- Hizbullah (Mauritius)
The Hizbullah ("Party of God") is a Muslim
political party inMauritius trying to represent the island nation's sizable Muslim minority. In 1992 the charismatic Cehl Fakeermeeah announced the formation of Hizbullah (no relation to the Lebanese partyHezbollah ).Cehl Fakeermeeah ran for the elections in 1992. He had a sizable percentage of the votes, but failed to be elected. In 1995 however, Hizbullah won one seat in the Parliament through Imam Beeharry, a preacher at the Noor-e-Islam mosque in Port Louis. However at the
legislative elections of11 September 2000, the party lost the seat.In December 2000, Hizbullah leader Cehl Fakeermeeah was arrested and accused of involvement in the murders of three
Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) members just before the island's 1996 parliamentary elections. The UK based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) adopted his case declaring him a "Prisoner of Faith" and considering his arrest a direct result of his political opposition [ [http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=481 UK's Islamic Human Rights Commission IHRC article naming him a Prisoner of Faith] ] It also expressed concerns about his treatment in detention. [ [http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=541 UK's Islamic Human Rights Commission IHRC article] ]References
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