Muslim Community Lobby Ireland is an independent organization established 1st May 2007. Its motto is TO USE THE VOTE RIGHTLY AND TO RAISE THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AWARNESS WITH THEIR RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER EXISTING GROUPS. لترشيد استعمال الصوت الانتخابي ولتوعية وتعريف المسلمين بحقوقهم في ايرلندا وان يعيشوا بتفهم للواقع وللجماعات الاخرى الموجودة على الساحة

Monday, May 28, 2007

A Muslim lobby at Whitehall By ingenta connect

28.05.07
A Muslim lobby at Whitehall
Examining the role of the Muslim minority in British foreign policy making
Author: Radcliffe L.
1
Source: Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Volume 15, Number 3, July 2004, pp. 365-386(22)
Publisher:
Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group


Abstract:While much has been written on the role of ethnic and religious pressure groups in US foreign policy making, little has been noted of the participation of these groups in the British context. This paper examines the role of the British Muslim community in the making of British foreign policy. In particular, it examines the lobbying activity of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which, though only established in 1997, has achieved prominence in political and media circles. This study reveals a disparity between the MCB's regular access to government ministers and officials under the New Labour tenure and its only limited influence in foreign policy making. More generally, it seeks to show the complexity of the relationship between domestic and foreign policy as well as between culture and politics.
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/0959641042000233282
Affiliations: 1: St Anthony's College Oxford

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Sunday, May 27, 2007

واجباتهم تجاه افراد الجالية 27.05.07

انما الحب في الله والكره في الله وليس في الاشخاص. فالشخص انما هو عبارة عن عبد من عباد الله سخر من اجل مصلحة وانيطت له مهمة لانجازها على اكمل وجه. وانه كل من يشتغل في سلك الله هو منا ونحن منه فلا يسع لنا الا ان نقول كلمة الحق التي نعتقد انها حقا بدون الحط من عمل الاخرين.

ان المساجد في ايرلندا تعتبر حديثة عهد وان المسلمين قليلين وانه لمن النزاهة والعفة بمكان ان يرشد المسجد الى دوره ان رات الجالية الاسلامية في ايرلندا تقصيرا, ولكننا نرى جوانب كثيرة من الايجابية والتفهم من قبل الادارة ونسأل الله ان يعينهم على خدمة جاليتنا في ايرلندا وليعلموا علم اليقين انهم مسؤولون امام الله ان لم يقوموا بواجباتهم تجاه افراد الجالية.

وانه لمن المسؤولية التي تقع على عاتق المسلم لوبي في ايرلندا بان ترشد المسلمين الى تشكيل هيئة اوقاف تحت الحكومة الايرلندية كي تصبح المساجد ملكا للجالية ليس لدولة خارجية وبهذا تكون ميزانية الاوقاف من الدولة التي ندفع لها الضرائب. وقد يكون هذا أمرا من ضرب الخيال في ايرلندا الدولة الكاثوليكية المتشددة ولكنه لابأس من طرق الباب . فان المسلمين في تزايد وان التنظيم هو الذي يفرض الاتحاد علينا جميعا. فجلنا يريد حقوقه وحرية العبادة من حقه المكفول في هذا البلد ما لم تمس احدا بسوء. او تقترف جريمة بسبب معتقد او استهتا را بدين او ملة او تحقيرا لشخص على شخص او انتقاصا من حقوق الاخرين.

فرحم الله كل من عمل عملا يريد به وجه الله واكرم الله كل من اكرم المسلمين واعطاهم حقوقهم وسعى من اجل اكرامهم وارشادهم ودعنا ان لا ننتقص ممن يشتغل من اجل هذا ولا تحقرن من المعروف شيئا فكله يصب في خانة مساعدة المسلمين . فالى العمل الصالح فان الموت آت لا محالة وان العمل منقطع بعده وان الندم لا ينفع بعد الموت .

كتبه د بشير رجب الاصيبعي

Saturday, May 26, 2007

26 May 2007 موقف المسجد

السلام عليكم..
ارجو زيادة توضيح موقف المسجد وهل كونه علي حياد يعني بالضرورة انه يحرض المسلمين في هذه البلاد علي ان يكونوا ايضا علي الحياد ؟ وما المشكلة لو ان مساجد ايرلندا كان لها دور اكبر في تعريف المسلمين بأهمية هذا الموضوع وتعريف الأحزاب ايضا بأهمية اصوات الجالية ومطالبها؟ نرجو مزيد توضيح حول موقف مساجد ايرلندا من هذا الموضوع الهام
وائل
"Wael Benfayed"
كان التعليق على الاتي
Important notice:
Please note the Islamic cultural Centre and all mosques are neutral bodies
نرجو من الجميع ان يعلم بان المساجد انما هي مؤسسات محايدة
وانما نتحدث هنا عن صوت المسلم وليس صوت المسجد
FAO: All Recipients 24 May 2007
It is a long established policy of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland to remain impartial during national and local political elections. It is not the policy of the ICCI to canvass on behalf of any individual or party. The ICCI firmly disassociates itself from the decision by any group, body or lobby to encourage its members or community to vote for one particular party or individual. It is the choice of the individual to vote for the person/party that they feel will address their concerns at government level. The ICCI also disassociates itself from any group, body, or lobby that slanders the characters of any individuals whether Muslim or non-Muslim. The ICCI encourage all Muslims to vote and also cast their votes with wisdom. Issued by ICCI Administration

Friday, May 25, 2007

If you have a comment please let us know.

