http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin rantings and ramblings of a muslim convert in dublin Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:24:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm sorry to announce that Muslim in Dublin will no longer be updated. http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=50 Lenins tomb highlights a couple of things, but most notably, this "During New Labour's first term in office, the police killed about 300 people, most of them in custody. Between April 2004 and March 2005, about 100 died as a result of police action. Aside from deaths resulting from asphyxiation ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=47 That friend of the Muslim people, especially the Uzbek Muslims, Jack Straw has again come to the aid of the Muslim minority. The rich inheritor of a large estate informs us that there is no longer a "sense of class" amoung the peasant propertyless underclass, and that a "stronger sense ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=46 Anyone in the UK should pick up a copy of the current edition of the Jewish news. They have an article on the Niqaab by our very own Goldfinch, which is well worth the read! (Full text below) Sir, How refreshing to see a non-Muslim paper defending Muslim women's rights to ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=44 Lenin phrases it: Victims of police shooting not evil paedophiles after all. The man, shot by the Police when Two Hundred and Fifty of them raided his house to stop an "imminent" chemical attack.. which which involved a weapon that could disperse chemicals.. quickly.. a weapon which turned out not to exist, ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=43 Proving nothing, and for no apparent reason, Aoife Anderson, one of the Evening Heralds staffers, donned a hijab for a day.  This took up a full page in today's Evening Herald, Dublins biggest selling daily paper (and only evening paper), half of said page was taken up with four photos, two ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=42 The Socialist Worker has reported that members of the National Union of Journalists have prevented a derogatory and offinsive piece on "What the Daily Star would look like under Muslim Law" from being published in Wednesday, 18th Octobers edition. The NUJ website says "The NUJ has strongly condemned moves by ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=41 Below is the text of an Open Letter from the Stop the war coalition concerning Islamophobia and the so-called "War On Terror", the letter is an indication of the coalitions solidarity with the Muslim peoples and its opposition to Racism and Islamophobia. Read it! The coalition recommend that people print off ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=40 Just some opinions given in the Scottish Socialist Voice - They will be removed from the site next month, so I am posting them below. Another week, another racist onslaught against Muslims “Ban The Veil” screamed the Daily Express, in Glasgow Imam Shamsuddin is subject to a violent assault, in Liverpool a ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=38 Two news stories of interest, the first from the BBC; Muslim pupils are more liberal and tolerant than non-Muslim pupils, a Home Office-funded study has found. The research, involving 400 15-year-olds, was carried out by Lancaster University in a two-year project after the 2001 Burnley riots. It found that nearly a third ... http://www.al-morrin.co.uk/dublin/?p=37