VA: Al-Arian Collapses at Jail
VA: AL-ARIAN COLLAPSES AT JAIL Sami Al-Arian, who has been on a hunger strike since mid January, collapsed this week in a Virginia jail. At daybreak Tuesday, guards discovered him lying unconscious on the concrete floor of a shower room in the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Va., and called for medical help, according […]
CA: Teacher Accused of Anti-Muslim Statements
CA: TEACHER ACCUSED OF ANTI-MUSLIM STATEMENTS The director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno has accused an elementary teacher of making anti-Muslim statements to his sixth-grade students at Riverview Elementary School. Center Director Kamal Abu-Shamsieh on Thursday called for the Clovis Unified School District to investigate and make sure teachers stick to state-sanctioned classroom […]
CAIR: Muslims Don’t Worship Muhammad
CAIR: ‘IN MUHAMMAD WE TRUST’ ON U.S. MONEY? MUSLIMS SAY ‘NO,’ A top official at a leading Muslim group has just told us that GOP Rep. Virgil Goode’s fear that U.S. money may soon be stamped with “In Muhammad We Trust” is rather at odds with the actual history and theology of the Muslim religion. […]
VA: Goode Speaking Out Again About Muslims
VA: GOODE SPEAKING OUT AGAIN ABOUT MUSLIMS – TOP CAPITOL HILL (AP) – Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode is speaking out again about Muslims. The Republican says a nonbinding measure opposing President Bush’s plan to boost troop strength in Iraq would … quote … “comfort and encourage the radical Muslims who want to destroy our country.” […]
IA Rep Says Terror Started with Quran
IA REP: MUSLIMS THINK IT IS ‘THEIR RIGHT AND DUTY TO MAKE WAR’ Following is the complete statement from a member of the Iowa delegation in the U.S. House during debate on a resolution disapproving of the decision of the president announced on Jan. 10 to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops […]
Alleged Canadian Israeli Spy Confessed
ALLEGED EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN SPY CONFESSED: MEDIA AMC An alleged Egyptian-Canadian spy told Egyptian interrogators he recruited several gay or financially strapped Arabs while living in Canada to work for Israel’s intelligence agency, media said Thursday. A transcript of Mohamed Essam Ghoneim El-Attar’s interrogation, viewed by The Globe and Mail newspaper, alleged he is a gay Zionist […]
Iraq’s Death Toll Far Worse than Leaders Admit
IRAQ’S DEATH TOLL IS FAR WORSE THAN OUR LEADERS ADMIT On both sides of the Atlantic, a process of spinning science is preventing a serious discussion about the state of affairs in Iraq. The government in Iraq claimed last month that since the 2003 invasion between 40,000 and 50,000 violent deaths have occurred. Few have […]
CAIR-TX: Halt to Immigration Raids Sought
CAIR-TX: HALT TO IMMIGRATION RAIDS SOUGHT Immigrant-rights activists in the Dallas area called for a halt on Wednesday to raids that have served to round up illegal immigrants in Texas and across the country, saying the status of those unlawfully in the U.S. could change if Congress overhauls immigration laws this year. Raids have increased […]
Ex-Aide Says Rice Misled Congress on Iran
EX-AIDE SAYS RICE MISLED U.S. CONGRESS ON IRAN WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice misled the U.S. Congress when she said last week that she had not seen a 2003 Iranian proposal for talks with the United States, a former senior government official said on Wednesday. Flynt Leverett, who worked on the National […]
CAIR-CA: Neocons Try to Stifle Dissent
CAIR-CA: LETTERS: THE GATHERING MIDEAST STORM Stop the Muslim Bashing Kathryn Jean Lopez’s outrageous column (“Women’s rights for Muslims,” Feb. 9) blames Islam for the worldwide abuse of women’s rights. Islam holds women in high regard and gave them rights 1,400 years ago that were not won by women in the West until the 19th […]