TORTURE AGAINST ISLAMISTS IN SUDAN

September 1, 2000

IHRC is deeply concerned with the arrest being made in Sudan by the government especially after incidents of torture were found evident in one of the detainess.

D-UK UPDATE: Issuing of passports to British Muslimahs wearing hijab.

August 11, 2000

11 August 2000 IHRC has received a number of complaints regarding the advice given by officers at the UK Passport Agency regarding the wearing of hijab in passport photographs. Several sisters were told that hijab was not acceptable. Islamic Human Rights Commission United Kingdom 11th

UK UPDATE: Issuing of passports to British Muslimahs wearing hijab.

August 11, 2000

IHRC has received a number of complaints regarding the advice given by officers at the UK Passport Agency regarding the wearing of hijab in passport photographs. Several sisters were told that hijab was not acceptable.

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.

URGENT ALERT: Philipines

July 4, 2000

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