Minority Watch # 04, September 1, 2007

Let noble thoughts come from all quarters.

An understanding not judgement.

Minorities in the News

1. Druze in Lebanon

Druze religious authority opens an official website says, The Daily Star, August 20, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=84642

2. Arabs in Israel

Israeli cabinet approves a voluntary alternative to military service available also to its Arab citizens, reports Ha'aretz, August 20, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/895143.html

Rabbinate forces Arab formers to sell land for 'kashrut' reports, Ha'aretz, August 29, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/898485.html

3. Bedouins in Israel

Commentary on the problems of Bedouins due to non-recognition of their villages by Eli Elan in Ha'aretz, August 21, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/895578.html

Israel plans to evacuate unrecognised Bedouin villages exposed to hazardous materials near the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in the Negev, says Ha'aretz, Augus 23, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/896579.html

4. Copts in Egypt

There is growing tension in Egypt between Coptic Christians and Muslims, reports AFP in Daily Star, August 22, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=84684

5. Christians in Jordan

Churches of various denominations are to be developed and renovated in Jordan, says The Jordan Times, August 23, 2007, http://jordantimes.com/index.php?news=1663

6. Armenians in Turkey

The question of Armenian killings during the World War heightens tensions between Turkey and Israel and the American Jewry, reports, Ha'aretz, August 22, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/896179.html and Ha'aretz, August 24, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/896887.html

7. Arabs in Iraq

Arab refugees flee to 'relatively safer' Kurdish region of Suleimaniyya, reports AFP, The Daily Star, August 25, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=84771

Reports, Articles, etc.,

1. Kurds in Iraq

The Kurds in Post-Saddam Iraq, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report by Kenneth Katzman and Alfred B. Prados, updated June 12, 2007, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22079.pdf.

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Minority Watch # 03, August 15, 2007

Let noble thoughts come from all quarters.
An understanding not judgement.

Minorities in the News

1. Bedouins in Egypt

Violence erupts between protestors and police over fears of house domolisions in Sinai, The Daily Star, 1 August 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=84229

2. Kurds in Iran

Two Kurdish journalist sentenced to death in Iran for being "enemies of God", says BBC, 31 July 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6925016.stm

3. Kurds in Iraq

"Kurds build island of calm in Iraqi inferno", says Zvi Ba'rel in Ha'aretz, Aug 13, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/892602.html

4. Arabs in Israel

Commentary by Moshe Arens on the controversies surrounding the Jewish Nation Fund laws, Ha'aretz, 31 July 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/888011.html

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Minority Watch # 02 August 1, 2007

Let noble thoughts come from all quarters.
An understanding not judgement.

Minorities in the News

1. Bedouins in Israel

Bedouins in Israel protest over land rights. Ha'aretz, 16 July 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/882365.html

2. Bedouins in Israel

House demolitions to be delayed, Ha'aretz, 20 July 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/883846.html

3. Arabs in Israel

Criticims of the Jewish National Fund Law, editorial in Ha'aretz, 20 July 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/884358.html

4. Christians in Iraq

"The destruction of Iraq's Christians" by Rayyan al-Shawaf in The Daily Star (Beirut), 20 July 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=83937

5. Non-Muslims in Egypt

Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa says Muslims can convert into other religions, The Daily Star, 25 July 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=84053

Articles, Reports etc.,

1. Kurds in Turkey

"Turkish nationalism and the Kurdish question" by Mesut Yegen in Ethnic and Racial Studies, January 2007, pp.119-151

2. Arabs in Israel

Commentary by Rami G Khouri on the inclusion of Nakba in Israeli school text books, The Daily Star, July 28, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=84138

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