Singapore, Ethnic Chauvinism and the Malay-Muslim Population

September 26, 2003

An overview of racism and Islamophobia in Singapore.

Bannings and Deportations in the Pacific: racial and religious profiling in Fiji and American Samoa

July 25, 2003

August 2002 witnessed the US territory of American Samoa, a Pacific island, issue a widespread ban on Muslim visitors from over 23 countries.

Arrests Prompt Concern for Cambodia’s Muslim Minority

July 22, 2003

Cambodia’s Muslim community is estimated to be 185,000 to 200,000 strong; forming 5 to 10% of Cambodia’s predominately Buddhist population.

Bulgaria’s Muslims: From Communist Assimilation to Tentative Recognition

July 7, 2003

With the ascendancy of the communist regime in 1946 and its reign until 1990, Bulgaria’s various Muslim ethnic groups witnessed harsh repression and forced assimilation campaigns.

Moldova’s Unofficial Muslims

July 2, 2003

Moldova’s Muslim population have been subjected to discrimination and harassment from the Moldovan government, including the refusal to recognise and register Moldova’s Muslims.

The Plight of Chechen Refugees in Georgia

June 17, 2003

————————————————— Islamic Human Rights Commission ————————————————— 17 June 2003 The Plight of Chechen Refugees in Georgia Following the second Russian invasion of Chechnya in 1999 and the resultant genocide, an estimated 200,000 civilian refugees, predominately Chechen Muslims, fled to neighbouring republics. Approximately 4,000 have sought

Contemporary Background to Aceh Conflict

June 4, 2003

Ever since Indonesia’s inception in 1949 by its former Dutch colonial masters, Aceh’s separatist movements have claimed that the former Kingdom of Aceh was forcibly integrated into the fledging Indonesian state.