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NEWS JANUARY 04, 1993

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA
The UN and European Community-sponsored conference on former Yugoslavia
was postponed on January 4 for five days because the Serbian fascist,
Radavan Karadjdic, demanded an "ethnically-pure" Serbian State within
Bosnia.
The UN/EC plan envisaged the division of Bosnia into 10 autonomous
districts largely along ethnic lines, something that the Bosnian
president, Alija Izetbegovic, rejected.
Meanwhile, evidence has emerged of Serb-run Rape camps throughout Bosnia.
The Women's Group, TRESNJEVIKA, in a faxed report to the offices of
CRESCENT INTERNATIONAL, has listed the following 16 camps throughout
Bosnia. At least 35,000 to 50,000 Muslim women, some as young as 7 years
old and others more than 60, have been gang-raped by the Serbian fascists
as part of a systematic policy of driving the Muslims out of their
homes. Many children have died after being sexually assaulted.
The camps are as follows:
1: Motel Vilina Vias, in Visegrad (established at the end of April, 1992);
2: Hotel Galeb, Brcko County; 3: Brezovo Polje, Brcko County, now moved
to the school centre in Bijeljina County; 4: Restaurant Vestialia, Brcko
County; 5: Hotel Elvis, Brcko County; 6: Trnopolje, near Prijedor. A number
of homes are also being used as rape/torture centres for young girls;
7: Secondary School Center, Bijeljina County; 8: Peikovici village, Bijeljina
County; 9: Mrakovica Mountain, between Prijedor and Bosanska Dubica;
10: Lakiasi, Banja Luka (rape/torture camp for girls and women upto the
age of 24); 11: Teslic, Banja Luka - run by the ultra-fascist Serbian
military forces from western Bosnia. With over 1,000 women and girl children,
the camp is located 20 kms inside the woods; 12: Ripac, near Bihac (north-
western Bosnia); 13: Lomnica, near Sekovici, Tuzla County; 14: Jesenica near
Sekovici, Tuzla County; 15: Kamen-Grad, Sanski-Most County; 16: Duboki Potok
on Kozara Mountain, near Mostanice Monastery.
At least 2,000 Muslim women in advanced stages of pregnancy have now
been sheltered in camps outside Zagreb, the Croatian capital. These women
had either managed to escape or were let go by the Serbs as part of a
policy to humiliate the Muslims and to show them that the honour of their
women in no longer safe or protected.

TUNISIA
Interior ministers from 16 Arab countries gathered in Tunis, the Tunisian
capital, on January 4, to chalk out a strategy to combat what they called
the rising "threat of Islamic fundamentalism".
The regimes in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria, all extremely oppressive but
unable to crush the Islamic movements in their countries, are in the
forefront of this campaign.
Sudan, which is also attending the conference, has strongly criticised the
hysterical campaign launched by the Arab regimes against its policies.
Since Sudan refuses to toe a pro-west, subservient policy, the other
Arab regimes are ganging up on it.
Last month, the Egyptian regime's forces invaded the southern slums of
Cairo with a force of 20,000 soldiers to terrorise the population.
While all the Arab regimes are pursuing a policy of total capitulation
to the zionist State of Israel that has illegally expelled 415 Palestinian
strugglers from their homes, these regimes are silent about the
zionist crimes.
Their wrath is reserved for the struggling Muslims who want freedom from
oppression, immoral behaviour and the headlong capitulation to the enemies
of Islam.
The Tunis conference comes following a similar meeting in Cairo last
September attended by the information ministers of the Arab regimes. Then,
they had announced plans to coordinate policies to present a common
media front to the world. In particular, they wanted to avoid the
bickering that had emerged following the US-led attack on Iraq last
year.
The increasingly shrill Arab campaign in fact reflects the extreme
nervousness of these regimes. Despite their oppressive policies, they
are unable to cow down the people. This is especially true in Algeria and
Egypt, but it is also increasingly being felt in Saudi Arabia where
king Fahd has come under strong criticism even from his traditional
constituency: the ulama and scholars in the country.
On December 19, Fahd called a meeting of the Higher Assembly of Ulama
in Medina and warned them against "using the Mosque pulpit" for purposes
other than religious. Fahd's statement was a direct challenge to the
authority of the noble Messenger of Allah. It is also important to
note that Fahd issued his warning in Medina, the city where the Prophet's
Mosque is located and where the Prophet is buried.
Clearly, Fahd not only feels extremely vulnerable but he has also gone
to the extent of challenging the authority of the Prophet in order
to perpetuate his own illegitimate rule. Throughout his blessed life in
Medina, the Prophet's Mosque was the centre of all activity, political,
social, religious and others, when the noble Messenger of Allah lived in
Medina.
How dare Fahd come up with his nonsensical bida`h?
Muslims throughout the world must take serious note of the blasphemous
nonsense that pours forth from Fahd's mouth.

