YCLSA.png YCLSA Press Statement, 17 July 2015 "Eid Mubarak" to all Muslims from the Young Communist League of SA The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] wishes all South African Muslims and others throughout the world a joyous Eid al Fitr. This feast and celebration comes at the end of a month of fasting wherein observant Muslims experienced something of the hunger endured by millions throughout the world. Let the month of Ramadan that you have just completed teach you heightened solidarity with those who are forced to exist in perpetual starvation because the capitalist economic system conspires to keep them hungry. On this occasion we reiterate our opposition to all forms of racial and religious discrimination including ant-Semitism, Zionism, xenophobia, afrophobia and particularly the escalating Islamophobia throughout the world. The scapegoating of Muslims just because they refuse to succumb to the hegemony of imperialism must end now. We call upon Muslims throughout the world to be mindful of the ceaseless attempts to appropriate religion and religious symbols for capitalist consumerism and even oppression. Rather, we urge Muslim comrades amongst our ranks and the Muslim community more generally, both young and old, to resurrect and advance the subversive and heroic memories of the brave heroes and soldiers of justice in your Islamic tradition who chose resistance above exploitation. Make a choice and advance the courage of Moses who resisted the unjust Pharoah, advance the revolutionary spirit of Muhammed who resisted the oppressive and powerful Quraysh, make a choice to advance the spirit of Abu Zarr al-Ghiffari who opposed those who sought to make money out of the revolution that Muhammad, your Prophet initiated, choose Ali Shariati who resisted the Shah in Iran when the Shah was a lackey of imperialist powers, and choose, from within our own compatriots, to advance the spirit and courage of comrades Yusuf Dadoo, Fatima Meer and other South African Muslims who gave their lives together with others in the fight and struggle against Apartheid. Have a wonderful Eid al-Fitr even as you are painfully aware of millions of brothers and sisters in faith who are dying - no, not dying but being murdered - in Bahrain, Burma, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. Remember the millions more who are having the light of freedom extinguished in countries such as Egypt under military dictatorship and the millions living under illegal occupation in Palestine and Western Sahara. Celebrate, enjoy Eid, and, yes, do eat on this day of festivities but only because revolutionary soldiers, communist cadres and young lions cannot fight for a more just world on empty stomachs! A revolutionary Eid Mubarak! Issued by YCLSA Media For Comment: Mluleki Dlelanga, YCL SA National Secretary: 0786429004 Muhammed Desai, YCL SA National Committee Member: 0842119988 Khaya Xaba YCLSA National Spokesperson Cell: 074 5 204 204 @chedetachment www.ycl.org.za -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
