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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