Only united communities will defeat terrorism and protect civil liberties

12/10/05

The campaign statement

‘Our lives, rights and freedoms are precious and we will not surrender them. We stand united in our refusal to be defeated by those who seek to indiscriminately murder people of all faiths and races in our country.

‘We support the police and measures against those who plan, support or carry out such terrorist attacks. However, a number of the security measures which the government has said it is considering risk criminalising or excluding people who condemn terrorist attacks and whose cooperation is indispensable to the work of the police in fighting terrorism.

‘We believe that the fight against terrorism requires a broad consensus around its means and the involvement of all communities to isolate and defeat those who would use terror to divide us.’

Signatories:

1. Ken Livingstone Mayor of London
2. Shami Chakrabarti Liberty
3. Sir Iqbal Sacranie Muslim Council of Britain
4. Rt Revd Peter Price Bishop of Bath and Wells
5. Mohammed Sawalha Muslim Association of Britain
6. Amrik Singh Sikh Federation (UK)
7. National Council of Gurdwaras
8. Confederation of Indian Organisations (UK)
9. Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark
10. David Prentis General Secretary, UNISON
11. Paul Kenny General Secretary, GMB
12. Billy Hayes General Secretary, CWU
13. Keith Norman General Secretary, ASLEF
14. Paul Mackney General Secretary, NATFHE
15. Kat Fletcher President, National Union of Students
16. Rod Robertson, UNISON
17. Margaret Lally Deputy Chief Executive, Refugee Council
18. Gareth Reid, Met Black Police Association
19. Kate Hudson Chair CND
20. Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition
21. Salma Yaqoob Chair, Birmingham Stop the War Coalition
22. Federation of Irish Societies
23. Federation of Students Islamic Societies
24. UK Islamic Mission
25. National Assembly Against Racism
26. 1990 Trust
27. National Black Alliance
28. Black Londoners Forum
29. Reeva Bell National Black Crown Prosecution Service
30. Alex Salmond MP
31. Mark Oaten MP
32. Frank Dobson MP
33. Danny Alexander MP
34. Peter Bottomley MP
35. Dawn Butler MP
36. Alistair Carmichael MP
37. Martin Caton MP
38. Nick Clegg MP
39. Harry Cohen MP
40. Michael Connarty MP
41. John Cruddas MP
42. Lynne Featherstone MP
43. Mark Fisher MP
44. Don Foster MP
45. Neil Gerrard MP
46. Julia Goldsworthy MP
47. Martin Horwood MP
48. David Howarth MP
49. Dr Brian Iddon MP
50. Lynne Jones MP
51. Sadiq Khan MP
52. Tony Lloyd MP
53. John McDonnell MP
54. Jim McGovern MP
55. Bob Marshall-Andrews - QC MP
56. Austin Mitchell MP
57. Greg Mulholland MP
58. Lembit Öpik MP
59. Adam Price MP
60. Linda Riordan MP
61. Angus Robertson MP
62. Dan Rogerson MP
63. Emily Thornberry MP
64. Lynda Waltho MP
65. Mark Williams MP
66. Phil Willis MP
67. Mike Wood MP
68. Dr Rudolph Vis MP
69. Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP
70. Baroness Howarth of Breckland OBE
71. Baroness Maddock
72. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne
73. Baroness Sharp of Guildford
74. Baroness Tonge of Kew
75. Baroness Turner of Camden
76. Baroness Rosalie Wilkins
77. Earl of Glasgow
78. Lord Ahmed
79. Lord Bhatia
80. Lord Clement-Jones
81. Lord Dholakia
82. Lord Haskins
83. Lord Hylton
84. Lord Pendry
