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Thread #54826   Message #850568
Posted By: GUEST
19-Dec-02 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: The great Muslim round up
Subject: RE: The great Muslim round up
katlaughing's suggestion about the ACLU is good, but I think now, more than ever, the Muslim and Arab American community needs us to declare our solidarity with them, but attending demonstrations and rallies in support of their agenda. Not a terrorist agenda, but a social justice agenda that focuses on the need for us to confront anti-Muslim and anti-Arab racism and bigotry, and to put ourselves in line to fight against these sorts of sweeps being used to jail immigrants in our own communities. Many of us live in cities where this is happening, and can make a big difference as the "ordinary Americans" coming to the defense of those under attack by our government, within our own borders.