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Milan Rai: Speaking Tour

doopa | 10.04.2006 16:19 | Anti-militarism | South Coast

Title: "7/7 Islam and Terror"
Name of Lecturer: Milan Rai
Venue: October Books
Time: 19:30
Date: 19 April 2006

Southampton

'This book inspired me and other survivors of July 7th. Understanding what happened and why is essential for healing and allows us to move forward. I urge all those committed to hope, healing and peaceful resolution of conflict to read what Milan has written.' Rachel North, writer and 7/7 Survivor Milan Rai's book about the July bombings in London is clear, scholarly, analytical, powerful, persuasive-and very readable. Seeking the real explanation for those events he completely destroys the illusion spread by the prime minister that they had nothing to do with Britain's illegal aggression against Iraq, which no-one really believes.
The author, a man committed to peace, holds no brief for the violence in those attacks and the suffering they caused, but patiently takes us through the circumstances that played a part in motivating those who carried them out. This is a book that everyone with a serious interest in the crisis we face must read if they are to hope to understand it, its causes, its effects, and how we might resolve it.' - Tony Benn 'A penetrating and timely analysis that deserves the attention of all sides.' Ziauddin Sardar, author of What Muslims Believe and Why Do People Hate America?
'Clear, interesting and very well-informed.' - Revd Canon Prof. Martyn Percy, Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford. Milan Rai, JNV worker, has a new book coming out in weeks - 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War - and will be touring the UK in April to talk about the issues raised in the book.
There are plans to also hold a similar meeting in the evening at October Books in Portswood.

The flyer is available from here:
 http://www.soton.ac.uk/~susaw/milan_rai.pdf

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