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This letter is addressed to all people who say silently: “If I had known, I would have done something.” Be it during the holocaust, or when journalist Daniel Pearl was murdered, in Pakistan, because he was a Jew. As individuals, we were left with an immense sadness and a helpless feeling “if only…” I would be like: Raoul Wallenberg, Schindler, or Lilly Wust who saved the lives of Jews. Right now, you and I can change that feeling of helplessness to empowerment, and who knows together we could even save a life.
Salah Shoaib Choudhury, is a journalist from Bangladesh whose only crime is to want peace with Israel and extend a hand of friendship to the West. Yet, he stands accused of sedition.
Take a few minutes out of your busy day to sign a petition on his behalf by going to: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/IFLAC102/petition.html. Forward it, and/or write a letter and send it to President Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed, and to Prime Minister H. E BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA, of Bangladesh. And send a copy of your letter to: Secretary General Kofi Annan, UN Headquarters.
You might save the life of Salah Shoaib Choudhury.
Writing to officials in Bangladesh can work, remember the fatwa against Salman Rushdie or Talisma Nasreen? The pressure of international public opinion spared both Rushdie and Nasreen. Salah Shoaib Choudhury is a Muslim man who believes that peace is possible with Israel; he is accused of sedition, but his real “crime” is his dream of peace.
Celine Leduc
http://effusion2005.blogspot.com
Action: Choudhury Petition
IsraPundit has posted several pieces concerning the torment to which Salah Shoaib Choudhury has been subjected in Bangladesh because of his call for a dialogue with Israel. (To see our posts, scroll down to the middle of the right-hand colum, where you will find the search engine just above the calendar; enter "choudhury".)
Celine Leduc has informed me about a petition site which we should all visit and sign:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/IFLAC102/petition.html
Celine's letter to the press and other is given below. Also, her site, http://effusion2005.blogspot.com provides additional information.
Let's do our share.
This letter is addressed to all people who say silently: “If I had known, I would have done something.” Be it during the holocaust, or when journalist Daniel Pearl was murdered, in Pakistan, because he was a Jew. As individuals, we were left with an immense sadness and a helpless feeling “if only…” I would be like: Raoul Wallenberg, Schindler, or Lilly Wust who saved the lives of Jews. Right now, you and I can change that feeling of helplessness to empowerment, and who knows together we could even save a life.
Salah Shoaib Choudhury, is a journalist from Bangladesh whose only crime is to want peace with Israel and extend a hand of friendship to the West. Yet, he stands accused of sedition.
Take a few minutes out of your busy day to sign a petition on his behalf by going to: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/IFLAC102/petition.html. Forward it, and/or write a letter and send it to President Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed, and to Prime Minister H. E BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA, of Bangladesh. And send a copy of your letter to: Secretary General Kofi Annan, UN Headquarters.
You might save the life of Salah Shoaib Choudhury.
Writing to officials in Bangladesh can work, remember the fatwa against Salman Rushdie or Talisma Nasreen? The pressure of international public opinion spared both Rushdie and Nasreen. Salah Shoaib Choudhury is a Muslim man who believes that peace is possible with Israel; he is accused of sedition, but his real “crime” is his dream of peace.
Celine Leduc
http://effusion2005.blogspot.com
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at March 27, 2005 12:11 PM