FL: Torture at Issue in Terror Case
FL: TORTURE AT ISSUE IN TERROR CASE For 1,307 days, the U.S. military held terror suspect Jose Padilla in a 9 foot by 7 foot cell in a South Carolina Navy brig. His captors deprived him of sleep, Padilla’s lawyers say. They chained him in painful positions, injected him with mind-altering drugs, and left him […]
CA: Juror’s Anti-Muslim Comments Downplayed
CA: ATTORNEYS DOWNPLAY COMMENTS BY JUROR Federal prosecutors said Saturday there is little or no evidence to support allegations of juror misconduct in a motion for a new trial of a Lodi man convicted of terrorist activity. Misconduct claims on behalf of Hamid Hayat are barred by rules of evidence, cannot be substantiated, actually describe […]
Muslim Culture Focus of Law-Enforcement Video
ARAB, MUSLIM CULTURES FOCUS OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT VIDEO An Arab man is being questioned by law-enforcement officers and suddenly becomes uncooperative and refuses to make eye contact. Suspicious behavior or a clash of cultures? The latter, according to a new training DVD that will be distributed to nearly 200,000 Homeland Security employees. A panel of Arab […]
CAIR-CAN: Arar Apology an Opportunity
CAIR-CAN: APOLOGIZING TO MAHER ARAR: A BEGINNING, NOT AN END JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty, vice-chair and counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations and a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University in Toronto where he also practices law, says that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to Maher […]
Arabic Video: CAIR Rep on NC Assault
ARABIC VIDEO: CAIR REP DISCUSSES ASSAULT ON NC PALESTINIAN STUDENTS
Video: CAIR Rep on Sunni-Shia Relations in U.S.
VIDEO: CAIR REP ON SUNNI-SHIA RELATIONS IN U.S. (CNN)
CAIR: Police Officers Punished for Alleged Harassment
CAIR: POLICE OFFICERS PUNISHED FOR ALLEGED HARASSMENT OKLAHOMA CITY — A police officer in the small eastern Oklahoma town of Webbers Falls was fired and another was demoted after a Muslim woman claimed they harassed her about her religion during a traffic stop in November, a town official confirmed Thursday. The town’s council members agreed […]
CAIR-Chicago: Mosque Cheers Salah Verdict
CAIR-CHICAGO: BRIDGEVIEW MOSQUE CHEERS SALAH VERDICT Moments after learning that Muhammad Salah was cleared Thursday afternoon of federal charges of helping to fund terrorism, Abubakr Meah rushed out of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview grinning and waving a thumbs-up to a passing vehicle. The driver honked his horn and waved in approval. Standing next to […]
NY: Five Charged in Beating of NY Muslim
NY: FIVE CHARGED IN BEATING Five Orthodox Jewish teens were indicted for an October hate crime attack in Brooklyn against a Muslim immigrant from Pakistan, the district attorney’s office said yesterday. Shulomi Bitton, Yossi Friedman, Benjamin Wasserman and two juveniles are charged with second-degree gang assault and third-degree menacing, Kings County District Attorney Charles J. […]
CAIR-CA: Mosque Burned in Saturday Morning Fires
CAIR-CA: MOSQUE BURNED IN SATURDAY MORNING FIRES On Saturday morning, the sheriff’s department and fire crews from the area responded multiple fires in Yermo, one at the Beanery, an old Union Pacific building, and one on property owned by Ali Mohammed. The fire destroyed buildings, one of which the local Muslim community used as a […]