Holy Land Trial Third Major Setback for Prosecutors
The failure to win any convictions against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development was the third major setback for federal prosecutors after charging individuals in this country with providing aid to foreign terrorists. In 2005, former college professor Sami Al-Arian was acquitted on eight counts of aiding the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. After a […]
Video: Full Interview: Holy Land Juror Talks
Rebecca Lopez interviews Holy Land juror William Neal who says the panel was overwhelmed by the evidence. Click here to view the video.
More OK Legislators Turn Down Copies of the Quran
Six lawmakers in the 101-member House of Representatives have joined Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, in refusing a copy of the Quran. The holy book of the Muslim religion was offered as a centennial gift by the Governor’s Ethnic American Advisory Council. Duncan refused a copy saying that “Most Oklahomans do not endorse the idea […]
CAIR: HLF Juror Says ‘There Was So Little Evidence’
A judge declared a mistrial Monday for former leaders of a Muslim charity accused of funding terrorism after jurors who spent 19 days deliberating deadlocked on most charges.Prosecutors said they would probably retry leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which the federal government shut down in December 2001.The jury found one […]
‘Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week’ Stokes Debate
Tempers may flare over Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. David Horowitz, a ’60s anti-war radical who later took a right turn, says he’s trying to sound an alarm about radical Islam. His efforts have drawn much criticism. Listen to this story.
Judeo-Christo-Fascism Awareness Week Comes to US Campuses
Did that title make the hair on the back of your neck bristle? Did it feel like a bigoted attack on Christianity and Judaism? When the feature film sent out for use in this Week—which focused on the disgusting Christian-led war that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the disgusting Jewish-led killing of Muslim […]
Jewish Alliance Repudiates ‘Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week’
We, the Progressive Jewish Alliance, repudiate the mission of David Horowitz’s “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.” We reject the manner in which he manipulates Jewish grief over the Holocaust and the situation in Israel. As Jews and members of a larger campus coalition community, we speak out as allies of our fellow Muslim students. Horowitz does not […]
MN: ‘Islamo-Fascism’ a Racist Concept
In his Oct. 17 letter “Not racist to criticize,” Matt Kleiber states that one of the potential speakers in the Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week was not a racist for suggesting that Western culture is superior to Arab culture. Kleiber needs to understand that the very notion of Islamo-Fascism is a racist concept and any speaker that […]
‘Islamofascism’ – Debunking a Conservative Smear Tactic
In the days following 9/11, Americans across the ideological spectrum united in support of increased protections against terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. But a handful of conservatives used the attacks to promote division among Americans and their allies abroad. For example, conservative writer Stephen Schwartz employed the term “Islamofascism” in a Weekly Standard article to […]
DC: Civil Rights Activist Fights Anti-Muslim Prejudice
A notable leader of the civil rights era is speaking out against what he’s calling a nationwide effort to discredit Islam. Former D.C. Delegate and civil rights activist Walter Fauntroy is denouncing “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week,” next week’s series of speeches on college campuses nationwide organized by the neoconservative writer David Horowitz. Neoconservative scholars and journalists […]