TX: Holy Land Deliberations Start Over After Juror Dismissed
U.S. District Judge A. Joe Fish on Wednesday instructed jurors in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial to restart deliberations after he dismissed one of them and replaced him with an alternate. The judge did not publicly state a reason for the swap-out, which was announced at a short, mid-afternoon hearing Wednesday in front […]
OR: 2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
A federal judge issued a stern rebuke of a key White House antiterror law, striking down as unconstitutional two pillars of the USA Patriot Act. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled Wednesday that using the act to authorize secret searches and wiretapping to gather criminal evidence _ instead of intelligence gathering _ violates the constitutional […]
UT: Non-Muslim Student Wears Hijab for a Day
Minu Gandhi is not Muslim. But for one day, she found out what it was like to be a Muslim at the U. In cooperation with the U’s Muslim Student Association, Gandhi wore the hijab — the head covering worn by Muslim women — for a day. Gandhi, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, said […]
GA: Muslims, Jews Plan Interfaith Dialogue
Bagels and pita bread, egg salad and hummus — the students piled their plates high with both as they enjoyed a meal after their respective fasts: the five Muslim students for Ramadan and the 10 Jewish students for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. But as they took their seats, there was a clear […]
CAIR-IL: Muslim Students Learn to Fight Stereotypes
Standing in front of Muslim high school students, Ahmed Rehab asked the girls at Universal School in Bridgeview what non-Muslims might think when they see them at the shopping mall in their hijabs, or headscarves.“Terrorists, crazy, oppressed,” the students shouted.“Where did they get those stereotypes?” he asked.It’s human nature to be afraid of what you […]
CAIR-FL: Boca Resident Stuck in the Gaza Strip
It was supposed to be an ordinary trip to visit his mother, but Middle East politics got in the way.Hafez Almbasher, a Boca Raton resident with a green card, was visiting his mother, a Palestinian who lives in the Gaza Strip, back in April.But Almbasher never imagined what would happen two months later: the Battle […]
CAIR-FL: FL Woman Seeks Help for Husband Trapped in Gaza
A Boca Raton woman appealed to U.S. and Israeli authorities Wednesday to help her husband leave the Gaza Strip, where he has been trapped for three months.Deborah Almbasher said her husband, a legal permanent resident of the United States, entered Gaza on April 26 to visit his ailing mother. He intended to stay for two […]
CAIR-FL: FL Man Caught in Political Web in Gaza
In April, when Hafez Almbasher went to visit his ailing mother in Gaza, he was reluctant to leave his wife, Deborah, who was recovering from a hospital stay.But Deborah, who had just lost her own father, said it was important that he go.As it happened, his visit was extended far longer than he expected by […]
IN: Muslims Break Fast at Statehouse
Each time Mary Jane Schneider attends the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview’s annual Ramadan Community Dinner, she learns something different. The teacher aide at Simmons Middle School joined other staff members from Ridgeland School District 122 at Tuesday night’s iftar. “(The district is) so multicultural; we enjoy coming and learning about the different cultures,” Schneider said. […]
AR: Dinner Celebrates Diversity in Faiths
It was a night people of different faiths and worship traditions reached out to each other in peace and understanding as the Institute of Interfaith Dialog conducted a banquet Tuesday at the Fayetteville Town Center. Every year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, which has chapters in several other […]