A Call from Selam Weekly.

August 2, 2000

Selam weekly is an Istanbul based newspaper. Its journalists have been regularly persecuted for their outspoken criticism of the government and their Islamic beliefs.

Last Sunday, June 18, 2000, at about 5:00 pm, a group of Filipino soldiers who were on R&R (rest and recreation) in Cagayan de Oro City, the regional capital of Northern Mindanao, stopped at one of the city’s busiest markets and upon seeing Muslims attend

URGENT ALERT: PHILIPPINES: Protest against summary executions of Esmael Omar and Akmad Samid

June 16, 2000

June 8, 2000, at about 5:30 pm, two male Muslims were accosted in the
street by 10 policemen of the Manila Western Police District in one of the the capital’s busiest districts, Quiapo.

URGENT ALERT: AZERBAIJAN: DENIAL of Muslimah with Hijab Photograph in Passport applications.

June 5, 2000

URGENT ALERT: AZERBAIJAN For immediate release: 5th June 2000 DENIAL of Muslimah with Hijab Photograph in Passport applications. Background The authorities of the Passport Issue Department of the Ministry of Internal affairs of Azerbaijan have started denying the usage of photos of sisters with Hijab

URGENT ALERT: ISRAELI WAR CRIMINAL PROMOTED BY BARAK

May 9, 2000

Ehud Barak’s perceived image as a peacemaker was further dented, with the news that he has promoted Amos Yaron to Director -General of the Israel Defence Ministry. Yaron has been implicated in the infamous Sabra and Shatila massacre, by an official

URGENT ALERT: GERMANY / EGYPT: Fear of Deportation & Torture

March 13, 2000

‘Abd al-Akher Hammad, aged 44 and Muhi al-Din Ahmad ‘Abd al-Mun’im, aged 40 are alleged leading members of al-Gama’a al-Islamiya…Their asylum applications were examined and rejected, and their appeals were turned down by an administrative court (Verwalt

Mass murder in Indonesia

January 7, 2000

JAKARTA- The worst and the most heartbreaking human tragedy has occurred in North Maluku on 28 December 1999. Not less than 800 Muslim men in three villages in the district of Tobelo, Halmahera, North Maluku Province were massacred in a single night, whil