Of course, the Koran suggests three alternatives to infidels: convert, submit or die...Muslim students suggest that submission would reduce the threat of terrorism. It would reduce a lot else as well. Bruce
'Muslim Students say wake up Tony Blair!' ............................................................................ ........................................... Press Release - 20.09.2005 Results of the FOSIS Muslim Student Survey have revealed that changing foreign policy would be the most effective way of reducing the threat of terrorism against Britain - almost four times as many as those who suggested tighter national security. A further 62% believe that British Foreign Policy played either a complete or major role in causing the London attacks. The survey of 466 students in higher and further education was conducted by FOSIS to explore the perceptions of Muslim students on life in Britain following the London attacks. Sir Iqbal Sacranie, Secretary General of the MCB, Anas Al-Tikriti, from the Muslim Association of Britain and the Minister for Higher Education, Bill Rammell MP will be attending the press conference at the launch of the findings tomorrow in the House of Commons. Almost a third of Muslim students wanted to see better communication between the Government and the Muslim community to reduce the threat of terrorism, and a further 50% suggested correcting people's understanding of Islam. Recent claims of 'Islamic extremism' being rife on campus have also been refuted by the results, with nothing emerging that suggested campuses required more monitoring. In fact, on suspecting someone is going to carry out a terrorist attack, almost three-quarters (72%) of our respondents said they would immediately go to the police, and of the remainder, 48% said they would do so after trying to first talk the person out of it. Faisal Hanjra, Head of FOSIS Student Affairs said, "The recent media hype about extremism on campus has already done its damage, thanks to unfounded allegations linking 'Islamism' with individual universities. We are urging the Government and university authorities to tackle this issue more sensitively. Muslim students in fact play a positive and active contribution towards British society with 1 in 2 Muslim students actively involved in voluntary work". Wakkas Khan, President of FOSIS commented, "These findings clearly show how important it is for all elements of society to take collective responsibility for their actions: the Government, the Muslim community, the media and society at large. The attacks on the 7th of July were an attack against all of British society and it is only through coming together that we can avoid such events taking place again." The full findings of the report will be made publicly available from 9.30am on Wednesday 21st September. [ENDS] Notes: . FOSIS (est. 1962) is the umbrella organisation of student groups in colleges and universities throughout the UK and Ireland, representing over 90,000 Muslim students. . A press conference will be held in the Jubilee Room, located in the House of Commons at 9:30am on Wednesday 21 st September 2005 For more information please contact FOSIS Media on: 07747 470 813 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
