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Act Now: The Farooqi Family February Deadline Fast Approaching…

28 Jan

The family of a man jailed for terror offences have told how they are fighting a legal bid to seize their home. Munir Farooqi, 54, was found guilty of preparing for terrorism, soliciting to murder and disseminating terrorist publications. The Crown Prosecution Service now wants to steal his family’s home in Longsight and sell it as part of a Proceeds of Crime prosecution.

They say Farooqi, who distributed religious material from a Longsight market stall, used the basement to radicalise young men into going to Jihad. He was given a life sentence last year following an undercover police operation. He is currently in the process of appealing.

Farooqi’s family, who still live in the house, are fighting the seizure. Campaigners say his wife and daughter own the house and say the action represents collective punishment. Over 15,000 people have signed an online petition supporting them.

His son Harris, 28, who stood trial alongside his father but was cleared of preparing for terrorism, said:

‘I went through the whole trial and lived on bail for a year and a half before being acquitted. Now I face having my house taken away from me. The court said only a small part of the basement was being used for terrorist activities – which we do not believe – so why should the whole house be taken?’

Harris’s wife Juvaria Khalid, mother Zeenat, sister Zulaikha, 22, her husband Robert Fallon, young baby and nine-year-old sister also live in the house. Zulaikha said:

‘I don’t understand why this is happening – we’re all British, we’re all living here and should all have the same rights. We shouldn’t have to go to court to fight for our home but we’ve been really surprised and pleased by the support from the community who recognise this is an injustice.’

The family say police have returned hundreds of religious books and CDs seized from the house during the investigation which were then found to be within the law. Campaigner Naheela Ashraf said: ‘The seizure of this house forms collective punishment against people who are innocent.‘ Under the Terrorism Act the CPS can use a forfeiture order to force the sale of a property used for terrorist purposes, with proceeds given to the courts.

A CPS spokesman said: ‘The CPS is making an application under S23a of the Terrorism Act 2000, for the forfeiture of Munir Farooqi’s home address on the basis that it has been used for the purposes of terrorism. The court will consider the effect of any order on the family members.’

Keep informed regarding the status of the Campaign and the Farooqi family by frequenting their website: Save the Family Home & their facebook page SAVE THE FAMILY HOME. Also take an active role to Stop the Collective Punishment of the Farooqi Family by writing the British government and signing their Petition before the February deadline.

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Munir Farooqi A9693AQ
HMP Manchester
1 Southall Street
Strangeways
GREATER MANCHESTER
M60 9AH
UK

And do not forget him & his family in your du’a.

 
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Posted by on January 28, 2012 in Campaigns, News Items

 

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The ‘Crime’ of Daw’ah

04 Jan

Harris Farooqi son of Da’ee Munir Farooqi, currently appealing his conviction, shows some of the videos, CDs, DVDs and books reported in the media as being terrorist materials, which are simply in fact Qur’ans and books about and used for the propagation of Islam widely available (often for free) all over the world and all over the internet.

 

 

Take an active role to Stop the Collective Punishment of the Farooqi Family by writing the British government and signing their Petition before the February deadline.

Keep informed regarding the status of the Campaign and the Farooqi family by frequenting their website: Save the Family Home & their facebook page SAVE THE FAMILY HOME.

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Munir Farooqi A9693AQ
HMP Manchester
1 Southall Street
Strangeways
GREATER MANCHESTER
M60 9AH
UK

And do not forget him & his family in your du’a.

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2012 in Campaigns, Videos

 

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Zulaikha Farooqi on the Home Invasion of 16 November 2009

26 Dec

As if it were not enough that the Farooqi family endured the traumatic home invasion during the arrest of their father, Munir Farooqi, and the subsequent miscarriage of justice, their very home is once again under attack by the fascist forces. 100,000 signatures are needed before February 2012 to stop the second violation of the Farooqi home.

Keep informed regarding the status of the Campaign and the Farooqi family by frequenting their website: Save the Family Home & their facebook page SAVE THE FAMILY HOME. Also take an active role to Stop the Collective Punishment of the Farooqi Family by writing the British government and signing their Petition before the February deadline.

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Munir Farooqi A9693AQ
HMP Manchester
1 Southall Street
Strangeways
GREATER MANCHESTER
M60 9AH
UK

And do not forget him & his family in your du’a.

