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Article: SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICAN MUSLIMS FEAR U.N. TERROR LIST
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- January 24, 2007
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Moyiga Nduru
Inter Press Service English News Wire
01-24-2007
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 23, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Two South Africans are
fighting a U.S. plan to put their names on the United Nations
Security Council list of suspected terrorists alleged to have ties
to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The United States accuses Junaid Dockrat and Farhad Dockrat of
being "financers, recruiters and facilitators of al-Qaeda and the
deposed Taliban in Afghanistan."
Washington made the request to the Security Council on Jan. 18.
Like all those on the U.N. list, the Dockrats are Muslims, which
make up 2 percent of South Africa's population, according to
official statistics.
"Many of them have strong views about ...