Freed Guantanamo Prisoner Says Was Tortured
A Mauritanian freed from the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay after five years of detention and flown back home last week said he was physically and morally tortured while imprisoned. Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Mohamed, who was arrested in Peshawar, Pakistan in 2002, told the press Tuesday that he “suffered very tough physical and […]
DC: Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations. But soon after Alberto R. Gonzales’s arrival as attorney general in February 2005, the Justice Department issued another opinion, this one in […]
CAIR: Unlikely Friends Navigate ‘Aliens in America’
To understand the potential pay-off of the new CW comedy “Aliens in America” it’s best to begin at the end.By now many are familiar with the show’s hilarious premise: a Midwestern mom desperately needs a friend for her awkward/loser son and ends up with Raja Musharaff—a Pakistani exchange student, who practices “Muslimism.”Both outsiders, Raja and […]
CAIR: U.S. House Passes Historic Ramadan Resolution
A resolution recognizing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and expressing the “deepest respect to Muslims in the United States and throughout the world” was adopted in the U.S. House of Representatives October 2 by a vote of 376-0.The resolution acknowledging the importance of Muslims in America, the first of its kind, was introduced by […]
NJ: Agency Accused of Cheating Muslims Making Hajj
Prosecutors have charged a Woodbridge travel agency with fraud for allegedly bilking Muslims wishing to make the pilgrimage to Mecca known as the hajj. The state Attorney General’s Office claims Shama Hajj Ziyarat Tours, L.L.C., and its owner, Molana Syed Alihaider Abidi, violated the state’s Consumer Fraud Act by selling more than 50 customers trips […]
DC: Pentagon Observes Muslim Holy Month
Navy imam Chaplain Abuhena M. Saifulislam lifted his voice to God as he called to prayer more than 100 Department of Defense employees Monday at a celebration of Ramadan at the Pentagon. “God is most great,” sang the lieutenant commander and Islamic leader, in Arabic, as iftar — the end of the daily fast began. […]
Tancredo Decries House Ramadan Resolution
ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf Reports: They are a dime a dozen in Congress: resolutions commemorating this or commending that. Be it a sports team or a holiday or just about anything, Congress can find comity and bipartisanship when it comes to commending things. But no more. Tuesday in the House of Representatives, it was […]
IL: Ramadan Added to School’s Holidays
Dozens of parents said at an Oak Lawn school board meeting Tuesday night that while they’re happy to have a student body of varying religions, they want to keep celebrating what they say are traditional American holidays and customs. That doesn’t mean they aren’t open to observing other religions’ holidays, the parents told the Ridgeland […]
IL: Muslims, Jews Share a Holy Day
Ameenah Muhammad had never been to a synagogue until this week. But during a prayer service held at Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation, the 17-year-old Muslim was amazed to see a resemblance to her faith. “I thought it was really similar to the way we pray in the mosque. The way the men and women […]
NY: Islam Gains a ‘Foot’hold at NYU
New York University wants to make its sinks foot-free. As more than a dozen universities and colleges across the country have done, the school is looking to install foot baths for ritualistic cleansing in a new Islamic center proposed for its more-than-1,500 Muslim students. “It’s something that’s being looked at as part of the new […]