Libya's average per capita consumption of onions is 66.8 pounds (30 kg) per year, which makes it the world leader among onion eaters. [Fredericksburg] .
We were told to gather by 12:00 noon, we arrived about 11:40 but had to wait until 1:00 for the march to start as the police would not let us start until they made sure the roads on our root were closed to traffic, the children got a bit bored of waiting as it was a very warm day. I was wearing a hat with the Libyan flag on it, I was approached by a group of girls who asked me if I was Libyan and I said yes, they turned out to be the daughters of a friend of mine, it was good to see them there.On the picture above you can see Nelson's column which is in the middle of Trafalgar Square.
There was a large police presence which was really good as we all felt safe and police were very polite to everyone, this probably discouraged certain people from attending and hijacking this march as happened before which would have only served to ruin Muslim reputation even further as some very extremists groups did during the profit Muhammad cartoons demonstrations, I was so glad that they kept well away.
An old English man approached my children and started talking to them, I thought he was being nice but when I came closer I was shocked to hear him say: all Jews should be exterminated, I was so angry and told the fool to clear off and leave my children alone, my kids are 7 & 5 years old, they attend an English/Arabic school that teaches Islamic studies as well, they learn there to be tolerant with everyone and they visit Christian and Jewish schools.
The picture above shows only one of the many peace loving Jewish people that attended this march, there were many Christian peace groups as well, that can only be good. I have a lot of respect for all of them.
The spirits were high, there was a large group playing march drums which gave a carnival atmosphere to the march, even the heavy poor of rain did not dampen the atmosphere. Kids all over the march were happy to be there.
Big Ben at the back
The march ended up in Hyde Park where many well known people spoke against Israel and what its doing in the middle east, including George Galloway and Tony Benn.
It was estimated by the organizers (stop the war coalition) that about 30,000 people attended this march. in total 11 marches took place in Britain's major cities that day which goes to show that the majority of people in the UK are against what is happening.
Some of the newspapers in Britin are saying: the heat will melt roads and some went as far as saying Brains will Boil!! obviously they have not been to Libya in the summer.
On saturday i took my children and a British friend of ours to visit Islam Expo which opend on 6th July for 4 days.
This Islamic Exihibition was scheduled to coincide with the first anniversary of the dreadful 7/7 attack on London last year. The main idea of this expo is to promote tolerance and to teach non Muslims about Islam and its history. It was held at the famous Alexandra Palace in London, as we arrived there, stewards directed us to car parks then we walked up the hill to the entrance where we had to queue for tickets, my first surprise was the high price of entry to the exihibition, £20 for a single person or £35 for a family of four, i thought this was very expensive as this show was aimed mainly at non muslims to learn about Islam. I was not surprised to find that about 90% of visitors were Muslim, my British friend told me that if he didnt know me he would not have come to this exihibition because it was very expesive, i think for this reason that most non Muslims stayed away, the Expo was extensively addvertised in London.
We all enjoyed the show once inside, there was lots of stands and activities, sections on Islamic art and history, seminars and a theatre showing short plays and films, there was a large market (souk) selling food, clothes, holidays and Islamic products, everything was well organised and enjoyable both for adults and children.
The kids kept going on about visiting the kids zone which was advertised as a separate area for families with young children with lots of activities, so after we finished with the main section we started walking to the kids zone area which was about 10-15 minutes walk away, as we got there i was completely shocked and angered when I was told that i have to pay £3.50 per child to enter, i told them that i bought a family ticket on the understanding that it includes everything and why i wasnt told that i needed to pay even more money on top of the high entrance fee i paid already?! I refused to pay this extra money and instead I took the kids to the funfair nearby, I was not surprised to notice that the kids zone was almost empty.
The organisers of this event have made a good job of this massive exihibition which was the biggest Muslim event in Europe but they got it completely wrong when they decided to impose an entrance fee, there was a lot of companies and big organisations with stands inside which must have paid enough money to cover the entire cost of this exihibition without having to make anyone pay to enter. This Event should have been Free for all, this way many non Muslims would have attended and learnt a lot about Islam and it should have been free as a tribute to all the victims of the London bombings, what a shame to miss such a good opportunity, unfortunately i consider this event to be a complete failure as it missed its target audience. what a shame.
An English friend of mine had a Golden Retriever dog called Buster, he had him for about 13 years, in human years Buster would be about 90 years old. 
