“Scholars for Peace in the Middle East has just set out on an ambitious effort to get 10,000 signatures on a petition, before the end of the month, calling on the Bangla government to drop the charges…”
“Scholars for Peace in the Middle East has just set out on an ambitious effort to get 10,000 signatures on a petition, before the end of the month, calling on the Bangla government to drop the charges…”
The Reverend Gore . . . peeeeeeerfect.
Yup a worthy cause indeed, Terry Glavin is not your typical frothing at the mouth progressive, his blog is always worth a read. This effort on Choudhury’s behalf deserves support.
The religion of peace issues another death warrant for a heretic/infidel??? Say it ain’t so!
I wonder what John Lennon would have to say to this, after raising money for them if still alive ?
I think you mean George Harrison, be that as it may this is a worthy effort.
BCF:
You are probably right. I was never a big fan of either. I was more a Jimi Hendrix kinda guy.
No no, the danger is that America is theocracy.
Thanks for noticing this, Kate. And I hope everyone whose attention you’ve drawn to this will sign, and pass it on. Shoaib’s a great guy.
So they need 10,000 signatures, eh.
But are there even 5,000 scholars in all the Middle East?
I remember my brother buying that “Concert For Bangladesh” album with the purple cover.
It was awful, but what I can’t understand now is why Geroge Harrison supported the establishment of an islamic state in which Hindus have gone from 30% to just 8% of the population.
But then in the late60s/early70s, among a certain stoner class, “Shiva” and “Allah” were considered much the same.