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		Shelter Now International - a different, U.S. based group - issued a press release last week in response to AP wire reports regarding the arrest of aid workers in Afghanistan and the closing of an aid office in Kabul.
		A statement from Shelter Now International says: "we are aware of the arrests and are very concerned for the safety and welfare of all those involved, including both the foreign aid workers and the Afghan national workers.
		Shelter Now International has made itself available to the German organization to assist in their efforts to secure the safe release of their workers.
	www.learnathome.com /739156.html?view=print (987 words)

	Afghanistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		However, international opposition to the regime continued, and the Russian Federation promised to support former Soviet states of Central Asia in the event of any threats to their governments by the Taliban.
		The last UN international aid workers in Afghanistan left Kabul on 19 December 2000 as the UN Security Council imposed a tighter regime of sanctions on the country.
		International criticism was also incurred over the Taliban's plan to destroy non-Islamic statues throughout the country, including two ancient statues of Buddha in Bamiyan.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Afghanistan (3182 words)

	IAM foreign staff leave Afghanistan
		International Assistance Mission (IAM) no longer has expatriate staff in Afghanistan, according to a press release from the organization dated September 2.
		While eight foreign staff members of the German-based Shelter Now International are being tried on the charge of proselytization, IAM foreign personnel left the country within 72 hours as ordered by the Taliban government.
		No information of the 16 Afghan staff of Shelter Now International, arrested with their expatriate colleagues more than four weeks ago, was available.
	gbgm-umc.org /news/2001/sept/IAMAfghanistan.htm (245 words)

	Amir Shah, Foreign Relief Group's Office Closed
		The relief effort previously had been run by a U.S.-based group called Shelter Now International, but the Germans took over several years ago, after the Americans were threatened for allegedly proselytizing in Afghan refugee camps.
		Shelter Now faced similar accusations from Afghans while working in refugee camps in neighboring Pakistan, but the organization always denied handing out Bibles.
		The first Shelter Now employees arrested were two women who were picked up by the Taliban's so-called religious police on Friday.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/51/143.html (542 words)

	Transcending Duality through Tensional Integrity: From systems-versus-networks to tensegrity organization
		Man must now break out of that habit and learn to play at nature's game where tension is primary and where tension explains the coherence of the whole.
		For a number of years now, "systems" (despite their so-called efficiency) have been condemned as typical of the inequitable "establishment" mode of centralised organization.
		It is particularly interesting in that systems are now being seen by some as masculine, yang-type structures, whilst the rise in interest in networks is seen to be associated with a feminine, yin-type influence.
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	Tsui Design & Research Inc. \| In The Media
		Now is the time to replace the dark despair of ignorance with the buoyant insight of originality and discovery and to destroy forever the constrictive edicts of unquestioned tradition and conformity.
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		He is a hero to a growing international population of persons, young and old, educated and uneducated, artistic and non artistic, urban and rural, academic and professional, from all walks of life and backgrounds.
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	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Christian aid worker back in Kabul
		Taubmann, Shelter Now's director in Afghanistan, and his fellow aid workers became the Taliban's human shields during the bombing raids in Kabul and then on their retreat to Kandahar.
		The purpose of Shelter Now is not to convert more Christians, but to provide homes for some of the poorest people in the world.
		The attorney for Shelter Now, a 26-year-old sharia law expert from Pakistan, made repeated trips to Kabul with reams of documents showing that proselytizing isn't a crime under Islamic law.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/bff4635d0dd17232c1256c240045529f (1464 words)

	Shelter Now International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Shelter Now International is a U.S. tax exempt 501(c)3 charitable organization, accountable to an outside board of directors.
		SNI's shelter teams work hand in hand with the refugee families in the construction of their homes.
		SNI's goal is not just to rebuild homes and shelters but to do so in a way that contributes to the long-term stability of the entire community by promoting community values such as education, health care, reconciliation and economic recovery.
	www.gm-unccd.org /FIELD/NGO/SNI/OP_SNI.htm (177 words)

	Under fire, Taliban hardens line \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		International pressure on the Taliban is mounting as donor nations steadily reduce relief and development aid.
		Western diplomats, for their part, say international sanctions against the Taliban are in place for a range of issues and cannot simply be lifted because of sporadic "improvements" in Taliban policy.
		For their part, Shelter Now officials deny that any conversion was going on at their Kabul aid center.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/0814/p6s1-wosc.html (990 words)

	Portsmouth Herald World/National News: Expelled aid workers leave beleaguered Afghan capital
		Muttawakil said the expulsions of the International Assistance Mission and SERVE workers was the result of the Taliban's investigation of the Shelter Now case.
		The Shelter Now case began Aug. 3, when Americans Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer were arrested at the home of an Afghan family and accused of teaching Christianity.
		The 16 Afghans arrested with the Shelter Now group have not been allowed to have visitors, and their families have complained that no world attention has been given to their plight.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2001news/9_1_w1.htm (532 words)

