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Don’t forget that its time once more for the annual Al Quds day march for the International remembrance of the Palestine Struggle. Also inside; Help IHRC raise funds this Ramadan, and read about the Jack Straw Niqab controversy.

D-URGENT ALERT: Protest Hijab ban in Bulgaria

06 September 2006 The Anti-Discrimination Commission in Bulgaria ruled that a school in Smolyan had the right to forbid two girls from wearing the hijab. ——————————————————— Islamic Human Rights Commission ——————————————————— 06 September 2006 URGENT ALERT: Protest Hijab ban in Bulgaria Background On the 28th

Review of A History of Modern Palestine, Ilan Pappe, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pp. 333+xxi.

Pappe’s latest book is an informative account of the history of Palestine from the mid-Eighteenth Century until the recent war on Iraq. It covers vital historical periods including the fall and division of the Ottoman Empire, British Mandate Palestine, the creation of Israel, the various Arab-Israeli wars, the invasion of Lebanon, the Intifadah and the failed Oslo Accords.