85. Lord Rana MBE
86. Lord Tope
87. Nicky Gavron Deputy Mayor of London
88. Cllr Sean Brennan Leader, LB Sutton
89. Cllr Steve Bullock Mayor of Lewisham
90. Cllr Sue Goss Mayor of Islington
91. Cllr Ohid Ahmed
92. Cllr Rajib Ahmed
93. Cllr Louise Alexander
94. Cllr David Britten
95. Cllr Nicola Brown
96. Cllr Nilgun Carver
97. Cllr Jainal Chowdhury
98. Cllr Barrie Duffey
99. Cllr Meral Ece
100. Cllr Ray Gipson
101. Cllr John Griffiths
102. Cllr Bridget Fox
103. Cllr Delawar Hosain
104. Cllr Sandra Kabir President, Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (UK)
105. Cllr Azizur Rahman Kahn
106. Cllr Albert Kanjee
107. Cllr Chris Kennedy
108. Cllr G Rahman Khan
109. Cllr Janet Ludlow
110. Cllr Revd Dr Brian Lee
111. Cllr Robert Massey
112. Cllr Abdul Matin
113. Cllr Maxi Martin
114. Cllr Pat Mason
115. Cllr Dermot McInerney
116. Cllr Daniel Moylan
117. Cllr Kumar Murshid
118. Cllr Rajinder Nijjhar
119. Cllr Tim O'Flaherty
120. Cllr Hilary Phelps
121. Cllr Akikur Rahman
122. Cllr Ian Rathbone
123. Cllr Martin Rew
124. Cllr Irene Richards
125. Cllr James Sanderson
126. Cllr David Trigg
127. Cllr Veronica Ward
128. Cllr Marian Williams
129. Cllr Harry Webb
130. Cllr Than Yu An Viet Foundation
131. James Wood QC Doughty Street Chambers
132. Ian McDonald QC
133. Karon Monaghan Matrix Chambers
134. Peter Herbert National Vice Chairman,
135. Society of Black Lawyers
136. Louise Christian Christian Khan
137. Gareth Peirce Birnberg Peirce Solicitors
138. Frances Butler QC
139. Richard Clayton QC
140. Alison Foster QC
141. Professor Tariq Ramadan
142. Professor Conor Gearty LSE
143. Professor Ivor Gaber
144. Professor Aileen McColgan Matrix Law
145. Tony Benn
146. Honor Blackman
147. Billy Bragg
148. Hugo Charlton Chair, Green Party
149. Christina Odone
150. George Monbiot
151. Gary Younge
152. Roy Greenslade
153. Steve Richards
154. Lauren Booth
155. Yasmin Qureshi Human Rights Advisor to
156. Mayor of London
157. Scottish Human Rights Centre
158. Welsh Refugee Council 159. Halkevi
160. Fedbir - Kurdish Federation UK
161. Consortium of Bengali Associations
162. Kirsten Hearn MPA & REGARD
163. Denis Fernando Lesbian and Gay Campaign against Racism
164. Darren Johnson London Assembly Member
165. Murad Qureshi London Assembly Member
166. Pav Akhtar NUS Black Students Officer
167. Harsh Srivastev President Sheffield Students' Union
168. Leeds University Union
169. Council of Nigerian Muslim
170. Organisations
171. Da'watul Islam UK & Eire
172. Indian Muslim Federation
173. Islamic Forum Europe
174. Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith UK
175. Muslim Doctors and Dentists Association
176. Council Of European Jamaats
177. Muslim Women's Association
178. World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna
179. Ashari Muslim Communities
180. Young Muslims UK
181. Aalami Majlise Tahaffuze Khatme Nubuwwat
182. Al Muntada Al Islami Trust
183. Al-Asr Scholastic Research Establishment
184. Al-Mahdi Institute
185. Al-Risala Education Trust
186. Anjuman-e-Ja'fariyya - Shia Ithna Ashari
187. Muslim Community of Watford
188. Association of Muslim Researchers
189. Bangla 2000
190. Birmingham Mosque Trust (Birmingham Central Mosque)
191. Brighton Islamic Mission
192. Council of Mosques London and Southern Counties
193. Education Aid
194. Shaikh Fakhrudin Hamidovic Imam