	Two women on trial in Afghanistan are grads of Baptist university By Art Toalston \| Friday, Sept. 7, 2001
		Shelter Now "is a sincerely devoted group who give their heart and effort to the people of Afghanistan," Antioch Community Church's news release said.
		There was no indication whether the Shelter Now workers had appeared before the Taliban court or whether diplomatic officials, family members or reporters would be permitted to attend the proceedings, Reuters reported.
		The German-based Shelter Now group with which the two American workers are affiliated is not connected with a Christian humanitarian agency named Shelter Now International based in Oshkosh, Wis., according to the latter group.
	www.biblicalrecorder.org /content/news/2001/9_7_2001/ne070901two.shtml (1309 words)

	International aid workers arrested by Taliban
		The Taliban have allowed International Red Cross officials and Western diplomats to meet the eight foreigners - two American, four German and two Australians - arrested in early August when their German-based Christian organization, Shelter Now International, was shut down.
		In raids of Shelter Now International offices in Kabul this month the Taliban say they found compact discs promoting Christianity in the local languages, as well as boxes of Bibles and other Christian material translated into Afghanistan's local languages.
		Privately, international aid workers fear the expulsions, arrests and closure of Western humanitarian aid groups may be an attempt to push international aid groups out of the country or at least reduce their numbers.
	www.rawa.org /aid.htm (1317 words)

	Eight Go on Trial in Afghanistan - Wednesday September 5, 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The eight foreign employees of Shelter Now International, a German-based Christian group, have been accused by Afghanistan's Taliban militia leadership of trying to convert Muslims- a crime that carries the penalty of jail and expulsion for foreigners.
		The Taliban's strict enforcement of their laws among Afghans has many international aid organizations fearful that at least some of the Afghan employees of Shelter Now International will be sentenced to death.
		Known as a missionary organization among expatriate workers in Afghanistan, Shelter Now International was forced to close in neighboring Pakistan the early 1990s after its employees were said to be proselytizing in Afghan refugee camps.
	wildcat.arizona.edu /papers/95/12/05_2_m.html (647 words)

	Workers in Afghanistan Fear Backlash
		The International Committee of the Red Cross has asked to see the imprisoned aid workers, said Mario Musa, communication coordinator for the Red Cross in Kabul.
		In neighboring Pakistan, where Shelter Now International also operates aid programs, workers were fearful for their colleagues.
		Shelter Now International operates four factories in Afghanistan that provide subsidized construction materials to Afghans.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20010807/aponline152956_000.htm (653 words)

	The Avalon Project : U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) - Afghanistan - Complex Emergency; September 20, ...
		International staff of most relief agencies has also withdrawn, leaving the status of relief programs in question at a critical moment.
		The Taliban arrested eight international staff of the German NGO Shelter Now International (SNI/Germany) on August 5, and charged them with proselytizing, which carries penalties ranging from expulsion to death.
		Despite the pullout of international humanitarian personnel from Afghanistan, the USG remains committed to assisting vulnerable Afghans.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/sept_11/usaid_001.htm (2640 words)

	News Room - 040402 Responds to Afghan Earthquake - Food for the Hungry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Food for the Hungry donated a $5,000 grant to Shelter Now International to rebuild homes in areas just north of Nahrin, the epicenter of the earthquakes.
		Shelter Now's kits help construct homes that can withstand earthquakes, which are extremely common in this region.
		Food for the Hungry is an international relief and development agency of Christian motivation, helping those who are affected by natural disasters such as floods, famines, and earthquakes, as well as those affected by war, hunger, and poverty.
	www.fh.org /afghanistan040402 (605 words)

	COURT TV ONLINE - TRIALS
		Earlier, the Taliban warned that their investigation into alleged proselytizing by the Germany-based Shelter Now International had been expanded to include at least three other foreign aid groups.
		It was not clear whether Friday's closures of the offices of U.S.-based International Assistance Mission and SERVE mean the Taliban have complete their investigation.
		Like Shelter Now International, SERVE also was accused in the early 1990s of trying to convert Afghan refugees to Christianity in refugee camps in Pakistan.
	www.courttv.com /archive/trials/news/0801/31_afghan_ap.html (642 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Taleban crackdown on Christian relief
		Afghanistan's ruling Taleban have closed down a Western aid agency, Shelter Now International, and arrested 24 of its staff, alleging that the group was spreading Christianity.
		The official Bakhtar news agency said Shelter Now International was "teaching Christianity to Afghans and we found Bible books in a house of its Afghan staff".
		Shelter Now International is a non-governmental organisation supported by Germany, Britain, Holland and the United Nations World Food Programme, the agency said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1474000/1474903.stm (387 words)

