Israel Bars Burials in Old City Cemetery
ISRAEL BARS BURIALS IN OLD CITY CEMETERY The Israeli government is preventing burials in an ancient Muslim cemetery in the Old City of Jerusalem, a move that could inflame fresh tensions in the city’s Muslim community, an Islamic official said Wednesday. Sheik Azzam al-Khatib, head of Jerusalem’s Council for Waqf and Islamic Affairs, said the […]
Israel Permits Torture of Palestinians
ISRAELI HIGH COURT PERMITS TORTURE OF PALESTINIANS The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) yesterday slammed the Israeli High Court’s approval of the use of controversial methods to interrogate Palestinians deemed as “ticking bombs,” saying the ruling was interpreted by the Shin Bet as a green light to torture almost every Palestinian detainee. The […]
Rice to Israel: Don’t Push Syria Peace
RICE TO ISRAEL: DON’T PUSH SYRIA PEACE US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied that America has nixed Israeli talks with Syria, but still appeared to throw cold water on the idea when questioned about it Tuesday. “My understanding is that it’s the view of the Israelis and certainly our view that the Syrians are […]
CA: ACLU Targets CIA Torture Flights
CA: ACLU TARGETS PLANNER OF SO-CALLED CIA TORTURE FLIGHTS The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday charged that a company with offices in downtown San Jose helped the CIA transport three men who were blindfolded, housed in small quarters, beaten until their bones broke and left with mutilated genitals during brutal interrogations. Using flight documents […]
White House: U.S. Could Be in Iraq for 50 Years
KOREA ‘MAY HAVE LESSONS FOR U.S.’ The half-century US military presence in South Korea may be a model for a future in which US forces play a support role in Iraq rather than a frontline combat role, the White House said. “The Korean model is one in which the United States provides a security presence, […]
MD: Mosque Open House Offers Chance to Meet Muslims
MD: OPEN HOUSE OFFERS CHANCE TO MEET MUSLIM NEIGHBORS On Sept. 12, 2001, the day after Islamic terrorists struck New York and Washington, someone left a bouquet of roses at the gate leading to a farmhouse on Route 108, in Ellicott City. The anonymous act was heartening, according to the leader of Dar Al-Taqwa, the […]
CA: Swimming No Longer a Struggle for Muslim Woman
CA: SWIMMING NO LONGER A STRUGGLE FOR MUSLIM WOMAN AT UCSC It took Tahrier Sub Laden more than a year to work up the courage to ask Julie Kimball if she could join Kimball’s beginning swim class at UC Santa Cruz. Sub Laden didn’t fear drowning, even though she planned to swim in long pants, […]
Hatred of Islam Will Not Aid Reform
A HATRED OF ISLAM WILL NOT AID REFORM I have always admired disobedient women, especially dissenting women who speak their minds. I’d like to think that I, too, belong to the tribe of rebellious females, something that I remember my devout Muslim father complaining about to my mother as he rolled his eyes, waved his […]
CO: Radio Hosts Continue Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
BOYLES CONTINUED TREND OF ANTI-MUSLIM RHETORIC BY DENVER CLEAR CHANNEL HOSTS Summary: Peter Boyles of 630 KHOW-AM is the most recent Denver-based Clear Channel Communications host to engage in anti-Muslim rhetoric, telling a caller on his May 30 show that “the enemy” is “radical, crazy, religious Islam.” Boyles also agreed with the caller’s suggestions that […]
NY: Police Seek Muslim Immigrants’ Trust
NY: NEW YORK CITY POLICE SEEK TRUST AMONG IMMIGRANTS Sidique Wai slipped into a mosque in Harlem as afternoon prayers broke, a wisp of a man swimming upstream against the crush of robed worshipers spilling out. He stepped out of his shoes and walked briskly to the front of the prayer room. A microphone was […]