195. Herzegovina Muslim Community Centre
196. Ilford Islamic Centre
197. Impact International
198. Islamic Foundation
199. Karimia Institute Nottingham 200. Rashid Laher Kingston Muslim Association
201. Zumer Salahi Director, Kosova Islamic Centre UK
202. Muslimaat UK Rukshana Ali
203. SMT Wasti Secretary General, Muslim Solidarity Committee
204. Narborough Road Islamic Centre Leicester
205. Mehr Sultana Chair, New Malden Ladies Circle
206. Northern Ireland Muslim Family Association (NIMFA)
207. Pakistani Community Centre Oldham
208. Pakistan Society Oldham
209. People's Voice
210. Sussex Muslim Society
211. Ta Ha Publishers
212. Mohammad Afzal President, UK Islamic Mission
213. Voluntary Action Oldham
214. Young Muslim Organisation UK
215. Ahmed Sheikh Muslim Association of Britain
216. Dr Azzam Tamimi Institute of Islamic Political Thought
217. Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari academic
218. Rajnaara Akhtar Assembly for the Protection of Hijab
219. Ismail Patel Friends of Al Aqsa
220. Farzana, IMAAN Chair
221. Mejinderpal Kaur, United Sikhs
222. Young Sikhs (UK)
223. Khalsa Human Rights
224. Sikh Secretariat
225. Kurdish Community Centre Haringey
226. Hackney Cypriot Association
227. Turkish Cypriot Women's Project
228. London Gypsy and Traveller Unit
229. Peter Carter British Human Rights Committee
230. Tara Kumar Mukherjee Chairman, European Multi-Cultural Foundation (EMF)
232. UNISON, Plymouth
233. Moonrakers
234. The Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
235. Kerry Abel
236. Sigrid Agocsi
237. Shah Ahmed
238. David Alamu
239. Emin Ali
240. John Anderson
241. Timothy Andrews
242. Colin Archer
243. Lorna Archer
244. Dr Ghulam Ashraf
245. Hamid Azad
246. Mohammed Azam
247. Christopher Bahn
248. Frances Balfour
249. Michael Bentley
250. Yahya Birt
251. Mette Evelyn Bjerre
252. Soraya Boyd
253. Reverend Peter Brown
254. Phil Brand
255. Darren Bull
256. Kuldeep Singh Chahera
257. Colin Clewes
258. Aziz Choudhary
259. Keeley Creedy
260. Mike Cushman
261. Alison Davey
262. Oscar Dahlsten
263. Tokunbo Durosinmi
264. Kylie Ellway
265. Reverend Paul Farnhill
266. Mourad Fleming
267. Deborah Gabriel
268. Tim Garden
269. Charlotte Gunn
270. Christine Healey
271. Josie Herbert
272. Peter J Herbert
273. Mirza Ahsanul Hossain
274. Azmol Hussain
275. Qasi Jalisi
276. Yogesh Jandauria
277. Inder Singh Jamu
278. Shamiul Joarder
279. Mahair Katham
280. Chris Kitchen
281. Blessed Kungwengwe
282. Victoria Langer
283. Bahauddeen Latif
284. Oliver Leggett
285. Eva R Light
286. Barry Lovejoy
287. Elizabeth Lyn
288. Dr Jim McDonnell
289. Sue McLaughlin
290. Tony McMahon
291. Trish Miles
292. Christine Moore
293. Leonard Moore
294. Christina Morgan
295. Paul Muortat
296. John Nott
297. Karen Novak
298. M A Qavi
299. Susan Pares
300. Stephen Pratt
301. Abdul Rupani
302. Ruhul - Bangla 2000
303. Angie Roche
304. Theo Russell
305. Gurjeet Singh Samra
306. Rahul Sareen
307. Mike Shallcross
308. Balbir Singh
309. Harjinder Singh
310. Sanchia Smithson
311. Ben Soffa
312. Martin Squirrel
313. Tony Staunton
314. Dan Sumners
315. Louisa Thomson
316. Liz Timms
317. Martin Timson
318. Christopher Von Luttitz
319. Abdirahman Warsame
320. Hannah Watts
321. Roy Webb
322. Niall Wright
323. Peter Wright
324. Sylvia Wright
325. James Weston
326. Kevin Winstanley
327. Irfan Zaman