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DR.
SHAIKH CONVICTED TO DEATH: YOUR SUPPORT NEEDED NOW!
THIRD
INTERNATIONAL RATIONALIST CONFERENCE : REGISTRATION OPEN
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DR. SHAIKH
CONVICTED TO DEATH:
YOUR
SUPPORT NEEDED NOW!
Dr. Mohammed Younis
Shaikh is convicted to death for blasphemy. The judgement was
pronounced by a district court in Islamabad yesterday, 18 August
(Saturday). Dr. Shaikh has been given one week's time to appeal
in the high court. Usually the appeal time in similar cases is 30
days. He is kept in a narrow death cell in jail under primitive
living conditions. (A photograph of Dr. Shaikh is attached to
this bulletin).
Dr. Shaikh, British educated physician,
Pakistani rationalist and founder of the first known rationalist
organisation in Pakistan "The Enlightenment" was
arrested on 4 October, 2000 by Islamabad police and booked under
Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code. Dr. Shaikh was accused
to have defied the prophet Muhammed with his statement that
Muhammed did not become a Muslim before the age of forty and that
his parents were non-Muslims.
The web site of Rationalist International (www.rationalistinternational.net) has several pages about Dr. Shaikh and the case, with
the full text of the Police First Information Report (FIR), the
Pakistan Blasphemy Laws and reports of the several stages of the
case. The site is being updated with all new details.
Rationalist International has set up a
committee to build international public opinion to save the life
of Dr. Shaikh. Sanal Edamaruku, President of Rationalist
International, is the convenor of the DR.SHAIKH DEFENSE COMMITTEE.
The international campaign that we plan to
launch in defense of Dr. Shaikh to save him from the Death
Penalty needs your support. All readers of Rationalist
International Bulletin are requested to donate generously to the
fund being raised by the Dr. Shaikh Defense Committee. Please
send your donations to the following account by Swift Bank
Transfer as early as possible. We need to raise world public
opinion in a big way to save the life of Dr. Shaikh. Every drop
of money will help. We request you to act now.
Please send your donations to the following
account by Swift Bank Transfer and inform us by e-mail (Dr.ShaikhDefense@rationalistinternational.net)
Account Number: 5314 938 226
Bank: Citibank N.A, Delhi, India
Swift Code: CITI INBX AIBD
Account Name: Sanal Edamaruku
Creative
Rationalism
THIRD
INTERNATIONAL RATIONALIST CONFERENCE
New Delhi,
India: 8-12, February 2002
Registration
Open Now
Registration for The Third International
Rationalist Conference is open now.
Join Rationalists -- Atheists, Freethinkers,
Humanists, Secular Humanists and Skeptics -- from around the
world. Meet rationalist thinkers and fighters who influence
social change. Exchange ideas, views, experiences and visions.
Identify the creative dimension of Rationalism. Discuss the
potential of transforming societies. Set the course for the
future of enlightenment and humanism. Witness history.
Creative Rationalism
THIRD INTERNATIONAL RATIONALIST
CONFERENCE
At New Delhi from 8 to 12
February 2002
We need to keep setting high
goals and achieving them.
An interesting, thought-provoking
conference.
More details about the International
Rationalist Conference, tentative schedule of events, flight
information and all you want to know about the conference are
available at our web site www.rationalistinternational.net. A downloadable registration form is also available at
the web site.
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Web Site: www.rationalistinternational.net Email: info@rationalistinternational.net
Honorary Associates: Dr.
Pieter Admiraal (The Netherlands), Prof. Mike Archer (Australia),
Katsuaki Asai (Japan), Sir Hermann Bondi (UK), Prof.
Colin Blakemore (UK), Prof. Vern Bullough (USA), Dr Bill
Cooke (New Zealand), Dr. Helena Cronin (UK), Prof.
Richard Dawkins (UK), Joseph Edamaruku (India), Prof.
Antony Flew (UK), Christopher Hitchens (USA), Prof. Paul
Kurtz (USA), Lavanam (India), Dr. Richard Leakey (Kenya),
Dr. Henry Morgentaler (Canada), Dr. Taslima Nasreen (Bangladesh),
Steinar Nilsen (Norway), Prof. Jean-Claude Pecker (France),
James Randi (USA), Dr G N Jyoti Shankar (deceased, USA),
Barbara Smoker (UK), Prof. Harry Stopes-Roe (UK), Prof.
Rob Tielman (The Netherlands), David Tribe (Australia),
Barry Williams (Australia) and Prof. Lewis Wolpert (UK).
Sanal Edamaruku, President of Rationalist
International, can be contacted at Edamaruku@rationalistinternational.net
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