Amnesty International denounced the sentence as ‘harsh’ (AFP) An Egyptian court sentenced a lawyer to 10 years in jail for insulting the president and “inciting terrorism” in a Facebook post, a judicial official said on Thursday. The court in the coastal city of Alexandria also sentenced the defendant, Mohammed Ramadan, to five years’ house arrest…
Press Release MAPIM 1st October 2013 FRESH ATTACK ON MUSLIMS IN MYANMAR – WHY IS THE UN AND ASEAN SECRETARIAT ACTION LESS? MAPIM regrets and registers its strong condemnation on the recent report of a fresh violence that had taken place in Thandwe township,Rakhine State,Myanmar on Mon,Sep 30,2013. The prevailing ethnic violence…
Press Release MAPIM 1st October 2013 MAPIM condemn harshly the Israeli forces that are currently forcing the Alqurmi Neighborhood people in Jerusalem (al-Quds) to leave their homes. The on going scheme called the Judaization project of Al Quds Is actively in progress and has not come to the notice of the world. We register…
Press Release MAPIM 4th May 2013 MYANMAR CONTINUING SUPPRESSION ON MUSLIMS MUST BE STOPPED. Muslims in Myanmar is facing suppression and genocide with increasing impunity. The situation is worsening with the fresh violence spreading outside Arakan . Recent news is another continued violence perpetuated and backed by the government to launch fresh attacks on the…
Abduction and Torture of Bangladeshi Workers We have received a report that two Bangladeshi workers, Noor Muhammad and Selim, were abducted on Friday 15 March by a group of Bangladeshis near the Bangladesh High Commission and taken in a car there where they were tortured in your presence until the police arrived and rescued them.…
Joint Statement MAPIM and SHURA 31st December 2012 MYANMAR IS IGNORING INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR JUSTICE TO THE ROHINGYA AND KAMAN MINORITIES The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organizations (MAPIM) and the Secretariate for the Ulama Assembly of Asia (SHURA) abhore and condemn the prevailing suppression of the Rohingya and Kaman Muslim minority still…
Press Release MAPIM 22 nd November 2012 MAPIM WELCOMES THE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA The Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic NGOs ( MAPIM ) rejoice with the people of Gaza on the announced ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip which is said to come into effect at 19:00 GMT on Wednesday. This is…
Day 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Here are the main happenings & events during the 6th day of war on Gaza : 26 killed, over 100 injured in the Israeli aggression on Gaza today (Monday) 102 killed, 850 injured since the Israeli aggression on Gaza started last Wednesday. 24 Children, 10 women, 12 elderly killed since the Israeli aggression started.…
Sub: Stop the violence and restore citizenship of Rohingyas It is a great disappointment to the supporters of the on-going democracy process in Myanmar that the Nobel Laureate Ang San SuuKyi has refused to criticise the ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in the Rakhine State. She told BBC recently that she would not use her…
Joint Press Release MAPIM – SHURA 10th November 2012 SUDAN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RETALIATE ISRAEL ATTACK ON SUDAN – MAPIM and SHURA CONDEMN ISRAEL’S AGGRESSION Zionist Israel with the consent of the US had launched yet another attack on Sudan , this time it’s the military arms factory complex Yarmouk. The fourth attack since…