A History of Muslims in Australia

July 1, 2000

Bilal Cleland’s excellent history of the Muslim presence and participation in Australian society.

Launch of Anti-Muslim Hostility in the UK, 2000

February 16, 2000

Towards the end of 1998, we decided to survey the extent of the problem, and devised a questionnaire to be distributed among the Muslim community. That questionnaire was distributed at the end of 1998 / beginning of 1999 and again at the end of 1999

Freedom is my Daughter’s Name

July 30, 1999

Hijab bans, torture and imprisonment without charge in the late 1990s in Turkey. This article was originally written in 1997, when a soft coup had removed the democratically elected government. Whilst some form of democracy has returned to Turkey, women are still barred from university and public positions if they wear the hijab. Gul Aslan, mentioned in this article, was released in 1999 after an IHRC campaign for her release.

Report of IHRC Observer into the Trial of Huda Kaya and the Malatya 75

July 1, 1999

Osama Daneshyar’s 1999 report into the trial of Huda Kaya and the Malatya 75, 51 of whom faced the death penalty for participating in a peaceful demonstration in support of women suspended from university for wearing hijab.

Other Voices in the Garden: Why Muslim Women Don’t Have Human Rights

March 1, 1999

Arzu Merali argues that the current human rights discourse discriminates against Muslim and ‘other’ women. Download the report here. The report uses Iran and Turkey as examples in some points as well as referring to the case of Gul Aslan. Arzu cites Katerina Dalacoura’s studies

Lebanon’s Forgotten Hostage

July 1, 1997

Arzu Merali looks at the case of Sheikh Abdulkareem Obaid, and the wider issues of the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. Saged is 15 years old. Like many boys, he wants to be like his father. An architect and Muslim cleric, Abdulkareem Obaid is also

OPERATION GRAPES OF WRATH: Revisiting Genocide

March 24, 1997

Barrister Osama Daneshyar overviews the atrocities of the 1996 war on Lebanon. Lebanon is a country whose beauty is unmatched throughout the Middle East. An area of outstanding beauty is the south of the country with its flowing mountain streams and large numbers of orange