Dear
All,
Please take a
few minutes to read and act on this
email.
On May 23rd
2001 the Taleban 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, it is not hard to spot his child. Those who fail
to learn from history are condemned to relive it. The Taleban'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:
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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:
alastair@om-int.com. It will then be forwarded to the UN. Please then delete all
the names, add your own as the 1st and pass it on. 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
alastair@om-int.com 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, how ever 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 it's horrific
consequences. It is completely unacceptable that nearly 60 years later history
is repeating itself. We ask the following: 1. That the Taleban 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 it's
constituent members granting recognition of the Taleban 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. Ian Goodman, London, UK
42. Liz Lightstone, London, UK 43 Elizabeth Simpson, London UK 44. Dimitris
Kioussis 45. John_Griffin 46. Hermann Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany 47. Regine
Bujard, Heidelberg, Germany 48. Konrad Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany 49.
Ursula Beyreuther, Heidelberg, Germany 50. Christof Niehrs, Heidelberg, Germany
51. J. A. Campos-Ortega, Koeln, Germany 52. Ute Jaeckle, Goettingen, Germany 53.
Herbert Jaeckle, Goettingen, Germany 54. Else Vetter, Goettingen, Germany 55.
Dieter Koetting, Goettingen, Germany 56. Hans-Peter Maser, Shanghai P.R. China
57. Matthias Hennig, Sterling UK 58. Wolfgang Hennig, Shanghai P.R. China 59.
Dirk-Henner Lankenau, Heidelberg, Germany 60. Susanne Lankenau, Heidelberg,
Germany 61. Carlos Flores, Madison WI, USA 62. Lori Steiner, Spokane, WA, USA
63. Henry-York Steiner, Spokane, WA, USA 64. Nancy Young, Spokane, WA, USA 65.
Jack Poole. Spokane, WA, USA 66. Barbara
Richardson, Moscow, Idaho, USA 67.