 
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Posted by on December 26, 2011 in Campaigns, Collateral Damage, Videos

 

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The Farooqi Family Still in Need of Our Support

23 Dec

An entire family, including a young baby and an eight year-old child, face being thrown out of their family home in Manchester, England, under anti-democratic legislation. The seven members of the family of Munir Farooqi are being threatened with the collective punishment, after he was convicted of terrorist offences and jailed in September of 2011.

The basis for eviction is that the house in the Longsight district of the city was the location of some of the alleged crimes of which Farooqi was convicted. Under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, the house is being subject to forfeiture as property, as it was deemed to have been used “for the purposes of terrorism”. The attempt to seize the home and evict three generations of the family is the first time the forfeiture clause in the law has been used since it was passed.

A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said:

“The power to forfeit residential premises in these circumstances is a new power under the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, and before any decision is made, the forfeiture application is considered by the court and the family will be given an opportunity to be heard.”

If the order is granted, the property would be sold and the proceeds placed into the Magistrates’ Court. The state is attempting to seize the home, even though it does not belong to Munir Farooqi. The deeds of the property are in the name of his wife, Zeenat Farooqi.

Munir’s son, Harris Farooqi, lives in the house and was acquitted of a charge of preparing for an act of terrorism. He explained:

“It’s a family house. Why is it collective punishment in a democratic society? I don’t understand. We as British citizens work here all our lives and then we’re thrown out onto the streets.”

Munir Farooqi was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism, three counts of soliciting to murder and dissemination of terrorist publications. Two other men, Matthew Newton and Hussain Malik, were also jailed following an undercover operation by police from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit (NWCTU). As part of the operation, which was more than a year in duration, undercover police who pretended to become Muslim and sought information and guidance from Munir met with him in his house and made secret recordings of the conversations about Islam that occurred there.

Farooqi and the other defendants in the case denied all the charges against them. And he is currently appealing his conviction. The men were jailed, despite the police finding no evidence that they were actually preparing a crime. Instead, they were jailed on the basis of their “ideology” (thought crimes) which in fact means that they were jailed only because they are Muslim, and for holding Islamic beliefs. Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Porter, the head of the NWCTU, was forced to acknowledge that their was no evidence and that thes men were singled out due to their faith and charged and tried simply for their thoughts and beliefs.  Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on December 23, 2011 in Campaigns, News Items

 

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Draconian Thought Police Continue Attempts to Steal Home

22 Nov

Hospitality is not a crime, unless the people you’re hosting are undercover police persecuting you for your religious beliefs and personal opinions. The Manchester Police and British government are continuing their efforts to steal the home of the Farooqi family, whose only ostensible crime is that they are the family a man jailed for proselysation despite the fact that International and European conventions consider such actions to be universally unacceptable and illegal acts tantamount to ‘war crimes’.

 

 

Keep informed regarding the status of the Campaign and the Farooqi family by frequenting their website: Save the Family Home & their facebook page SAVE THE FAMILY HOME. Also take an active role to Stop the Collective Punishment of the Farooqi Family by writing the British government.

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Munir Farooqi A9693AQ
HMP Manchester
1 Southall Street
Strangeways
GREATER MANCHESTER
M60 9AH
UK

And do not forget him & his family in your du’a.

 

 
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Posted by on November 22, 2011 in Campaigns, Collateral Damage, Videos

 

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‘British Justice’ : Forcing Infants & Children Into Homelessness for Others’ Crimes

15 Nov

Local authority and police decisions to seize the homes of family members of those charged in connection with the riots or convicted of terrorist offences punish whole families for one member’s wrongdoing.

Evicting Rioters’ Families

In the aftermath of the August riots, Wandsworth Council served an eviction notice on the mother and 8-year-old sister of 18-year-old Daniel Sartain-Clarke when he was charged with burglary and violent disorder in the riots. Many councils, including Greenwich, Barking and Dagenham, Manchester and Salford declared that they would evict rioters, but apart from Wandsworth, only Southwark Council is believed to have sent out letters warning of eviction to tenants with family members suspected of criminal conduct.

