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Al-AMANA ACTION ALERT!!! - Muslimah - 07-23-2003
Bismillahi-r-Rahmani-r-Raheem
SAY NO TO ISLAMOPHOBIA! Al-AMANA Voice
(AL-AMANA Message / What is going on around the American Muslims)
Week No. 135, Month No. 33 (Al-AMANA Message # 191) July 20, 2003
Al-AMANA ACTION ALERT!!!
THIS MONDAY, JULY 21st!!!
National Call-In Day to Oppose Nomination of Daniel Pipes to Board of US Institute for Peace
Tell Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee to VOTE NO on July 23rd
WHY SHOULD ALL PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE OPPOSE DANIEL PIPES' NOMINATION?
* Supports the unrestricted profiling of Muslims and Arabs.
* Refuses to condemn the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
* Suggested that Israel "raze" Palestinian villages.
* Claims 10 to 15 percent of all Muslims are "potential killers."
* Opposes President Bush's repeated statements that Islam is a religion of peace.
* Opposes the president's "road map" to peace in the Middle East.
* Espouses a theory of conflict resolution that rests on the assumption that peace is achieved only by one side defeating the other with military force, and only rarely through reconciliation or negotiation.
* Fails to meet the USIP requirement that board members "have appropriate practical or academic experience in peace and conflict resolution."
* Decries any positive portrayal of Islamic history and beliefs in public schools.
* Termed the PBS documentary "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" an "outrage."
More but not last:
Corinne Whitlatch, President of Churches for Middle East Peace stated, "Pipes essentially rejects the application of negations between Israel and the Palestinians. He believes that before negotiations can begin, the Palestinians must be convinced that 'they have lost.' In an interview with the Forward, of April 11, Pipes said that peace is possible when one side gives up its goals. And that almost always comes as a result of utter defeat."
Rabbi Doublas E. Krantz of Congregation B?nai Yisrael in Armonk, New York added, "After the heinous travesty of
September 11th, when many of us were striving to educate the public on the non-violent nature of Islam, Dr. Pipes
was in the midst of a campaign to capitalize on the public's fears and general lack of understanding of Islam."
Please visit these sites for more information:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/200.../we_420_01.html
http://www.cair-net.org/misc/people/daniel_pipes.html
Daniel Pipes website:
http://www.danielpipes.org
TAKE ACTION!
Express your strong opposition to the nomination of Daniel Pipes to the United States Institute for Peace. Pipes will not contribute to the mission of the Institute. His approval will only serve to further divide people and nations rather than to bring them together to foster peaceful resolutions of conflicts.
It is ESSENTIAL that you take a few minutes and call the members of the Health, Education , Labor and Pensions committee and urge them NOT to vote to confirm Daniel Pipes to the USIP.
To email members of the committee go to:
http://capwiz.com/arab/issues/alert/?alert...6&type=CUselect
Then follow the instructions on the bottom of the page.
To call or fax members of the committee use the numbers below:
Democrats:
Kennedy (MA) - Phone: (202) 224-4543, Fax: (202) 224-2417, E-mail:
Dodd (CT) - Phone: (202) 224-2823, Fax: (202) 224-1083
Harkin (IA) - Phone: (202) 224-3254, Fax: (202) 224-9369
Mikulski (MD) - Phone: (202) 224-4654, Fax: (202) 224-8858
Bingaman (NM) - Phone: (202) 224-5521, Fax: (202) 224-2852, E-mail: senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Murray (WA) - Phone: (202) 224-2621, Fax: (202) 224-0238
Reed (RI) - Phone: (202) 224-4642, Fax: (202) 224-4680
Edwards (NC) - Phone: (202) 224-3154, Fax: (202) 228-1374
Clinton (NY) - Phone: (202) 224-4451, Fax: (202) 228-0282
Republicans:
Gregg (NH) - Phone: (202) 224-3324, Fax: (202) 224-4952, E-mail: mailbox@gregg.senate.gov
Frist (TN) - Phone: (202) 224-3344, Fax: (202) 228-1264
Enzi (WY) - Phone: (202) 224-3424, Fax: (202) 228-0359, E-mail: Senator@enzi.senate.gov
Alexander (TN) - Phone: (202) 224-5721, Fax: (202) 224-8149
Bond (MO) - Phone: (202) 224-2315, Fax: (202) 224-6519
DeWine (OH) - Phone: (202) 224-2315, Fax: (202) 224-6519, E-mail: caseworker_dewine@dewine.senate.gov
Roberts (KS) - Phone: (202) 224-4774, Fax: (202) 224-3514
Sessions (AL) - Phone: (202) 224-4124, Fax: (202) 224-3149, E-mail: senator@sessions.senate.gov
Ensign (NV) - Phone: (202) 224-6244, Fax: (202) 228-2193
Graham (SC) - Phone: (202) 224-5972, Fax: (202) 224-3808
Warner (VA) - Phone: (202) 224-2023, Fax: (202) 224-6295
Independents:
Jeffords (VT) - Phone: (202) 224-5141, Fax: (202) 228-0776
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