	Contrasto - Reportage
		'Shelter Now International' is a mud brick factory employing afghan refugees of all ages.
		All rights are reserved under italian and international copyright laws.
		No part of Contrasto's archive may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, including photocoping, without permission in writing from the publisher.
	www.contrasto.it /eng/reportage/dettaglioprod.asp?idprod=707 (549 words)

	Letter from Kabul - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
		In the summer of 2001, just before the Shelter Now International workers were arrested, the government of Afghanistan wanted to enforce a law that all non-Muslims had to wear a yellow badge on their clothes.
		Now one sees schools opening for girls in many areas, more freedom of expression, one can hear music again, listen to the radio and watch television.
		Shelter Now leader believes workers were pawns in Taliban scheme.
	www.ctlibrary.com /9167 (1587 words)

	CNN.com - Embassies rally to plight of aid workers - August 8, 2001
		Shelter Now International is part of a Germany-based Christian humanitarian group called Vision for Asia.
		The Taliban have shown some of the material confiscated from the Shelter Now International office which included films on Christianity in the local Dari language, copies of the Bible translated into Dari and information about Dari-language Christian radio programs.
		The Taliban also have arrested 64 boys who received assistance from Shelter Now and who were engaged in aid work.
	cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/08/07/afghan.arrests/index.html (711 words)

	Nonprofits Seek To Prevent Terrorism At Its Roots
		While the efforts of their German organization, Shelter Now, might seem ill-conceived in a country that outlaws non-Muslim religions, some religious and secular nonprofits believe such missions provide a valuable antidote to the scourge of terrorism.
		While the international chess match over the fate of the workers continues, other organizations point out that the withdrawal of international aid workers from any country deprives the West of one of its most forceful weapons against terrorism.
		The United Nations International Children's Fund is shipping more than $3 million worth of survival supplies, including medical supplies and water, to countries in the region, and estimates it will need $14 million above its normal budget to weather the winter crisis and the prospect of millions of Afghans fleeing their homeland.
	www.nptimes.com /fme/oct01/frm_2.html (1253 words)

	Afghanistan: Eight foreign staff members of "Shelter Now International" receive visits of delegates of the ...
		Geneva (ICRC) - The eight foreign staff members of the non-governmental organisation "Shelter Now International" were visited this morning in their place of detention by delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
		The six women and two men of German, Australian and American nationality who were arrested on 5th August along with 16 Afghani staff members of the NGO "Shelter Now International" were seen by five delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul.
		The detaining authorities facilitated the visit of the ICRC delegates in accordance with the agreements reached for such visits and the visit was carried out in a constructive atmosphere.
	www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JR9E (368 words)

	Shelter Now International’s activities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan
		Shelter for Life’s activities in Tajikistan and Afghanistan
		Shelter for Life (SNI) is a private volunteer organization established in 1979, headquartered in the USA, and is registered with USAID.
		Shelter for Life USA, first became involved in Northern Afghanistan in 1998 when a severe earthquake occurred in Takhar and Badakhshan Province, killing thousands of people and destroying hundreds of homes.
	www.aerdo.org /events/afghanistan_relief/sni_tajikistan_afghanistan.html (885 words)

	Shelter For Life International
		Shelter For Life is registered with these organizations.
		Life is an international Christian relief and development organization assisting poor and suffering people affected by conflict or disaster to rebuild and improve their lives and communities.
		In this new millennium, SFL has impacted more than 1 million people in 5 disaster-stricken countries through shelter programs, infrastructure reconstruction and community development.
	www.shelter.org (86 words)

	International Assistance Mission (IAM) Press Release - 2 September, 2001
		Mindling was informed that all expatriate team members had to leave the country within 72 hours.
		The International Assistance Mission (IAM) was established as a private voluntary agency in 1966 and is registered with the Swiss Government.
		Funding comes from many international donor agencies on the basis of approved proposals.
	gbgm-umc.org /news/2001/sept/IAMpressrelease.htm (468 words)

	Three 'Rules' that Relief Groups Must Follow - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		A charity which distributes Bibles and spreads the Christian doctrine in that country, as Shelter Now International has been accused of doing, must have known that it was courting trouble.
		What Shelter Now International appears to have done runs directly contrary to the unwritten rule book by which every successful aid organisation abides.
		I was in Afghanistan with CARE International four years ago, when the Taliban was fighting tenaciously for power and shelling Kabul.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/afghan/2001/0807rule.htm (575 words)

	Beneath the veil
		Pre-11 September article cataloguing day-to-day atrocities committed by the hardline Taliban and the international opposition to the fundamentalist regime from within the Muslim world.
		WLUML is an international network created to break women's isolation and provide information, solidarity and support for all women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.
		Now, Afghanistan is associated with international terrorism, drug trafficking and repression.
	www.channel4.com /life/microsites/A/afghanistan/findout.html (1182 words)

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