name: HASSAN EL BASBASSI
country: Morocco
comment: i join my support.
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: Darius Shahsavari
country: USA
comment: I believe none of my co-Muslim brothers hold any higher true and genuine regards and respect for Islam as Marcil Khalifa. Furthermore, no other artist, Muslim or otherwise, has echoed the sufferings of Muslims, particularly those of Palestinians and Lebanese, so delicately and selfishlessly as Mr. Khalifa. It is shocking to hear a country, such as Lebanon the "bride of culture and civilization" as President Khatami of Iran put it recently, would bring such a ludicrous charge against an artist who should be awarded for his contribution to culture and humanity. He is not insulting Islam, he is promoting it. He is the voice of those mainly suffering Muslims.
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: Alexander Lawrence
country: Palestine
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: walid sfeir
country: Lebanon
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: lo'ay issa nasser
country: PALESTINE
comment: HI HOW ARE YOU? AGAIN I AM STUDENT AT BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY, ALL OF US KNEW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FATHER OF POOR PEOPLE (MERCEL KHALIFE) IN ALL OF THE WORLD, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE FREE VERY SOON. THIS LETTER NOT FROM ME ALONE, BUT FROM ALL THE COMMUNIST AT BIRZIET UNIVERSITY. WE'RE ALWAYS WITH YOU AND BESIDE YOU. YOUR COMMUNIST AT B.Z.U
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: faris abboushi
country: usa
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: Ismael Al-Hinti
country: U.K.
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: abdel jabbar essadgui
country: maroc
comment: je suis tres interesse par ce probleme; je suis tres surpris par le fait qu'un grand artiste soit juge pour un texte qui ne touche en aucun cas notre religion
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: Amira Sherif
country: Egypt
comment: I believe that everybody has the right to sing all what they believe in no mater what human borders succeed to differentiate between races and thoughts
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: mehmet baran
country: usa
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: Rudy Luciani
country: U.S.A.
comment: none.
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: Kerim Un
country: Turkey
comment: Although the same shit happens in my country too, the things are changing. I believe all the sick minded will eventually loose the struggle in Lebanon as well. But don't be surprised if any of them are still in the frontier with the most modern discourse in the future.
Monday, November 15, 1999
name: zahab
country: france
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Sebastien van Drooghenbroeck
country: Belgium
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Osama Daher
country: Palestine
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: mouad eladib
country: Morroco
comment: Les forces de l'obscurentisme et de l'ignorance tentent d'eteindre l'une des lueurs qui illuminent encore notre ame et notre identite arabe.
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Claire Cordier
country: FRANCE
comment: Pour que le combat des mots et des idees remplace celui des armes
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Jani Toney
country: USA
comment: Freedom of Speech is the most important thing to have. Art is all about expressing yourself. If that is taken away, we have nothing.
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Maroon Emtanis
country: Nazareth
comment: hi there i am not a fan of u still i don't like it being ruled by people who have the 12 century way of thinking
keep strong
u r not alone
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Fares Chidiac
country: Lebanon
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: AbouChadi
country: AL-ARD
comment: Un juge minable veut se faire un nom sur ton dos cher Marcel. Allez, j'espere qu'il va se calmer.
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: ADIB NESSIM
country: UK
comment: I THINK ITS OUTRAGEOUS
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Khaled Dabbagh
country: Germany
comment: Please do not kill our art and culture. It is more than enough that our world is made into a worthless and cultureless clump, we do not need to do this to our brightest and most able.
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Nizar Habash
country: United States
comment: This whole nonsense is only a statement on the meaningless existence of the "upset" clergy.
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Ghada ,Salim and Ryan Zaytoun
country: Whashington DC
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: neil van der linden
country: netherlands
comment: i support the protest in favour of the singer marcel khalife; i find the controversy between the sunni and shi'a clergymen very signifant also from a religious point views can differ, so i dont think the sunni clergymen can support an absolute point of view
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Sherif Ibrahim
country: USA
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Nader Khalaf Uthman
country: USA
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Daniel Thomas
country: USA
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Leah Mason
country: USA
comment: Please free him, it is only a song, it cannot injure humans when sung.
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Marwan El-Hakim
country: Saudi Arabia
comment: I think that the charges against Marcel khalife are downright outrageous, and should be dropped as soon as possible to save the face of Lebanon, or at least what's left of it...
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Razan
country: Jordan
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: olivier nicolas
country: Belgium
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: suhail abul samid
country: jordan
comment: if this is the least anyone can do... at least i join my voice for freedom and tolerance
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
name: Ahmad Humeid
country: JORDAN
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: heindrichs
country: belgium
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Salma Nims
country: United Kingdom
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Maria Zennaro
country: Denmark
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Randa Gebara
country: UK
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Noe LECOCQ
country: Belgium
comment: Life is beautiful
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: butch
country: wales
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Ziad Bassila
country: Lebanon
comment: Tears flow upon listening
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Nisreen Hannoon
country: Jordan
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Firass Abu Dalu, avocat
country: Belgique (Belgium)
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Youssef Mouallem
country: Lebanon - Canada
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Ghassan Nader
country: Kuwait
comment: It would be really a shame if Lebanon will follow the steps of the arab countries in suppressing the freedom of opinion.
