> This is not a joke but for all you who care and feel useless like
> me...........................
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Friends,
> On May 23rd 2001 the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan
confirmed
> that all Hindus will be required to wear a strip of yellow
cloth
> sewn onto a shirt pocket in order to identify themselves. They
> claim that the measure is for their "protection". The world
has
> faced this before. In 1939 the world was required, at great
> cost,
> to rid itself of Hitler's tyranny, and it is not hard to spot
> his
> child. Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to
> relive
> it. The Taliban's record on respecting other religions gives
> great
> cause for concern that their ultimate aim, upon which they are
> intent, is "religious cleansing". They have already
demonstrated
> their disdain and intolerance for other religions and
traditions
> by
> the desecration and destruction of the ancient Buddhist
statues,
> our collective heritage,
> within the Afghanistan. Whatever your religion, or even if you
> have
> none, we hope that you will agree that this fundamentally
wrong.
> Remember, "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to
> do
> nothing". Please do not do nothing, add your voice.
> DIRECTIONS: PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message, add
your
> name and those of your household who wish to participate to
the
> bottom and forward it to everyone on your distribution list.
If
> you receive this petition and you find that you will be the
> 251st
> name on it, please e-mail a copy of it to:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will then be forwarded to the UN.
> Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do
not
> kill the petition as you will be denying your friends, and
> theirs,
> their legitimate voice. Instead return it to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To The Secretary General, Security Council and General Assembly
> of
> the United Nations. We the undersigned are appalled by the
> decision
> of the Taleban government of Afghanistan to require all Hindus
> to
> wear a piece of yellow cloth sewn onto a shirt pocket in order
> to
> identify themselves. An individual's communion with God,
however
> they find him, is a matter of personal conscience and must not
> be
> the subject of intimidation or persecution. The right of
> everyone
> to worship as they wish is fundamental and inalienable. The
> United
> Nations was founded in order to defeat Hitler and his henchmen
> who
> required the same from another religion with all its horrific
> consequences. It is completely unacceptable that nearly 60
years
> later history is repeating itself.
> We ask the following:
> 1. That the Taliban government is made aware in the strongest
> possible terms that the world will not countenance this
> perversion
> of human rights.
> 2. That prior to the United Nations and/or its constituent
> members
> granting recognition of the Taliban government this obscene
> policy
> is reversed.
> 3. That the United Nations widen the terms of the trade
sanctions
> currently in force.
> 1. Alastair Mitton - London UK
> 2. Robert Mitton - London UK
> 3. Paulette Budd - London UK
> 4. Andrew Peake - London UK
> 5. Pippa Howell - London UK
> 6. Cecile Kusters - Arnhem, the Netherlands
> 7. Sarah Malpas - London UK
> 8. Susan Donnelly - Newcastle UK
> 9. Paul Donnelly - London UK
> 10. Pauline Bartholomew - London UK
> 11. Is0bel McMillan London UK
> 12. Fiona Adamson
> 13. Minka Emina Kulenovic La Jolla, US
> 14. Cath Dolan, London, England
> 15. Liz Murphy, Murcia, Spain
> 16. William M. Rueter, Wisconsin, US
> 17. Jaclyn A. Knapper, Tennessee, US
> 18. Louise Morris, Tennessee, US
> 19. Joe Stoud, Matsuyama, Japan
> 20. Keiko Stroud, Matsuyama, Japan
> 21. Larry Asher, Nepal
> 22. Phyl Asher, Nepal
> 23. Reiny de Wit, Nepal
> 24. Helen Johnston, Nepal
> 25. Isaac Thompson, Northern Ireland
> 26. Anne Thompson, Northern Ireland
> 27. Paul Carter, Vancouver, Canada
> 28. Lois Carter, Vancouver, Canada
> 29. Bronwyn Short, Vancouver, Canada
> 30. David Short, Vancouver, Canada
> 31. Mark Calder, Sydney, Australia
> 32. Graham Wintle, Surbiton, UK
> 33. Geoff Chivers, Surbiton, UK
> 34. Derek Nathan New Malden UK
> 35. Mary Nathan New Malden UK
> 36 Rosalind Preston, London UK
> 37 Marlena Schmool, UK
> 38 Ephraim Borowski, Glasgow, UK
> 39. Ruth Warrens, London, UK
> 40. Anthony Warrens, London, UK
> 41. Kim Donohue, Sydney, Australia
> 42. Darrell Hilton, Sydney, Australia
> 43. Mayu Kanamori, Sydney, Australia
> 44. Kris Ralph, Sydney, Australia
> 45. Tony King, Sydney, Australia
> 46. Ken Bone. Sydney Australia
47. Denise Hynd, Perth Western Australia
>
>
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