Re: Requesting support for a community-wide open le

salaam, I think the Green Party endorses Palestinian independence and is
anti war. The Quakers do too. My local organization does pretty well with it
inspite of a large Jewish membership and they have lots of forums to discuss
these things. I am not an  organization and so can only say Me too! Eileen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Na'eem Jeenah" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Requesting support for a
community-wide open le


> salaam charmi
>
> > what i read in what br na'eem posted -- and i may have mis-read it
> > because i don't feel all that well and was kind of scanning -- was
> > that there were people who wanted the war on palestine to be removed
> > from anti-war work.  i might have just misunderstood.
>
> You understood correctly.
>
> > but, in terms of why this situation appears to eclipse other
> > situations in the minds of americans:  you always have to keep in mind
> > that one of the reasons why what's happening to palestinians is so
> > terribly intolerable to americans is that WE are the ones warring on
> > them - our money, our weapons, even our citizens in many cases.
>
> and again
>
> Btw, I think one reason why so-called progressive Muslims don't get
> anywhere is because we want to keep debating everything. So now
> here's a call from a section of the anti-war movement in the US to
> include Palestine in its agenda. They want endorsements. I havent
> received a single organisational endorsement from this list (despite
> the fact that many people here are from North America (and anyway,
> they want endorsements from beyond as well)). Instead, it is so much
> much easier to get into a debate about 'Muslim terrorism'. Talking is
> so much nicer than doing anything, ne? (Oh btw, I don't believe that
> talking makes progressive Muslims; talking plus acting, yes.)
>
> na'eem
>
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