>From: Dave Manneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: The Prayer Of The Political Bigot >Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:29:16 +0000 > >Mr Habib, >I am too sure if you have actually read the forward, or maybe you did not >understand it fully well, but the gist of his piece is FOR immigrants, and not >AGAINST.If the latter was the case then i wonder if I would hae even bothered >to read it let alone forward it to the L. > >Perhaps Mr Cohen has a Jewish name, but he works with the >National Coalition Of Anti Deportation Campaigns, a group that everyday takes >the UK government to court on behalf of poor immigrants who otherwise would not >be able to afford the cost of having their cases heard and judged upon. > >His Jewish origin/heritage does not bother me one bit. And please remember that >there is a clear distinction between being Jewish and being a Zionist. Jewish >parentage he is, but Zionist I do not think he is. >His group genuinely fights for the rights of refugees and immigrants in the UK, >be it for equal access to housing or state benefits, and that i can vouch for. > >Please read the piece again if you have a free mo or two. > >Good day to you. > >Note: An english saying " Even a broken clock is correct twice a day." > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~