MI: FBI Agent to Meet with Muslims Tonight
The head of the FBI Detroit office is scheduled to meet tonight with Muslims at a mosque in Warren. Special Agent in Charge Andrew Arena will talk with local Muslim leaders about issues that concern them in a discussion at the Islamic Organization of North America, or Tanzeem Islami. The 7 p.m. meeting may include […]
MI: Ex-Prosecutor ‘Crossed Over the Line’
A federal prosecutor withheld crucial evidence from the defense in the first major terrorism case announced after the Sept. 11 terror attacks because he was consumed with winning a high-profile courtroom victory, Justice Department lawyers told a jury in closing arguments Tuesday at the trial here of their former colleague. The former Michigan prosecutor, Richard […]
TX: Islamic Groups Sue ‘Muslim Day’ Protester
Only 15 people protested Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Over Texas, but accusations that the event was held to spread anti-American hatred was enough to scare thousands of people away, said Jamal Qaddura, an organizer of the Oct. 14 event. “There are 150,000 Muslims in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and only 9,000 showed up,” […]
Christian Leaders Praise Muslim Letter’s Interfaith Goodwill
Perhaps it says something about the complexities of Christian/Muslim relations that a recent letter from 138 senior Islamic clerics and scholars to Christian leaders has drawn Catholic reactions ranging from cautious optimism to almost breathless enthusiasm, yet no one seems ready to predict that it will actually make any difference. Addressed to Pope Benedict XVI […]
Prof: Arab Americans Face Racial Tension Post-9/11
Not surprisingly, Arab Americans do not form their opinions on foreign policy issues in conformity with general patterns, but neither are they entirely different. To emphasize the similarities would deny the uniqueness of the group just as emphasizing the differences would take the group out of history and out of the country, as if nothing […]
NJ: Wife of Fort Dix Plot Lawyer Smeared by Political Opponent
A court-appointed lawyer for a defendant accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix said Tuesday that a campaign mailer suggesting that his wife, a political candidate, might be sympathetic to terrorists could taint the jury pool. Attorney Michael Riley said told U.S. District Court Judge Robert Kugler that the ad could sway potential jurors […]
NJ: Judge Calls Campaign Flyer ‘Despicable’
The straight-and-narrow proceedings of federal court took a striking political detour yesterday during a hearing in Camden for six men accused in a terror plot against Fort Dix. The U.S. district judge presiding over a pretrial hearing for the group known as the “Fort Dix Six” threw sharp words from the bench when shown a […]
African Fishermen Find Conservation in Quran
For years, Salim Haji was told by government officials and international groups that his methods of fishing were destroying the coral and weren’t sustainable. But few fishermen on this small island off Tanzania’s coast paid much heed. Then, the local imam told him that using dragnets to fish and spears to catch octopuses was wrong. […]
DC: Hughes, Loyal Bush Adviser, Leaving State Dept.
Karen P. Hughes, one of the few remaining members of President Bush’s circle of longtime Texas advisers, said today that she will return to private life, stepping down as the head of public diplomacy at the State Department sometime in December. Karen P. Hughes, with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, announced her decision to resign […]
CAIR: Fear Used Against Muslim Charity
Against heavy odds, the American justice system has prevailed once again.After 19 days of deliberation, a jury in Dallas did not return even one guilty verdict on almost 200 charges brought against officials of the Holy Land Foundation Muslim charity.This marked the third time that government prosecutors failed to win a conviction in a high- […]