ADDIS ABABA
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the UN secretary general, is having a rough time.
First, he was booed and driven out of Mogadishu, the Somali capital,
when he went there on January 3 and the following day, thousands of
Eritrean students protested against his visit to Addis Ababa, the
Ethiopian capital.
The occasion was the UN-sponsored meeting of Somali warlords in the
Ethiopian capital.
Eritrean students protested against Boutros Ghali's visit because they
recognize him as an agent of the west and the zionists. It was Boutros-Ghali,
who in 1978 worked behind the scenes to put together the Egyptian
capitulation package to the zionist State that came to be called the
Egypt-Israel "peace treaty".
Boutros-Ghali, a Coptic Christian, is staunchly anti-Muslim. The Eritrean
students correctly understood the purpose of his visit. The US and UN
have imposed a Tigrayan Christian on the people of Ethiopia when the
overwhelming majority of the population is Muslim.
The Eritreans are going to hold a referendum on independence in Eritrea
in April. They fear that Boutros-Ghali is upto no good.
Their worst suspicions were realized when the Tigrayan-dominated security
forces opened fire on the students and several were killed. Scores were
also injured.
In fact, part of the purpose of the US forces in Somalia is not only to
prevent the emergence of the Islamic movement in Somalia but also to
frustrate the Muslims in Ethiopia from taking control of the country. Beyond
that is the US/UN plan to contain Sudan and destabillize its government.

BANGLADESH
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis were stopped from crossing over into
India on January 4 when they vowed to go and rebuild the Babri Mosque
in Ayodhya, India.
Bangladeshi border security forces opened fire on the marchers killing
at least 6 and wounding more than 100. Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims
had started to arrive at the border with India on their way to Ayodhya.
The people of Bangladesh have expressed great anguish at the destruction
and desecration of the historic Mosque in Ayodhya by the Hindu
fanatics.
The march was called off but it showed the great concern among the people
of Bangladesh over the incident.
Throughout India, Muslims are still being targeted and persecuted for
protesting against the Babri Mosque destruction.
The Crescent International has received reports that Muslim journalists
are being rounded up and thrown into prisons in various parts of India.
The police raid their homes in the middle of the night.
The purpose of the campaign is to prevent Muslim journalists from reporting
the news fully or sending important details to journals abroad.

THE US
A number of Muslim conferences were held throughout the US over the Christmas
holidays.
The MSA (PSG) held a three-day conference in Dallas, TX; the Muslim Group
met in Kansas City; the Islamic Committe for Palestine had its annual
gathering in Chicago while the Islamic Institute of Knowledge held their
gathering at Dearborn, Michigan.
All conferences were very well attended and were very lively.
There were a number of other conferences as well. Muslim Arab Youth
Association, which used to be supported by the Saudi regime in the past but
not any more, had nearly 3,000 people attend their annual conference.
The main attraction at the conference were those Saudi ulama and scholars
who had in recent months/years, criticised Saudi government policy.
The MAYA conference was held in Oklahoma City.
The Saudi embassy in Washington also sponsored a conference in Chicago in
an attempt to disrupt the ICP conference but failed miserably.
Despite the Saudi-sponsored conference's lavish arrangements, only their
paid agents showed up, the rest of the Muslims having understood the
true nature of the Saudi regime.
More details in upcoming bulletins, insha'Allah.

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