"I will donate ten pounds to replace windows broken in attacks on East London Mosque after London tube bombings but only if 10 other local people will donate 10 pounds."
— John Edwards, Mile End Road (contact)
Deadline to sign up by: 16th July 2005
10 people signed up
Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: E1 (view map)
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As an expression of sympathy with innocent muslims in East London who have been targeted after the 7/7 attacks and as a commitment to the idea of London as a cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multi-fath community
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John Edwards, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
Do you honestly believe that by us all clubbing together to fix a few windows that the nasty white men will go away and the patriachal and isolationist Muslims will start to be nice to us and not shout at us all of the time, stop wanting to kill Gays and anyone who disagrees with them and eventually stop killing us?
Daft examples of appeasement like this one have gone far enough.
The best way for them to do that is to attend a public demonstration protesting against the attacks and telling the world loudly that suicide bombing is against the teachings of Islam, and is always wrong -- no matter what the circumstances or the cause.
Conveniently, there's a pledge at Pledgebank that makes it easy to do this: the pledge is called 'solidarity', and the address is
http://www.pledgebank.com/solidarity
So here's what I'll do: I'll give a penny for every Muslim associated with the East London mosque or living nearby who attends such a demo. A thousand people will add up to £10.
I'm sure, John, with your concern for the mosque and its community, that you'll be able to help come up with a creative way for mosque members to show their revulsion and to stand up and be counted.
If you'd like to post updates -- preferably web links to photos and news stories about the London Muslims' demonstration -- then I (and I'm sure other people) will check back regularly to see how you get on.
I'm not trying to justify the vandalism, I just want all of the do-gooders to get a sense of perspective & get real. There are enough Muslim millionaires and businessmen in and around Brick Lane to replace the windows in the East London Mosque a thousand times without lots of political 10 pences from a guilt ridden and politically naive white community. I and many, many others just want justice, fairness and equality. All of this fluffy treatment for Muslims only alienates people. It may be politically unfashionable to really say what I believe and you may not like it but scratch the political surface and you'll find more resonance in what I am saying from wider society than you'd probably be comfortable with.
[For all those who pledged I have contacted the mosque and follow up with you all next week.]