With the Name of Allah, The Merciful Benefactor, The Merciful Redeemer Muslim News Center Digest for: Friday, 1 Thul-Quada 1421 / 26 January 2001 To read the entire stories and to read future stories daily as they are posted, point your web browser to: http://www.oneummah.net/news/ --------------------------------- Indonesia's jobless flock to underground economy --------------------------------- Posted Friday, January 26, 2001 by oneummah: By Andi Asrun JAKARTA: Sisyanto works as a motorcycle taxi driver despite having a degree in banking, but he is hardly complaining. At least, he says, he has a job, and never mind if it is in the informal sector, which among other things means long hours with no health benefits and social security. --------------------------------- Sharon's election, a call for war says Lebanese Prime Minister --------------------------------- Posted Monday, January 22, 2001 by oneummah: By Ashraf Fouad KUWAIT: Lebanon's new prime minister Rafiq Hariri said on Sunday that if Israel elected Ariel Sharon, the right-wing Likud frontrunner in next month's prime ministerial election, it would be tantamount to a call for war with Arab neighbours. --------------------------------- Iran awaits positive signals from US --------------------------------- Posted Monday, January 22, 2001 by oneummah: TEHRAN, Jan 21: Iran is ready to reciprocate positive signals from the United States and put an end to more than two decades of hostilities between the two states, the daily Doran-i-Emruz said on Sunday, citing a top Tehran official. --------------------------------- PA report accuses Israel of using depleted uranium against Palestinians --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, January 20, 2001 by oneummah: Assalamu'alaikum, PA report accuses Israel of using depleted uranium against Palestinians Occupied Jerusalem: 20 January/01 - A report issued by the Palestinian Authority environment ministry has accused the Israeli army of using shells containing depleted uranium against Palestinians in the last four months. --------------------------------- CAIR-NET: Imam Jamil Enters Not Guilty Plea --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, January 20, 2001 by oneummah: More than 70 supporters packed a Fulton County courtroom Friday to hear Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin proclaim his innocence in the killing of a deputy sheriff, and a judge set a tight schedule for hearings to determine what evidence can be presented against him... --------------------------------- Call to assess health insurance from Islamic perspective --------------------------------- Bahrain Tribune (Manama) Posted Friday January 19, 2001 - 10:39:39 AM EST Manama - The mental blocks against insurance in the Muslim culture, created by years of misunderstanding and misconception can be eliminated if the basic concepts of insurance within the Islamic viewpoints are understood, says the Takaful International chief executive officer, Mohammed Ajmal Bhatty. --------------------------------- Algerian Military To Blame For A Year Of Exceptional Violence --------------------------------- Crescent International Posted Thursday January 18, 2001 - 10:40:31 AM EST In Algeria the year 2000 was one of undiminished violence and bloodshed, very different from the harmony that president Abdul-Aziz Bouteflika claims to have ushered in by his offer of amnesty to the country's armed groups. --------------------------------- Uzbekistan Intensifies Its Repression Of Islamic Movement And Other Dissidents --------------------------------- Crescent International By A Correspondent Posted Thursday January 18, 2001 - 10:40:32 AM EST President Islam Karimov, a dictator well-schooled in the old methods of Soviet repression, is intensifying his regime's crackdown on all forms of dissent, whether Islamic or secular. He claims that Uzbekistan is facing a serious threat from an externally funded and controlled Islamic insurgency; the principal aim of the insurgency, he asserts, is to overthrow the country's secular government and to set up a 'Muslim caliphate'. --------------------------------- British discourage its Nationals to visit the Indonesian Republic --------------------------------- Posted Sunday, January 14, 2001 by oneummah: Jakarta, Indonesia By Zaynab El-Fatah The British Ambassador to Indonesia has discouraged his nationals to visit certain areas in Indonesia in anticipation of an escalation of tension, unexpected communal clashes and possible demonstrations in Jakarta from January 15 to 18, 2001. --------------------------------- Warships on their way to Aceh --------------------------------- Posted Saturday, January 13, 2001 by oneummah: 15 Warships of Indonesian Navy's Western Fleet left Tanjung Priouk for Aceh Jakarta, Indonesia By Zaynab El-Fatah Sumatara, Indonesia An armada of 15 warships from the Indonesian Navy's Western Fleet left Tanjung Priok docks in Jakarta on Thursday (11January). The ships, supported by two aircraft and one helicopter, were deploying to the western region including the waters around Aceh and were farewelled at the docks by Commander Western Fleet Rear-Adm Si Putu Ardana.
