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Letter PAMHO:4629869 (137 lines)

Internet: "radharani" <radharani (AT) onetel (DOT) net.uk>

30-Aug-01 22:57 (15:57 -0700)

"Alastair Williams" <alastair (AT) adair (DOT) spacomputers.com>

"Amratlal Devani" <amratlal (AT) btinternet (DOT) com>

"Chandrakant Raniga" <chand.raniga (AT) tdksys (DOT) com>

"Chris Briscoe" <christopher_briscoe (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

"Dhaval Patel" <dhavalpatel_bcs (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

"Ellery Phillips" <Ellery.Phillips (AT) bt (DOT) com>

"Harsha Popat" <harsha.popat (AT) btinternet (DOT) com>

"Laura Cotarelo" <haribol2000 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

"Luke Fowler" <galgeneral (AT) aol (DOT) com>

Madan Mohan (das) BCS (Harrow - UK) [223] (received: 30-Aug-01

15:28)

"Patel Bhavna" <Bhavna.Patel (AT) yjb (DOT) gsi.gov.uk>

Ramananda Raya (das) BCS (Radhadesh - B) [10562]

"Ramanrsimha Dasa" <ramanrsimha (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>

"Vaisnavananda Dasa" <gallery-of-cards (AT) amserve (DOT) net>

Petition

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The A.E Houseman quote is a strongly resonant truth. Remember, "All it

takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing".

'Spike'

 

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 easure

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 fundamentally wrong.

 

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 (AT) om-int (DOT) com . It will then be forwarded to the UN.

Please then delete all the names, add your own as the 1st and pass it on.

 

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 (AT) om-int (DOT) 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 (and the

many others the Taleban government has formed over the past years) 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. Jack Album, Reading UK

39. Louise Creme, Reading, UK

40. Barbara Stern, UK

41 John Stern, UK

42. Suzie Greene Tedesco, USA

43. Isabella Tedesco, USA

44. Alan Cumming, USA

45. Nick Philippou, USA

46. Eddie Roche, USA

47. Stephen Huvane, Los Angeles, USA

48. Craig Young, Los Angeles, USA

49. Kate Shore; London, UK

50. Jennie Long, London, UK

51. Randip Basra, UK

52. Zoltan Abbott, London UK

53. Nicole Aebi, London, UK

54. Emily Mytton, London. UK

55. Harriet Cawley, London, UK

56. Frances Drummond, London, UK

57. Lorna Robertson, London,

58. Vivi Mellegard, London

59. Alicky Lockhart, London

60. Paul Sussman,London

61. Janne Moller, London

62. Mirjam bastian, Copenhagen, DK

63. Hanne Klintoe, London, UK

64. Danielle Creme, London, UK

65. AlexSandra Rehlinger, London, UK

66. Siobhan Riordan, Devon, UK

67. Mandana Hendessi, Oxford, UK

68. Lucy Russell, Oxford, UK

69. Pete Bainbridge, London, UK

70. Sarah Lord, London, UK

71. Emma Dolan, Dublin, Ireland

72. Hana Hall, Brighton, England

73. D.Rickwood, Hove, UK.

74. A. Clarke, Brighton, UK

75. P Ohlenschlager, Amsterdam, Holland

76. P T Vaswani London UK

77. R L Vaswani London UK

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