> From: m.namazie@ukonline.co.uk
> To: m.namazie@ukonline.co.uk
> Subject: Join the International Coalition for Women's Rights
> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:39:13 +0100
>
> Hello
>
> Since our last email, we have been busy organising an International
> Coalition for Women's Rights, to which a number of well-known personalities
> and organisations have signed up.
>
> As you know, on April 19, 2009, the Somali parliament unanimously endorsed
> the introduction of Sharia law across the country. A few days earlier, the
> imposition of Sharia law in Pakistan's northwestern Swat region was
> approved. Last month, a sweeping law approved by the Afghan parliament and
> signed by President Hamid Karzai required Shi'a women to seek their
> husband's permission to leave home, and to submit to their sexual demands.
> Because of international and national protests the new law is now being
> reviewed but only to check its compatibility with Sharia law.
>
> The imposition of Sharia law in the legal codes of Somalia, Pakistan and
> Afghanistan brings millions more under the yoke of political Islam.
>
> Local and international pressure and opposition are the only ways to stop
> the rise of this regressive movement and defend women's universal rights and
> secularism.
>
> From Iran and Iraq to Britain and Canada, Sharia law is being opposed by a
> vast majority who choose 21st century universal values over medievalism.
> Join us in supporting this international struggle and calling for:
>
> * the abolition of discriminatory and Sharia laws
> * an end to sexual apartheid
> * secularism and the separation of religion from the state
> * equality between women and men
>
> You can find a list of initial signatories here:
> http://www.equalrightsnow-iran.com/discriminatory_laws.html
>
> You can join the International Coalition for Women's Rights by signing here:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/ICFWR/petition.html
>
> If you haven't already done so, you can also sign a petition opposing Sharia
> law in Britain here:
> http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/index.html
>
> We must mobilise across the globe in order to show our opposition to Sharia
> law and our support and solidarity for those living under and resisting its
> laws.
>
> In the coming months, we will be organising towards mass rallies in various
> cities across the globe on November 21. We've chosen this date to mark both
> Universal Children's Day (November 20) and the International Day for the
> Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25). If you are interested
> in helping us organise a rally in your city, please contact us.
>
> And please don't forget we need money to do all that has to be done. And we
> have to rely on those who support our work to provide it.
>
> If you are supportive, there are many ways you can raise funds. You can:
>
> * send in a donation - no matter how small
> * organise a picnic or cook a dinner for your friends or colleagues and ask
> them to contribute to our work
> * invite us to speak and raise money for our work at the event
> * hold sales or organise a concert or exhibition and donate the proceeds to
> us
> * ask if your workplace gives donations to employee causes and make an
> application.
>
> You can send in your donations via Paypal
> (http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/donate.html) or Worldpay
> (http://www.ex-muslim.org.uk/indexDonate.html) or make cheques payable to
> CEMB or One Law for All and mail them to: BM Box 2387, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Maryam
>
> Maryam Namazie
>
> * You can read the latest issue of Equal Rights Now - Organisation against
> Women's Discrimination in Iran, which also highlights some urgent execution
> and stoning cases in Iran, here:
> http://www.equalrightsnow-iran.com/publications.html
>
> * To help organise a November 21 rally, volunteer or for information on our
> work, contact us at onelawforall@gmail.com or exmuslimcouncil@gmail.com. For
> more information on the Coalition for Women's Rights, please contact
> coalition coordinator Patty Debonitas +44 (0) 7778804304, ICFWR, BM Box
> 2387, London WC1N 3XX, UK, icwomenrights@googlemail.com.
>
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