Speaking of the eviction notice, Wandsworth Council leader Ravi Govindia said: ‘There is no room on our estates for people who commit violent crimes, who show no consideration for their neighbours or harass, threaten, intimidate or cause disturbance to others.’ But the Council has been heavily criticised for the decision. Neighbours protest that even if Daniel is guilty, which he disputes, his mother Maite de la Calva is a valuable member of the community, volunteering with a charity helping domestic violence survivors, whose eviction will weaken the neighbourhood, not make it stronger. A picket was held outside Wandsworth magistrates’ court on 6 September to protest the proposed eviction, and even the Daily Telegraph said the proposed eviction was ‘an act of political spite‘.  Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on November 15, 2011 in Campaigns, News Items

 

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Urgent Appeal For Farooqi Family: Push For Petition (7 November Deadline)

04 Nov

Stand up for Justice & Sign the Petition BEFORE 7 November Deadline. Please inform as many people as you can and help make a difference in the lives of those in need of your assistance.

People of Conscience in UK Stand Up for Justice & Say No to Collective Punishment!

In September of 2011, Munir Farooqi was wrongfully convicted of proselytising and distributing Islamic media. He is currently appealing a verdict of four life sentences from behind bars while three generations of Farooqi’s fight desperately to hold on to their family home.

In an extension of political persecution, the Manchester police have moved to seize the Farooqi family home. If the police application to the court proves successful, the extended Farooqi family, including two young children, will be forcibly and unjustly removed from their home and thereby rendered homeless.

This pursuance of punitive policy against innocent members of the Farooqi family, who are guilty of no crime, is a grievous and outrageous injustice. To punish people free from any wrongdoing for merely being next of kin is contradictory to the ideals of any civilised society and is a deplorable form of collective punishment that should be immediately rectified.

The Farooqi family are appealing to the community to uphold conventional values of Justice and help them keep their family home. Please extend a hand of kindness to a family in desperate need of your support.

Stand up for Justice & Sign the Petition BEFORE 7 November Deadline. Please inform as many people as you can and help make a difference in the lives of those in need of your assistance.

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Munir Farooqi A9693AQ
HMP Manchester
1 Southall Street
Strangeways
GREATER MANCHESTER
M60 9AH
UK

And do not forget him & his family in your dua.

 
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Posted by on November 4, 2011 in Campaigns, Collateral Damage, Videos

 

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Action Alert: Manchester Police to Steal Home of Muslims as Collective Punishment

18 Oct

“The undercover police officers deceived me, my family and my community. They actively befriended me and took advantage of the warm hospitality extended to all guests, as any good Muslim and citizen would do.”
Harris Farooqi

People of Conscience in UK Stand Up for Justice & Say No to Collective Punishment

In September of 2011, Munir Farooqi was wrongfully convicted of proselytising and distributing Islamic media. He is currently appealing a verdict of four life sentences from behind bars while three generations of Farooqi’s fight desperately to hold on to their family home.

In an extension of political persecution, the Manchester police have moved to seize the Farooqi family home. If the police application to the court proves successful, the extended Farooqi family, including two young children, will be forcibly and unjustly removed from their home and thereby rendered homeless.

This pursuance of punitive policy against innocent members of the Farooqi family, who are guilty of no crime, is a grievous and outrageous injustice. To punish people free from any wrongdoing for merely being next of kin is contradictory to the ideals of any civilised society and is a deplorable form of collective punishment that should be immediately rectified.

The Farooqi family are appealing to the community to uphold conventional values of Justice and help them keep their family home. Please extend a hand of kindness to a family in desperate need of your support. Sign the petition and attend the public meeting (31/10/2011, 7:30pm, Eastern Pearl Manchester)

Support Us & Fill out the Petition

In doing so you join in the affirmation that:

  • We fully support the members of the Farooqi family; which includes five adults and two young children (one of whom is an infant), in their right to continue to live in their family home. They have not been found guilty of any crime and hence should not be punished for another’s perceived guilt.
  • We perceive the confiscation of the family home wherein the Farooqi’s have lived for a number of years to be a form of collective punishment, attacking and penalising three generations and seven individuals for the alleged crimes of one. While Munir Farooqi’s has been convicted for terrorism offences, which he is in the process of appealing, there is no just reason to punish his family, including an infant, for crimes of which they have not been charged nor found guilty.
  • We are absolutely outraged that the Police would consider destroying the family life of innocent people, purely as a vindictive retaliatory attack aimed at causing additional harm to the convicted Munir Farooqi.
  • The Police Service stands notified of our dignified disapproval of this action that could lead to the eviction of innocent people from their family home, which in its entire circumstances is inhumane and nonsensical. Further, this aggressive act will exacerbate relations between the Police and the Muslim community and is not in accordance with the norms of just civilised societies.

