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ALERT UPDATE: PALESTINE CAMPAIGN UPDATE

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has received a letter from the British Foreign Office (FCO) in response to thousands of letters that IHRC campaigners have been sending to Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, in protest against British links with Israe

URGENT ALERT : PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Islam came to PNG in 1980. Since then it has been growing and expanding steadily in the mainly Christian inhabited country. Recently the Home Affairs Minister of PNG, Andrew Kumbakor said that the government is working on changing the law to control the e

URGENT ALERT: TURKEY

IHRC is urging all campaigners to act regarding the deteriorating Human Rights condition in Turkey. The government is now considering passing legislation that will allow the government to purge all Islamists from the government.

TORTURE AGAINST ISLAMISTS IN SUDAN

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.

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

A Call from Selam Weekly.

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

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