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Israeli killings ‘state terrorism,’ Brown told by advisory group
The Young Muslim Advisory Group (YMAG) has raised concerns in a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the failure by the Government to condemn Israel’s killing of more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza as an ‘act of state terrorism.’
“By not doing so, we are in grave danger of sending a message to the youth today that the mass murder of civilians can be justified if the right grievances are cited,” said the group in a copy of the letter obtained by The Muslim News.
“In the current political climate there is a real danger that young people who witness the impotence of institutions that are supposed to be protecting innocent life, will turn to other organisations in an effort to make their voices heard and the violence stop,” Brown was also warned.
The YMAG was launched in October last year by the Government and consists of a selected group of 22 young Muslim leaders from different parts of the country. It is aimed to voice the views and opinions of young Muslims in four key areas identified by the Government – on discrimination, increasing employment levels, Preventing Violent Extremism and boosting civic participation.
“As a group, we have defined 'violent extremism' as being the indiscriminate killing of innocent people, wherever and by whoever this is perpetrated,” the group said in their letter.
“With over 450 innocent Palestinians killed in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Government, the British Government must see this as an act of 'state terrorism' and as a form 'violent extremism', it must be clearly condemned,” the Prime Minister was told.
“Our failure to take clear action also jeopardises our efforts to achieve the objectives of the PREVENT agenda, as we will be seen to be inconsistent and hypocritical in our approach,” he was warned. YMAG said it looked forward to working with the Government in the future, to help prevent all acts of violent extremism and to create a cohesive and harmonious society both in Britain and across the wider world. It expressed hope that Brown would “take decisive action to assist us in achieving this goal.”
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Advisory Group Terms Israeli Killings State Terrorism
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Young Muslim Advisory Group (YMAG), set up by the British government last year, has raised concerns to Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the failure to condemn Israel's killing of more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza as an "act of state terrorism".
"By not doing so, we are in grave danger of sending a message to the youth today that the mass murder of civilians can be justified if the right grievances are cited," the group said in a letter to Brown, Muslim News reported. "In the current political climate there is a real danger that young people who witness the impotence of institutions that are supposed to be protecting innocent life, will turn to other organizations in an effort to make their voices heard and the violence stop," the letter further warned. T
he YMAG was launched in October 2008 to voice the views and opinions of young Muslims in four key areas identified by the government - on discrimination, increasing employment levels, Preventing Violent Extremism and boosting civic participation.
"As a group, we have defined 'violent extremism' as being the indiscriminate killing of innocent people, wherever and by whoever this is perpetrated," said the group, composed of 22 young Muslim leaders from different parts of the country.
"With over 450 innocent Palestinians killed in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Government, the British Government must see this as an act of 'state terrorism' and as a form 'violent extremism', it must be clearly condemned," the letter told the prime minister.
"Our failure to take clear action also jeopardizes our efforts to achieve the objectives of the PREVENT agenda, as we will be seen to be inconsistent and hypocritical in our approach," it warned. YMAG said it looked forward to working with the government to help prevent all acts of violent extremism and create a cohesive and harmonious society both in Britain and across the wider world. It expressed hope that the British prime minister would "take decisive action to assist us in achieving this goal."
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Government's failure to condemn Israeli state terrorism undermines PREVENT agenda, says YMAG
The Young Muslim Advisory Group (YMAG) has raised concerns in a letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the failure by the Government to condemn Israel's killing of more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza as an "act of state terrorism". "By not doing so, we are in grave danger of sending a message to the youth today that the mass murder of civilians can be justified if the right grievances are cited," said the group in a copy of the letter obtained by The Muslim News.
"In the current political climate there is a real danger that young people who witness the impotence of institutions that are supposed to be protecting innocent life, will turn to other organisations in an effort to make their voices heard and the violence stop," Brown was also warned.
"As a group, we have defined 'violent extremism' as being the indiscriminate killing of innocent people, wherever and by whoever this is perpetrated," the group said in their letter.
"With over 450 innocent Palestinians killed in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Government, the British Government must see this as an act of 'state terrorism' and as a form 'violent extremism', it must be clearly condemned," the Prime Minister was told. "Our failure to take clear action also jeopardises our efforts to achieve the objectives of the PREVENT agenda, as we will be seen to be inconsistent and hypocritical in our approach," he was warned.
Muslim News, 6 January 2009
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Muslim group asks Brown to condemn ’state terror’
by Ala on 6th January, 2009 at 11:14 am
The Young Muslim Advisory Group (YMAG) has warned Gordon Brown that if he doesn’t condemn the killing of civillians in Gaza as an “act of state terrorism”, the government will jeopardise its initiative to prevent violent extremism at home. The YMAG was launched in October last year by the Government to voice the views and opinions of young Muslims in four key areas identified by the Government: discrimination, employment, Preventing Violent Extremism and civic participation.
In its letter to the PM, the group said:
By not doing so [condemning 'state terrorism'], we are in grave danger of sending a message to the youth today that the mass murder of civilians can be justified if the right grievances are cited.
In the current political climate there is a real danger that young people who witness the impotence of institutions that are supposed to be protecting innocent life, will turn to other organisations in an effort to make their voices heard and the violence stop.
As a group, we have defined ‘violent extremism’ as being the indiscriminate killing of innocent people, wherever and by whoever this is perpetrated.
With over 450 innocent Palestinians killed in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Government, the British Government must see this as an act of ’state terrorism’ and as a form ‘violent extremism’, it must be clearly condemned.
Our failure to take clear action also jeopardises our efforts to achieve the objectives of the PREVENT agenda, as we will be seen to be inconsistent and hypocritical in our approach.
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