Moslems protest American veto

Sat, 27 May 1995

SEMARANG, Central Java: Around 600 Moslem students grouped in the Central Java Moslem Solidarity Forum took to the streets yesterday to protest Washington's veto of the UN resolution on Israel's expropriation of Arab land in Jerusalem.

After Friday prayers the students, under the watchful eyes of security officers, marched from the Baiturrahman Mosque to the provincial council offices, shouting Allahu Akbar (God is great).

The students, who belong to various organizations, including pesantren, or traditional Moslem boarding schools, unfurled dozens of posters, including one that read "Boycott American products."

Spokesman for the protesters Harnomo told The Jakarta Post that the demonstrators were "sick of the U.S. attitude in defending Zionists." (har/anr)

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