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: shereen quttaineh
country: jordan
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: maroun deeb
country: Lebanon
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: said ghazali
country: Jerusalem
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Ruba Abdul Ghani
country: Jordan
comment: The charges against Marcell Khalifeh are a flagrant violation of intellectual freedoms.
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Riham Al-Samerai
country: USA
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Ivy Young
country: United States
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: tareq habbash
country: Jordan
comment: If the song is that old then why now!!! I think it's unfair and extremely bias
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: John Saunders
country: England, UK
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Ghada Naser
country: Palestine
comment: I add my voice to yours and support you in every step you take against those who violate the right to freedom of expression no matter in what field-cultural, academic, societal or else- such violations take place.
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Daniel Hernandez
country: Canada
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Curtis Ray Allen
country: united States
comment: We recommend that you the FCC rearrange your laws in such away that allows poor songwriters the same amount of air-play as the rich.our signatures are posted below.
musician activist Curtis Ray Allen
Wednesday, November 17, 1999
name: Christine
country: England
comment: How can you be so narrow minded in a country so rich of culture
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Nisrine jaafar
country: canada
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Haidar Eid
country: South Africa
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Fawwaz Abu-Ghazalah
country: Jordan
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Zeina Awad
country: Canada
comment: ya ayb al shoum aleykun... is this how far we have gone as individuals and as a nation in our barbarism?
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Azami hassani rajae
country: fez morroco
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Nizar Honeini
country: Munich Germany
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Zack A. Jalamani, Ph.D.
country: U.S.A.
comment: From what I've been told so far about Marcel Khalife's witchhunt by the Muslim clergy is that he sang a song, using Mahmoud Darweesh's writings. The words of that song are supposedly a verse from the Koran which talks about the treachery of Joseph's brothers- a myth manufactured by the ancient Israelite priests when they manufactured the Jewish Bible in the 5th Century B.C. and then somehow retold in the Koran, in almost identical text.
My comments (actually questions):
1) Why not put Mahmoud Darweesh on trial for writing the same
2) If the story originated in the Jewish Bible, how does it offend Muslims?
3) What is wrong with using the analogy to describe what the so many 'Arab nations' have done to Palestine and Lebanon. I believe Marcel Khalife should be given a reward, not be witchhunted and prosecuted, for using this appropriate analogy. Stop the terror based on ignorant dogma! Stop the witchhunt against Mr. Khalife!
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Shihab-eddin el-Ghossein
country: Jordan
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Basma El Husseiny
country: Egypt
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Sari Kassis
country: Australia
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Kathryn Miller
country: United States of America
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Abdo Kataya
country: USA
comment: I have always been a huge fan of Marcel Khalife
and I know that he is one of the most patriotic
persons that dedicated a big share of their efforts
to their country.
I do not agree that his song debases Islam,
therefore I urge the lebanese government to drop
all charges brought against this wonderful
musician and composer.
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Ali Armagni
comment: I request that all charges against Marcel Khalife be dropped - Promptly! I also request that charges be filed against the Lebanese authorities responsible for this farrago. The appropriate authorities must be indicted for sheer stupidity, willful disregard for self-evident inalienable rights, and crimes against Lebanon.
Thursday, November 18, 1999
name: Haidar Eid
country: South Africa
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: Renix
country: Italy
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: Rania Lakis
country: Beirut
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: ali mchaourab
country: USA
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: ali
country: germany
Saturday, November 20, 1999
country: Turkey
name: Fyrat Ozgul
comment: Down with Darkness! Down with fascism! Up with Marcel Khalife! Up with art and freedom...
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: Dr Ali M
country: USA
comment: In 1984, I watched you in the field "Al-Safa'a", with thousands of other people, who came from all over Lebanon. I watched you living throughout the lebanese war as I lived close to you in Souk el-khudra. You're the typical " mounadel arabi ". I saw you singing for the men who defended Beirut in 1982.. and so on. Marcel, they're giving you more and more "shahadat" by this legal act. I'm a muslim, I didn't hear that song and I don't want to. I invite people to go to the street and peacefully play that song on that big day in December. We're all here for you. We're all Marcel khalifeh. God bless you and Mahmoud Darwish, and protect you from the "Daghina" of those liars. And like your song says: " ana ahmad el-arabi fal-yaetee al-hisar!.." This is only the start, we'll all be with you against this new kind of intellectual sanction. ali
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: Huda Mikhail
country: USA
comment: How long are we to remain ignorant & down right stupid as to allow false interpretation of religion, rule our logic & common sense. Wake up Lebanese officials, do not frighten your people in the name of blasphemy, you will open a Pandora box to create more trouble for your Country. Build your Nation instead of fragmenting it further in the name of religion. You certainly do not need another civil war.
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: Mohammed Hamid
country: USA
comment: Hi
I provide my uncontested support for Mr Khalifa for his steadfast struggle.
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: yaser zumrawi
country: USA
comment: and so is this one ,a new face of the saga that we are still digging in the darkness for a "promised dawn", it might be as those who passed , a gift to analyze how much did the intellectual writing do to create a modern time that can have a room for everybody as long as he wants to express what his conscious leads him to say.
Yousif is the symbol shows our loneliness in the time of the loma , and he remains to be so.
the love to Mahmoud Darwesh and Marciel Khalifa.
Saturday, November 20, 1999
name: HAJJ-HAMMOUD Leonard
country: Paris - FRANCE
