[ANPPOM-L] En: Fw: Appeal from the Somali National Music Committee

Dom Out 22 21:10:52 BRT 2006

Caros,
Encaminho mensagem alarmante, divulguem por favor. Se
alguém puder encaminhar para a lista da ABET, 
agradeço.
obrigada
Júlia Tygel (unicamp)

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> > Assunto: Appeal from the Somali National Music
> Committee
> Data: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:52:31 +0200
> De: "Conseil International de la Musique"
> <imc em unesco.org>
> Para: undisclosed-recipients:;
> 
> Dear IMC colleague
> 
>  
> 
> The members of the Somali National Music Committee
> face a death sentence from the Islamist authorities,
> simply for promoting music. Please read the email
> below.
> 
>  
> 
> THEY HAVE CONTACTED IMC. THEY MUST HAVE OUR
> ASSISTANCE. IT MAY BE THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE
> ELSE TO TURN.
> 
>  
> 
> What should that assistance be? 
> 
>  
> 
> This is a first for me and probably for you. We will
> quickly seek advice. I also seek your suggestions. 
> 
>  
> 
> And if you know what to do, do it now!
> 
>  
> 
> We will immediately take this to UNESCO and ask it
> to act. I am informing the Copenhagen-based
> Freemuse, which monitors and publicises these
> situations.
> 
>  
> 
> Richard Letts
> 
> President
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Chers collègues du CIM,
> 
>  
> 
> Les membres du Comité national de Somalie se voient
> confrontés à une sentence de mort de la part des
> autorités islamiques, pour la seule raison qu'ils
> souhaitent promouvoir la musique. Je vous invite à
> lire le courrier électronique ci-dessous. 
> 
>  
> 
> Ils ont contactÉ le CIM. Ils doivent pouvoir compter
> sur notre aide. Il se peut qu'ils ne sachent oÙ
> s'adresser autrement. 
> 
>  
> 
> Quelle devrait être notre aide ? 
> 
>  
> 
> Ceci s'adresse en premier lieu à moi-même et
> probablement à vous. Nous allons nous dépêcher pour
> obtenir des conseils. Je vous serai également
> reconnaissant pour vos suggestions.
> 
>  
> 
> Et si vous savez ce qu'il faut faire, faites-le sans
> tarder !
> 
>  
> 
> Nous allons immédiatement porter ce cas à la
> connaissance de l'UNESCO et demander une action.
> Pour ma part, j'informe Freemuse, une organisation
> basée à Copenhague, qui suit de près et rend
> publique cette sorte de situations. 
> 
>  
> 
> Richard Letts
> 
> Président
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> International Music Council
> 
> Conseil international de la musique
> 
> Maison de l'UNESCO
> 
> 1 rue Miollis
> 
> 75732 Paris cedex 15
> 
> France
> 
> Tel. +33 1 45 68 48 50
> 
> Fax  +33 1 43 06 87 98
> 
> Email: imc em unesco.org <mailto:imc em unesco.org> 
> 
> www.unesco.org/imc <http://www.unesco.org/imc> 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Somali Music [mailto:somaliamusic em yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:57 PM
> To: mca em mca.org.au
> Cc: Conseil International de la Musique;
> c.descombris.imc em unesco.org; omarbashirm em yahoo.com
> Subject: Appeal 'save our soul' "Somalia"
> 
>  
> 
> To: IMC
> 
> Cc: UNESCO
> Cc: Human Rights Organizations and Activists
> Worldwide
> 
> Cc: Countries of the World
> 
> Cc: Well-wishers
> 
>  
> 
> Dear brothers and sister, the National Music
> Committee of Somalia officiallyadmitted as a member
> of the International Music Council on October 16-17
> 2004 During the meeting of the IMC in Paris. NC
> Somalia has been a member of the IMC since then. It
> was on March 24, 2006 when our offices were
> destroyed and our draft MUSICAL DIVERSITY RESEARCH
> that was due to be directly sent to the IMC was lost
> in the destruction. I immediately informed The
> President of IMC H.E Richard Letts of the
> unfortunate event. The local and civil society
> organizations were informed as well.
> 
>  
> 
> Now it is too unfortunate that the Islamists
> deliberately banned our activities and we were not
> allowed to conduct any businesses countrywide. It is
> a violation to the Human Rights and at the same time
> to the cultural diversity. We were not even given
> some time to brief the media over the matter and we
> could not produce communiqué.
> 
>  
> 
> Worse than that, it was yesterday on 17 October 2006
> when the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), now controlling
> most of the country's south, produced a 'Fatwa' "a
> nonbinding Islamic religious opinion rooted in
> sources of Islamic law" to arrest all the members of
> the NC Somalia from 17/10/2006 and face a death
> penalty! Just because of Music! Are we wrong to
> promote Cultural Diversity in our Home Land? No
> official has, up to now, commented about this
> so-called Fatwa. We are the same as other Music
> Committees in the Islamic World today
> 
>  
> 
> We therefore appeal to the IMC, UNESCO, All human
> rights activists in the world and all countries:
> SAVE OUR SOUL.
> 
>  
> 
> I am now in hideouts and will soon be in Nairobi,
> Kenya to join the NC Somalia Executive Director, Mr.
> Omar Bashir Mohamed who was flown there earlier for
> his life to escape from the Islamists.
> 
>  
> 
> Mr. Omar BASHIR can be reached on the following
> addresses:
> 
> P.O Box: 68883 Nairobi, Kenya
> 
> Tel: +254-722664170
> 
> E-mail: omarbashirm em yahoo.com
> 
>  
> 
> I hope after receiving this e-mail, you will help us
> out of this. If unable to view this mail or need
> further communication, please inform Mr. Omar. We
> are in touch and talk on the phone and he will be
> able to give updates. The rest of the members, we
> hope, they are save and are required to immediately
> contact Omar Bashir so that to remain in touch.
> 
>  
> 
> Yours 
> 
> Yusuf Jimale Ali
> 
> President - NC Somalia
> 
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> 
> ________________________________
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