Abu Ali Case: Injustice, in Secret
ATTORNEYS FOR the Justice Department appeared before a federal judge in Washington this month and asked him to dismiss a lawsuit over the detention of a U.S. citizen, basing their request not merely on secret evidence but also on secret legal arguments. The government contends that the legal theory by which it would defend its […]
Aboard Air C.I.A.
The agency ran a secret charter service, shuttling detainees to interrogation facilities worldwide. Was it legal? What’s next? Like many detainees with tales of abuse, Khaled el-Masri had a hard time getting people to believe him. Even his wife didn’t know what to make of his abrupt, five-month disappearance last year. Masri, a German citizen […]
‘Brooklyn’s Abu Ghraib’
Defense attorneys call it Brooklyn’s Abu Ghraib. On the ninth floor of the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, terrorism suspects swept off the streets after the Sept. 11 attacks were repeatedly stripped naked and frequently were physically abused, the Justice Department’s inspector general has found. The detainees – none of whom were ultimately […]
NJ: Somali Immigrants Face Challenges
BLACKLICK — Imagine one day packing your bags, buying an airline ticket and moving to Somalia. Once you crossed the Atlantic, you would need to adjust to a foreign language, a different climate, strange foods, new cultural mores and more. That is what many of the Somalian immigrants now living in the area have to […]
CAIR-GA Discusses Post-9/11 Discrimination
ATLANTA – Occasionally Sophia Moiz has heard other Americans say derogatory things about Islam, her religion, or about Muslim people. The Woodstock, Ga., woman wonders why some people would do that. “Nobody will dare to make a (negative) comment versus a Jewish person or a black person,” Moiz said. “When people say negative things about […]
Breaking News: Ahmed Abu Ali Released, to be Indicted in VA
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/21/05) – The family of Ahmed Abu Ali, a U.S. citizen held without charge in Saudi Arabia since June of 2003, today informed the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that their son has been released and is en route to the United States. According to family representatives, Abu Ali will be arraigned on […]
CA: 1942-Style Bigotry Targets U.S. Muslims
Lillian Nakano is a third-generation Japanese American from Hawaii and was active in the redress campaign as a member of Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress. She lives in Torrance. Feb. 19, 1942, was a day that changed the lives of Japanese Americans forever. I was a teenager growing up in Hawaii when President Franklin […]
CAIR-Houston Teaches Medical Personnel About Islam
A Health Care Professional’sGuide to Islamic ReligiousPractices: A CAIR Publication.Click here to order today! (HOUSTON, TX, 2/19/05) – A representative of the Houston office of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) recently offered a presentation on the basics of the Islamic faith and common misconceptions about Islam and Muslims at the University of Texas Medical Branch’s […]
Jewish, Islamic Groups Given Security Grant
Ten Baltimore County nonprofit organizations – nine Jewish organizations in the county’s northwest area, and the Islamic Society of Baltimore in Catonsville – will share a $400,000 federal homeland security fund grant. On Feb. 11, Baltimore County Executive James Smith announced the grant which will be used to boost security at at-risk organizations
TX: Basketball Star Unfairly Singled Out
If basketball legend Hakeem Olajuwon is guilty of supporting terrorism, then I suppose I am, too. For the record, Olajuwon has not been accused of doing anything wrong, nor is he under investigation for any illegal activity. But his name has been linked to organizations that the government says provided financial aid to terrorists abroad. […]