Are We Still Marching on September 11th? YES!
Emergency Mobilization Against Racism and Anti-Islamic Bigotry
Say NO to Racism and anti-Islamic Bigotry
Stand for Unity and Solidarity on Saturday, September 11
Saturday Sept. 11 in
NYC-
1pm: Gather at Broadway & Park Place- on the west side of NY City Hall (allow lots of extra time for travel). We will march at 2pm and return for a 2nd rally to the same location until 4:30.
Are We Still Marching on September
11th? YES!
Join us 1pm Park Place &
Broadway – NY City Hall Park
Thursday afternoon the top media story was
racist Pastor Terry Jones in Gainesville, Florida announcing that he was
cancelling his planned 9/11 Quran burning. This came after heavy pressure from
the White House and Pentagon fearful of the response in the Muslim world. It is
also a grassroots victory based on the mass mobilization against this ugly
threat taken on in Gainesville, Florida by the local Students for a Democratic
Society – SDS.
Jones claimed to have an agreement from the organizers of the Park51 Islamic
Community Center to move the center. This was soon exposed as a lie.
We can be certain that pressure will continue on the Islamic Community Center
to move, both from openly racist media, politicians and Tea Party types, as
well as from White House and Pentagon figures trying to defuse an explosive
situation.
And we can also be certain that the media will
continue to ask organizers of the Unity Against Racism Rally, “Why not
postpone your rally in case this can all be worked out? Why are you still
marching?”
We ask, in turn:
- Have the racists and anti-Muslim bigots called
off their 9/11 hatefest? The opposition to this bigotry, and a call for unity,
equal rights and solidarity with Muslims was always the motivation behind the
Unity Rally on September 11.
- Have the racists agreed to stop their
nationwide campaign of mosque desecration and vandalism, of shooting, physical
attacks, and harassment of worshippers, of trying to ban construction of new
mosques and community centers?
- Have the media and politicians agreed to stop
their campaign of lies against Islam, claiming it is not deserving of the
respect shown other religions?
- Have those saying the Park51 location is
“insensitive” changed their view that Islam is a second-class
religion which somehow besmirches “sacred
ground”?
- Have the White House and Pentagon agreed to
call off their murders of people in predominantly Muslim countries, via war,
drone attacks and assassinations? Have they agreed to free those illegally
detained, abused, and tortured in Guantanamo and elsewhere? Are they
withdrawing their “security-secrets” rationale for denying Muslim
victims of torture the right to sue to expose and seek redress for their
ill-treatment? Is it stopping FBI infiltration of mosques and harassment and
intimidation of worshippers? Is the Justice Department ending its campaign of
"preemptive prosecutions" of Muslims?
Unfortunately, we must answer NO to all of the above questions. And, therefore,
we say in the spirit of unity, equal rights and
solidarity:
YES, WE ARE STILL MARCHING - UNITED, DETERMINED AND
MANY THOUSANDS STRONG - ON SEPTEMBER 11TH!
JOIN US!
For more information, flyers, endorsers see:
www.iacenter.org/muslimsolidarity
