UNITING AND EDUCATING MUSLIMS AND JEWS

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Upcoming Event Details

Subject:
THE GAZA CRISIS - DISCUSSION & FUNDRAISER
Speaker:
Dr. Richard Stone (Alif Aleph UK), Abu Muntasir (JIMAS), Ziad al-Runi (Islamic Relief)
Venue:
Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, London W1H 4LP (nearest tube: Edgware Rd / Marble Arch)
Date:
6.45-8.45pm, Friday 16th January 2009
PLEASE NOTE - THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BY A WEEK

Richard Stone and Abu Muntasir, Founder-Presidents of Alif Aleph and JIMAS charity organisations respectively, will suggest ways in which British Muslims and British Jews can work together to lobby for a meaningful peace process in the Middle East. Perhaps it is time for British Muslims and Jews to openly condemn the killing of civilians by both Hamas and Israel, and for more balanced voices on both sides to come together and marginalise extreme elements? Join us for a passionate discussion, which will be followed by a fundraiser for Islamic Relief's humanitarian operation in Gaza, to include a live audio link-up with a relief worker on the ground there.

DR. RICHARD STONE was on the panels of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and served as Vice-chair of the Runnymede Trust and spent 6 years on its Islamophobia Commission, from 2000 to 2004 as chair. He is President of the Jewish Council for Racial Equality, and founder and co-chair of Alif-Aleph UK, a group of British Muslims & British Jews.

ABU MUNTASIR worked as a software engineer at BT's Martlesham Laboratories in Suffolk for over 20 years. In 1984 he founded JIMAS, which has become a UK charity dedicated to serving humanity regardless of religion and building local communities on the basis of universal Islamic principles. He is also a trustee of Ipswich Community Radio.

ISLAMIC RELIEF is one of the largest aid agencies working on the ground in Gaza and has begun distributing emergency medical supplies and equipment, as the immediate needs include medical disposables and first aid kits. It is continuing to work in Gaza following the Israeli ground operations, despite the increasingly difficult security situation.

ALL WELCOME - FREE ENTRANCE (no need to register)

For more information, contact Usama on 07980 834340 .