Word: muslim
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...HAGUE: An international war crimes tribunal has for the first time indicted Bosnian Muslims as suspected war criminals. Beset by charges of bias against Serbs -- 46 of the 57 indicted so far have been Serbs -- the tribunal is now opening investigations into Bosnian Muslim war activities. "It is good that the tribunal has finally included Muslims," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "But the Hague court was never biased. They have been doing the best they can with what little resources and information they have." Zejnil Delalic, a former Bosnian government army officer, was indicted for allowing guards under his authority...
...ethnic majority, and today it is definetely dominated by one group, not only in terms of demographics but also politically," reports TIME's Massimo Calabresi from the city. After almost four years of war, the last of five Serb-held areas came under the control of the Muslim-Croat Federation Tuesday. Following days of looting, arson and reported rape by angry Serbs, 100 Federation police moved into the Serb suburb of Grbavica. Hours before, departing Serbs had tossed grenades and set buildings ablaze before fleeing. The mixed Federation police force -- 75 Muslims, 20 Serbs and five Croats -- now patrol...
FARRAKHAN MUST BE REVILED AND condemned, particularly by mainstream African-American and Muslim leaders, as the pariah that he is. It is not too late to stop this dangerous, deluded man. OREN M. SPIEGLER Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
...Secretary of State Warren Christopher meets with Balkan leaders today in an attempt to bolster the U.S. brokered peace process in Yugoslavia. The peace process is being tested by Bosnian Serbs who are fleeing their homes in the Sarajevo suburb of Grbavica anticipating the transfer of control to the Muslim-Croat Federation on Tuesday. Many Bosnian Serbs are torching their homes as they move out, and groups of Serb thugs, roaming the area looting and burning houses, harass Serb residents who refuse to leave. Arson and looting took place in other Sarajevo suburbs, but not with the violence and intensity...
...weeks ago, Abdul-Rauf's behavior began to cause conflict with the Nuggets and with the league administration. Abdul-Rauf said that he would not stand for the national anthem because it represented "oppression" and "tyranny." Also, as a devout Muslim, he said that he was forbidden from paying homage to nationalistic symbols such as the U.S. flag...