Uzbekistan: Religious Muslims are facing harsh sentences
In September 2001 the US-State Department has withheld its report on the global situation of religious freedom out of diplomatic consideration. Good terms with prospective partners in the anti-terror coalition were not to be endangered. Especially Uzbekistan had to be spared after the terrible attacks in New York and Washington. Because due to the strategic proximity of two large military airbases to the Afghan border great significance is attached to this central Asian country.
Expelled and Impoverished – India’s Native Inhabitants
India’s native inhabitants („Adivasi“) are fighting to survive. Often pushed off of their land because of industrial projects, they are losing access to their traditional resources. India’s industrialists…
Supporting reconciliation between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia
Osama bin Laden’s call for the „Holy War“ has spread fear and terror around the world. The people on Indonesia’s Moluccas-Islands have first-hand experience what „Holy War“ means. Last year 2000 militant Muslims of Laskar Jihad, an organisation collaborating with Bin Laden, called for a „Holy War“…
Calling a halt to the persecution of Muslims and Christians in Pakistan
The Taliban terror regime in Afghanistan provokes outrage throughout the world. However, neighboring Pakistan, the last alliance partner with the extremist Taliban, persecutes Muslims and Christians just as well. Islamic clergyman who advocate the radical version of Sunnite faith are preaching hate. The mob rule is eagerly taking up appeals of mullahs…
