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URGENT: UK Must Bar Sheik's Re-entry

BAR RE-ENTRY OF ‘SHEIK OF TERROR’ INTO THE UK

In the wake of the horrific suicide attacks in London, we are asking you to please join theSimon Wiesenthal Center’s campaign urging British Prime Minister Tony Blair to bar the re-entry of Sheik Yussuf Al Qaradawi into the United Kingdom.

The popular Qatar-based Sheik has called suicide bombings heroic operations of martyrdom and his sermons and fatwas have called for the killing of Jews. His scheduled attendance atan August 7, 2005 conference in Manchester has been confirmed by The Ramadhan Foundation.

Please send an urgent message to Prime Minister Tony Blair asking him to immediately bar the re-entry ofSheik Yussuf Al Qaradawi into the UK.

Last year, in July 2004, the Wiesenthal Center immediately condemned the hosting of Qaradawi byLondon Mayor Ken Livingstone saying that his presence at a London conference would "only encourage more terrorism."

One infamous 2002 fatwa issued by Qaradawi said in part, "Suicide actions are the most exaltedaspect of the Jihad for the Sake of Allah" and that "...women are required to engage in such a jihad side by side with their men."

This same fatwa has been re-published by the Hamas terrorist group to legitimize their campaignof suicide bombings in Israel. Qaradawi has been banned from entering the United States for reportedly advocating child suicide bombers in the Middle East.

Wiesenthal Center officials Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper have written directly to PrimeMinister Blair urging him to bar the Sheik from re-entering the UK. Additionally, they praised the Prime Minister for his leadership in the wake of the London bombings and for hisencouraging of all citizens to reject the ‘culture of death’ that many Muslim youth have embraced.

Buoyed by the announcement by UK Sunni leaders for their "unequivocal condemnation of allsuicide bombing," Center officials also urged Blair to support their international campaign to declare suicide bombings as ‘Crimes Against Humanity’.

Please add your voice today to the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s urgent-action campaign to immediately barthe re-entry of Sheik Yussuf Al Qaradawi into the UK by following this link to the petition.

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