Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] Election 2010 : Post-Mortem

Monday, May 3, 2010

[MahdiUniteMuslims] Election 2010 : Post-Mortem > 11th May<

Open Discussions

In conjunction with

Gulf Cultural Club

Invites you to a seminar entitled

Election 2010: Post -Mortem

Majority Government or hung parliament, these elections promise to be the most exciting than we have seen in a long time. From the expenses scandal to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the biggest deficit in government budget, voters will give their verdict in a way that may change the British political skyline. Is a hung parliament our only opportunity for change and reforming an unfair voting system or will it mean a further crisis? The well renowned panel of speakers will provide an in depth analysis of the election results and what they mean for our politics in the future. Anthony Barnett, Ahmed Versi and Catherine Heseltine will add an insight into what election outcome will mean for the Muslim community.

Panel

Anthony Barnett*

Ahmed J Versi**

Catherine Heseltine***

Chaired by Ali Ridha Jaffer

Tuesday, 11th May 2010 @ 6.30pm

Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP Nearest Station : Edgware Road

Dinner will be served.

*Anthony Barnett Founder of OpenDemocracy and now edits its UK section, Our Kingdom. He has long campaigned for democratic reform. He was the first Director of Charter 88 from 1988 to 1995 and Co-Director of the convention on Modern Liberty in 2009. He has argued strongly for a hung parliament in the New Statesman and the Guardian.

**Ahmed J Versi is the publisher and editor of The Muslim News. Reaching over 140,000 people in the UK alone, it has the largest circulation of newspapers for Muslims in Britain. The Muslim News is the only minority publication to transcend conventional 'ethnic' boundaries. In March 2000, Ahmed took a proactive lead in raising the profile of Muslims with the launch of the first ever The Muslim News Awards for Excellence – an annual celebration of unsung Muslim achievement attended in recent years by eminent guests such as the Prince of Wales and Prime Minister Tony Blair.

*** Catherine Heseltine is a spokesperson for Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPAC UK) aiming to empower Muslims through mainstream politics and media, to fulfil their Islamic duty to strive for justice. MPACUK campaigns to mobilise Muslims to vote intelligently and their 2005 campaign, which helped unseat a pro-war pro-Israel MP, was shown in a ground-breaking Channel 4 documentary 'Operation Muslim Vote'National Campaigns manager, MPAC UK

ALL are welcome to attend. Free Admission. Dinner will be served. For catering purposes please register by sending an email info@opendiscussions.com or a text to
07795 660 438

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