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...Such Discontent? In the article about Islamic discontent fomenting in Britain [Aug. 21], Beena Faridi of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) characterizes Israel's actions of self-defense as collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder and kidnapping and indiscriminate rocket fire aimed at civilians are clear violations of human rights and international law. Doesn't the IHRC believe that human rights should apply to all humans? Perhaps it is too much to ask that the commission also consider the collective responsibility of all nations not to harbor terrorists. Peter Rosenthal Charleston, South Carolina...
...going to willingly give up our freedoms. What they seem to have lost sight of is that government is there to serve the people, not the other way round. Grimble Gromble Melksham, England Why Such Discontent? in the article about islamic discontent fomenting in Britain [Aug. 21], Beena Faridi of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (ihrc) characterizes Israel's actions of self-defense as collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder and kidnapping, and indiscriminate rocket fire aimed at civilians, are clear violations of human rights and international law. Doesn't the ihrc believe that human rights...
...article about Islamic discontent being fomented in Britain [Aug. 21], Beena Faridi of the Islamic Human Rights Commission characterizes Israel's actions of self-defense as collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder, kidnapping and indiscriminate rocket fire are clear violations of human rights and international law. Don't human rights apply to all? Perhaps it is too much to ask the commission to consider the responsibility of all nations not to harbor terrorists. PETER ROSENTHAL Charleston...
...support for the Bush Administration in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East. That too shows up in polls and interviews as an explanation for growing disaffection. "One minute the British government is not letting you take iPods on a plane in case you detonate a bomb," says Beena Faridi, of Britain's Islamic Human Rights Commission. "But at the same time they're letting America fly bombs to and from Prestwick Airport [in Scotland] so that the Israelis can collectively punish Lebanon for the kidnap of these two soldiers. It seems that the government has a double standard...
...later released without charge. The Independent Police Complaints Commission judged the shooting as accidental, but it left many Muslims questioning police tactics. "I don't want to speculate if the police have overreacted in this case, but you just have to look at past cases," says Beena Faridi, spokeswoman for Britain's Islamic Human Rights Commission. "By and large, it turns out that the people arrested in these raids are innocent, and what people don't remember is that it's the families who have to live with the consequences...