CAIR Sacramento Joins in Synagogue Interfaith Service
CAIR-SV ATTENDS INTERFAITH SHABBAT SERVICE (DAVIS, CA, 4/22/07) – The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SV) recently attended an interfaith Shabbat service held at the Bet Haverim Synagogue in Davis. CAIR-SV President Dr. Hamza El-Nakhal and CAIR-SV Executive Director Basim Elkarra took part in the service designed to share and educate […]
Iraq: U.S. Building Wall Separating Sunnis, Shiites
IRAQ: SOLDIERS BUILDING WALL SEPARATING SUNNIS, SHIITES BAGHDAD – U.S. soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division in a Baghdad district are “building a three-mile protective wall on the dividing line between a Sunni enclave and the surrounding Shiite neighborhood,” according to a U.S. military press release issued Wednesday. Troops with the 407th Brigade Support Battalion […]
Devastating’ Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq Coming
DEVASTATING’ MOYERS PROBE OF PRESS AND IRAQ COMING The most powerful indictment of the news media for falling down in its duties in the run-up to the war in Iraq will appear next Wednesday, a 90-minute PBS broadcast called “Buying the War,” which marks the return of “Bill Moyers Journal.” E&P was sent a preview […]
Video: US Marines Show Disrespect for Afghans
VIDEO: US MARINES SHOW DISRESPECT FOR AFGHAN CIVILIANS WARNING: This video contains disturbing content and obscene language.
Killings of Afghan Civilians Recall Haditha
KILLINGS OF AFGHAN CIVILIANS RECALL HADITHA After it became clear last year that several marines had killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, following an attack on their convoy of Humvees, the Marine Corps, which had initially played down the massacre, began an offensive of a different kind. Last May, Gen. Michael W. Hagee, the commandant […]
Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund
HOKIE SPIRIT MEMORIAL FUND April 16, 2007, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of the Virginia Tech community and the world beyond. To remember and honor the victims of those tragic events, the university has established the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund to aid in the healing process. The fund […]
MSA: Donate to Support Family of Slain VA Tech Student
DONATE TO SUPPORT DECEASED VA TECH MSA STUDENT’S FAMILY Waleed Shaalan, 32 years old, first stepped onto the Virginia Tech campus in August 2006. An international student originally from Zagazig, Egypt, with no family members in the United States, Waleed quickly became an essential member of the Blacksburg Muslim community. Among those mourning his death […]
Egyptian Among Virginia Shooting Victims
EGYPTIAN AMONG VIRGINIA SHOOTING VICTIMS Graduate student Waleed Mohammed Shaalan was planning on bringing his Egyptian family back to Virginia Tech but a rampaging gunman prevented that. The young man lost his life but was credited Thursday with acting to save a fellow student. The day before Monday’s massacre, Shaalan called home and said he […]
NY: Court Weighs Border Stops of U.S. Muslims
NY: COURT WEIGHS BORDER STOPS OF U.S. MUSLIMS WHO ATTENDED CONFERENCE IN CANADA A federal appeals court in Manhattan is considering whether authorities went too far in instructing border agents to detain and search American Muslims returning from an Islamic religious conference in Toronto. In late 2004, U.S. law enforcement agents became concerned that supporters […]
CAIR: Feds Fail to Clean Up Faulty Terror List
CAIR: FEDS FAIL TO CLEAN UP FAULTY TERROR LIST Some people of Arab descent and Muslims say they are repeatedly detained for hours as they cross the border from Canada to Michigan because a terrorist watch list is not accurate. Homeland Security officials say they are aware that innocent travelers are often detained, but that […]