E/CN.4/2001/0063 page 22 72. According to a communication from the Special Rapporteur, Ashish Prebash, head of evangelism in Punjab for the Campus Crusade for Christ was murdered in his home in 2000. On 8 June 2000 a Catholic priest in Mathura, George Kuzhikandan, was reportedly beaten to death in his home on the campus of the Brother Polus Memorial School. On 1 October 2000 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsangckalak K.S. Sudarshan asked the central Government to expel all Christian missionaries from India. Indonesia 73. On 17 January 2000, in Mataram on the island of Lombok, 12 churches and a number of Christian-owned properties were reportedly destroyed, and the Christian population had to flee to Bali. After the army intervened and order was restored, signs of provocation reappeared, such as the presence of hog carcasses in mosques. On 6 May 2000, in the village of Akidri, Halmahera Island district, North Maluku, rioting reportedly resulted in the destruction of a church and the houses of 10 Christian families. Similar attacks were reported on the island of Buru. The attacks were allegedly organized by a Muslim extremist group known as Laskar Jihad Sunnah Wal Jamaah, which is said to have threatened to carry jihad into the Molucca Islands. 74. Owing to protests and accusations of blasphemy from the Surakarta Islamic Youth Front regarding an interview conducted in February 2000 with a priest who had stated that there were many similarities between the Koran and the Bible and that the Prophet had been a Christian before becoming a Muslim, radio station PTPN Rasitania in Surakarta was reportedly compelled to refrain from broadcasting for a week and made to apologize. The Alliance of Independent Journalists reportedly went to the police and presented a statement of protest against those measures. The police are said to have arrested the priest who gave the interview on charges of violating the Criminal Code’s provisions on religious contempt. 75. On 19 June 2000 at least 500 Muslim extremists known as Laskar Jihad (Jihad Warriors) attacked the Christian village of Duma on Halmahera Island. Clashes are said to have caused the deaths of 127 Christians (including women and children) and eight Muslims. Some 292 houses were burnt and a church destroyed by bombs. The 30 soldiers on the scene were unable to stop the violence. The Muslim extremists wounded two soldiers and were then dispersed by army reinforcements. 76. On 26 September 2000 a Muslim extremist group in the Moluccas called Laskar Jihad is reported to have attacked the Christian village of Hative Besar in the provincial capital of Ambon. At least eight Christians were killed and another 10 wounded. The army apparently did not intervene, and in some cases is said to have assisted the extremists. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 77. The urgent appeal referred to further information relating to allegations that three Baha’is, Sirus Dhabihi-Muqaddam, Hidayat-Kashifi Najafabadi and Ata’ullah Hamid Nasirizadih, had been sentenced to death. This matter had been the subject of a previous urgent appeal, which, together with the reply from the Islamic Republic of Iran, may be