Mitton - London UK
3. Paulette Budd - London UK
4. Andrew Peake - London UK
5. Pippa Howell - London UK
6. Cecile Kusters - Arnhem, the Netherlands
7. Sarah Malpas - London UK
8. Susan Donnelly - Newcastle UK
9. Paul Donnelly - London UK
10. Pauline Bartholomew - London UK
11. Is0bel McMillan London UK
12. Fiona Adamson
13. Minka Emina Kulenovic La Jolla, US
14. Cath Dolan, London, England
15. Liz Murphy, Murcia, Spain
16. William M. Rueter, Wisconsin, US
17. Jaclyn A. Knapper, Tennessee, US
18. Louise Morris, Tennessee, US
19. Joe Stoud, Matsuyama, Japan
20. Keiko Stroud, Matsuyama, Japan
21.Larry Asher, Nepal
22. Phyl Asher, Nepal
23. Reiny de Wit, Nepal
24. Helen Johnston, Nepal
25. Isaac Thompson, Northern Ireland
26. Anne Thompson, Northern Ireland
27. Paul Carter, Vancouver, Canada
28. Lois Carter, Vancouver, Canada
29. Bronwyn Short, Vancouver, Canada
30. David Short, Vancouver, Canada
31. Mark Calder, Sydney, Australia
32. Graham Wintle, Surbiton, UK
33. Geoff Chivers, Surbiton, UK
34. Derek Nathan New Malden UK
35. Mary Nathan New Malden UK
36 Rosalind Preston, London UK
37 Marlena Schmool, UK
38 Ephraim Borowski, Glasgow, UK
39. Ruth Warrens, London, UK
40. Anthony Warrens, London, UK
41. Ian Goodman, London, UK
42. Liz Lightstone, London, UK
43 Elizabeth Simpson, London UK
44. Dimitris Kioussis
45. John_Griffin
46. Hermann Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany
47. Regine Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany
48. Konrad Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany
49. Ursula Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany
50. Horst Simon, Heidelberg, Germany
51. Michael Brand, Dresden
52. Dorothea Brand, Dresden
53. Christoph Lorra, Dresden
54. Martin Stocker, London, UK
55. Walter St=FChmer, G=F6ttingen, Germany
56. Michael Hans, Bonn, Germany
57. Wolfgang Mueller, Berlin, Germany
58. Claude Wasterlain, Los Angeles, USA
59. Jerome Engel, Jr., Los Angeles, USA
60. Gyorgy Buzsaki, Millburn, NJ, USA
61. James M. Tepper, Boonton NJ USA
62. Harvey H. Feder, New York, NY USA
63. Steven J. Diner, New York, NY, USA
64. Michael Goodich, Haifa, IS
65. Frederic Goodich, Los Angles, CA
66. Richard Milton, Pacific Palisades, CA
67. Carol Milton, Pacific Palisades, CA
68. Bob Baxter, Pasadena, CA
69. Vince Hemingson, Vancouver, Canada
70. Nicholas Racz, Vancouver, Canada
71. Michele Matthews, Vancouver, Canada
72. Marshall Marinker, London, UK
73. John Gilbert, London, UK
74. Renata Langford, London, UK
75. Antonia Owen, London, UK
76. Julia Bell, London, UK
77. Nick Mickshik, London, UK
78. Julian Sims, London UK
79. Alvaro Homar, London UK
80. Jane Lamacraft, London UK
81. Katya Brightwell, London UK
82. Lee Freeman, London UK
83. Charlotte Chahrvin, London UK
84. Catherine Mackenzie, London UK
85. Markus Nisch, Berlin, Germany
86. Paul van Dyk, Berlin, Germany
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