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51389
Thu, 03/19/2009 - 16:36
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Refuse visa to Modi demand British Indian Muslims
London, Mar 19 (PTI) British Indian Muslims have
urged the British Government to declare Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi persona non grata and refuse him visa
to enter into Britain.
Accusing Modi of allowing the ethnic cleansing of
Muslims in the state as its Chief Minister in 2002, the
Council of Indian Muslims, UK, said Modi has reportedly
accepted an invitation to address "India Summit 2009" being
organised by Dow Jones Financial News in London in May this
year.
In a letter addressed to British Home Secretary Jacqui
Smith, Chairman of the Council of Indian Muslims, K,
Mohammad Munaf Zeena said Modi was responsible for Gujarat
genocide and posed danger to inter-communal relations in the
UK.
Citing the revocation of Modi's visa by the US in 2005 as
an example the letter read: "... It is widely believed that
following US example in 2005 the British Government had also
advised the Indian government to cancel Modi's trip to
London."
Referring to Genocide Convention 1957, Rome Statue of
the International Criminal Court 1998 and "a number of
resolutions by the United Nations Security Council and the
General Assembly" to which Britain is a signatory, the letter
emphasised: "United Kingdom is thus obligated under
international law to ensure that a person against whom there
is evidence that they have committed international crimes is
subject to tracing, arrest, trial and if found guilty, to
punishment, particularly if he is found in UK soil.
Such obligation is even more compelling if victims of
the crimes are British citizens - and in this case two
members of the Dawood family, both British citizens have been
killed."
The letter also deplores some of the British MPs who
have shown support for Modi in the past and said that British
Muslims are outraged "...to witness a mass murderer being
allowed to be welcomed on British soil and even see
the disgusting rather shameless behaviour of 17 British MPs
signing an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons initiated
by Barry Gardiner praising "Vibrant Gujarat".
Gardiner followed this up by attending the Vibrant
Gujarat summit on January 12-13 last where Modi was hailed as
'the lion of Gujarat.'
urged the British Government to declare Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi persona non grata and refuse him visa
to enter into Britain.
Accusing Modi of allowing the ethnic cleansing of
Muslims in the state as its Chief Minister in 2002, the
Council of Indian Muslims, UK, said Modi has reportedly
accepted an invitation to address "India Summit 2009" being
organised by Dow Jones Financial News in London in May this
year.
In a letter addressed to British Home Secretary Jacqui
Smith, Chairman of the Council of Indian Muslims, K,
Mohammad Munaf Zeena said Modi was responsible for Gujarat
genocide and posed danger to inter-communal relations in the
UK.
Citing the revocation of Modi's visa by the US in 2005 as
an example the letter read: "... It is widely believed that
following US example in 2005 the British Government had also
advised the Indian government to cancel Modi's trip to
London."
Referring to Genocide Convention 1957, Rome Statue of
the International Criminal Court 1998 and "a number of
resolutions by the United Nations Security Council and the
General Assembly" to which Britain is a signatory, the letter
emphasised: "United Kingdom is thus obligated under
international law to ensure that a person against whom there
is evidence that they have committed international crimes is
subject to tracing, arrest, trial and if found guilty, to
punishment, particularly if he is found in UK soil.
Such obligation is even more compelling if victims of
the crimes are British citizens - and in this case two
members of the Dawood family, both British citizens have been
killed."
The letter also deplores some of the British MPs who
have shown support for Modi in the past and said that British
Muslims are outraged "...to witness a mass murderer being
allowed to be welcomed on British soil and even see
the disgusting rather shameless behaviour of 17 British MPs
signing an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons initiated
by Barry Gardiner praising "Vibrant Gujarat".
Gardiner followed this up by attending the Vibrant
Gujarat summit on January 12-13 last where Modi was hailed as
'the lion of Gujarat.'
