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`Do not welcome US President'

Staff Reporter

TINY VIEW INTO A LARGER DISSENT: A boy peers through a poster at an exhibition organised by the Students' Islamic Organisation of India in Hyderabad on Wednesday. - PHOTO: P.V. Sivakumar

Hyderabad: A Joint Action Committee (JAC), comprising different Muslim organisations, has termed US President George W. Bush a "traitor of humanity."

In a memorandum submitted to Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Wednesday, the JAC said Mr. Bush's visit would endanger peace and harmony of the country. "We request you to convey to the Government of India not to welcome him. The State Government should also not welcome him", the JAC members said.

The signatories to the memorandum were: Syed Abdul Baisth Anwar (Jamate Islami Hind), Raheem Qurashi (Majlis Tameere Millat), Allauddin Ansari (Indian National League) and others. The campaign of Mr. Bush, they said, was not for strengthening democracy but to destroy democratic governments and create chaos in the world. "Mr. Bush is directly involved in abuses and violations of human rights all over the world', the memorandum said.

MBT calls bandh

The Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) called for "AP bandh" on March 3 to protest against the visit. At an emergency meeting held here on Wednesday, the MBT decided to observe it as a black day.

The meeting, which was presided over by MBT acting president, Adam Malik, resolved to launch a novel protest by sending black balloons in the air from multi storied buildings around the Airport as soon as Mr. Bush arrives. The MBT urged people, particularly the Muslim community, to close their businesses on Friday and fly black coloured kites and hoist black flags on their houses to show their resentment.

Shias take out rally

Hundreds of Shias took out a motor cycle rally from Purani Haveli to Raj Bhavan on Wednesday under the auspices of the Andhra Pradesh Shiya Youth Conference to protest against the Samara incident and the visit.

Later a delegation led by Syed Hamed Hussain Jaffrey, president, of the body, submitted a memorandum to the Governor urging him to condemn the attack on the holiest of Shia shrines.

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