The Sowetan (Johannesburg)
Waghied Misbach
12 October 2001
If the United States continues its war on Afghanistan and the Taliban without offering proof that Osama bin Laden was guilty of the September 11 attacks on the US, then South Africans should boycott all American goods.
The suggestion came from a coalition of organisations that marched on the US Embassy in Cape Town yesterday to hand over a memorandum calling for an end to the war.
Some 5 000 people took part in the march, which was organised by the Congress of SA Trade Unions, the Western Province Council of Churches and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC).
Many of the marchers were Muslims who carried Palestine and Iranian flags and chanted "Death to America" and "Hands off Muslims.
Their posters expressed strong anti-American sentiments: "Bush: The Satan", "Bush Wanted: Dead or Alive" and "Bush and Blair: Blood Brothers".
The MJC's Moulana Ighsaan Hendricks called for US president George Bush to be put on trial. "If bin Laden has to face trial for killing people, then George Bush has to also face trial for killing people," Hendricks said.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2001 The Sowetan. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