Due to the fact that Finna Fail were the pioneers of 10 yrs of good economic and political achievement it is obvious that they will win. The PD have angered the masses with their ill behaviour and therefore did not do well.
As far as we are concerned Connor Lenihan had promised the Muslim community in his south Dublin constituency
to look into individual needs and to try to lobby with us to get a a land for our culture project.
Berty had promised quite few Muslims to help them with their friends immigration problem and visiting rights for their parents
and some need help with housing.
Your vote means a lot in this country and therefore we as Muslims should use our vote sensibly.
if you voted please let us know who you voted for and what did you ask him to do ? waiting for your e mail.


If you have a comment please let us know.
And special thanks for those already sent their comments.

FAO: All Recipients 24 May 2007

It is a long established policy of the Islamic Cultural Centre of
Ireland to remain impartial during national and local political
elections. It is not the policy of the ICCI to canvass on behalf of
any
individual or party. The ICCI firmly disassociates itself from the
decision by any group, body or lobby to encourage its members or
community to vote for one particular party or individual. It is the
choice of the individual to vote for the person/party that they feel
will address their concerns at government level. The ICCI also
disassociates itself from any group, body, or lobby that slanders the
characters of any individuals whether Muslim or non-Muslim. The ICCI
encourage all Muslims to vote and also cast their votes with wisdom.

Issued by ICCI Administration

Voting in the General Election 24th May 2007

Voting in the General Election 24th May 2007

To vote you should have Irish passport or British Passport although they might not ask you for it.

Some people asking how should they vote.

There is no one will tell you to vote for this or that as it is your own choice and right to give your vote to whom you want and also you can abstain if you want to.
But for those who are voting they may consider Individual community needs which will be the issue for voting for each Muslim locality in each constituency.

Example points to be discussed with your electorate before giving him your vote:

· There are some schools in Ireland which are not accepting Muslim children their reason
Being that Muslim children should be minded while the rest of children in the church and they would not have enough staff plus don’t have insurance to be left alone while the teachers in the church.
The school under Catholic administration, it is easy to accept an immigrant child of Catholic background while some schools rejecting Muslim children.
(This might goes for Protestant Hindu and other religions.)

· Jobs: there are many jobs but there is some under surface racism that needs to be addressed and eliminated.
· Muslim social and cultural site and a place of worship or a piece of land to erect a mosque and cultural building in the locality. It might not easy to establish but a good try.
· Parents of immigrants can’t be granted visa easily to come to visit their son or daughter and their grand children.
· Not many immigrants from Muslim background are employed in government circles although they are paying taxes and have higher degrees.
· Immigrants are faced with PD minister who is restricted visas and giving immigrants hard time.
· Students graduated from Irish university have no rights to apply for full resident visa although they have the right to stay and work in the country.

There are some electorate who pledged to help the Muslims in Ireland in various constituencies.

If you have any comment please let us know .

The Muslim Lobby 1st meeting 7th May 2007

The Muslim Lobby
E mail:
themuslimlobby@yahoo.ie
“Time of Election is Time of Concession”


The first meeting was conducted yesterday with the presence of the following:

Dr NooH ElGedo
Shiekh Yahyah Alhusaini
Kamal Ghanim
Naveed yousif
Bashir
Michael


The meeting opened with Br Michael reflecting on the Muslims in America where they have the organisation CARE which is representing the Muslims in America and how they are active in pursuing their own rights. Also a mention of the strongest lobby in America which is the Ak or what is known to us as the Jewish lobby.
then suggestions where invited from those present and everyone mentioned points. The following are minutes of the meeting:
1. We need Press Complaint Officer.
2. Individual community needs should be the issue for voting for each Muslim locality in the constituency.
3. Investing in establishing good and effective relations with politicians. We need to support them so they will support us.
4. On the long run we should aim at the long time process to succeed to find working strategy for certain areas of interest.
5. We should give e.g. votes and support before demand or requesting politicians to do things for us.
6. We suppose to ask for our own rights this implies that we don’t have to involve ourselves in politics.
7. Voting for the right candidate is essential so we encourage people to read the manifesto of the party.
8. Muslims in Ireland have less problems than the rest of the world therefore time personal contact and right candidate must be approached.
9. Encourage Muslim people to involve in different parties in the country.
10. The Muslim Lobby is only representing those believe in the idea.


Administration

Calling for the First Meeting 3 May 2007

The Muslim Lobby (Ireland)



It is paramount for the Muslims to have The Muslim Pressure Group.
Benefits:
To be represented as one voice one list of demands
Canvassing votes:
To gather votes for all Muslims
To choose which party is the best to serve the Muslims demands.
We going to call for a preparative meeting on 7th May 7.30 pm at clonskeagh main office building.
this is only first meeting to get things going. If you think of yurself as an active person who can help with this role and want to attend please e mail back

Agenda of the meeting

1. introduction to pressure group
2. invite suggestion from those presents
3. Issues and list of demands


Bashir

The Muslim Lobby (Ireland) 1 May 2007

The Muslim Lobby (Ireland)



It is paramount for the Muslims to have The Muslim Lobby.
Benefits:
To be represented as one voice one list of demands
Canvassing votes:
To gather votes for all Muslims
To choose which party is the best to serve the Muslims demands.

Administration

Consultation 5 Feb 2007

Dear Dr. Nooh
Assalamu alaykum

could you please send me the relevant contacts and telephone numbers of those people who will be of benefit to the project as I need to contact them and let them know immediatey
Please add few ideas to
The Muslim Lobby (Ireland) breif down below


thanks
bashir



The Muslim Lobby (Ireland)



It is paramount for the Muslims to have The Muslim Lobby.
Benefits:
To be represented as one voice one list of demands
Canvassing votes:
To gather votes for all Muslims
To side with the right party that which fulfils our demands.

other ideas please: _
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