Join Us in Solidarity With the Farooqi Family by Attending the Public Meeting: 

 

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Munir Farooqi A9693AQ
HMP Manchester
1 Southall Street
Strangeways
GREATER MANCHESTER
M60 9AH
UK

And do not forget him & his family in your dua.

 
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Posted by on October 18, 2011 in Campaigns, Collateral Damage

 

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Mother & Three Children Abducted in Mecca by KSA ‘Security’ Forces

17 Oct

Adulrahman, Jana and Nammur, three Saudi children aged 4, 8 and 13 years old, are currently detained along with their mother in Dhabhan prison, North-West of Jeddah. They were arrested nine months ago after their mother, Hanane Abdurrahman Samkari, protested in front of the Ministry of Interior with other wives of detainees against her husband’s illegal detention. Mohammed Al-Jazairy, the father of the three children and Hanane’s husband has been imprisoned for eight years without any charge.

Saturday 25th of December 2010, in the middle of the night, men in civilian clothes entered Hanane’s appartment in Hay Al-Zaher district, Mecca by force. Without uttering a word, they arrested the mother and her three children, then took all their personal belongings, including laptops, cellular phones and jewellery. Hanane’s family only learned months later that on 17 February they had been transfered to Dhabhan prison, a ‘high security’ detention centre where political prisoners and persons accused of ‘terrorism’ are detained.

Cells continuously illuminated, surveillance cameras watching the family without interruption, psychological pressure and torture of the mother and the children by the female prison guards, the screams and sounds of the torture of other prisoners piercing the cell walls… Their detention conditions are dire. Their family managed to get a permit to visit Hanane in prison, who explained to her family that the female guards, seeking to exert psychological pressure on her, would come into the cell, take her children one by one and bring them back hours or days later in very weak psychological states.

As thousands of other Saudi families, Hanane and her children are deprived of a husband, a father who have been languishing in the Kingdom’s jails for years without any legal proceedings. Alongside only a few wives of detainees who share the same plight, Hanane dared to protest against the conditions of detention of her husband, asking the Saudi authorities to judge or release him. Dedicated to her fight against this injustice, this mother helped other wives of detainees and coordinated their actions throughout the country by organising sit-ins in front of the Ministeries of Interior and Justice. The 38 year-old mother still does not know what accusations – if any – have been officially brought against her. It appears however that it was her activism and her fight to obtain the release of her husband and other prisoners which led her and her children to share the same plight as her husband.

Today, Alkarama submitted to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on Torture an urgent appeal regarding the situation of Hanane and her three children, asking them to intervene with the Saudi authorities to obtain the release of the entire families. Alkarama calls upon the authorities to release all prisoners arbitrarily detained in the country and in particular the Kingdom’s youngest prisoner 4 year-old Abdulrahman Al Jazairy. Not only Alkarama is extremely concerned by Hanane’s detention but also wishes to shed light upon her children’s situation.

Currently detained in disastrous conditions, their very detention in this prison is unacceptable and contrary to International Human Rights Conventions ratified by Saudi Arabia, especially the Convention on the right to the child. Whereas they should – as set forth in the international convention – « grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding » and benefit from « special care and assistance », Abdulrahman, Jana and Nammur are currently locked in a tiny cell amongst criminals and subjected to physical and psychological mistreatment.

 
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Posted by on October 17, 2011 in News Items

 

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Cageprisoner’s Press Conference on Djemal Beghal

15 Oct

Cageprisoners Press Conference regarding the Torture & Persecution of Djemal Beghal by Western Governments and their Complicity and cooperation in the War on Islam. Read Cageprisoner’s report detailing the grave human rights violations upon our brother Djemal Beghal.

Please take action and write to the French Government on behalf of torture victim Djamel Beghal.

You can also show your Solidarity with Your Brother & let him know he has your Support by writing him at:

Djamel Beghal
Maison d’ârret des Yvelines
No d’écrou : 77189
Quartier d’isolement
5bis rue Alexandre Turpault
78395 Bois d’Arcy
France

And do not forget him & his family in your dua.

 

 
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Posted by on October 15, 2011 in News Items, Videos

 

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