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In this Nuclear Standoff, it’s the US that’s the Rogue State
The use of threats and isolation against Iran and North Korea is a bizarre, perilous way to conduct foreign relations
A Dream Has Come True
In April 6 of this year the Oncology Department was opened.
Boxer, AIPAC Help Israel Discriminate
In order for the US to permit citizens of a foreign country to enter the US without a visa, that country must agree to certain conditions.
Bombers Americans?
By Karin Friedemann, TMO White House spokesman Jay Carney responds to a question about the Boston Marathon bombing, during a news conference in which he also addressed the media about investigations of a suspicious letter containing ricin that was addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama, at the White House in Washington April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin [...]
Religious Circumcision Ritual Leaves 2 Brooklyn Infants With Herpes
Two Brooklyn baby boys (not pictured) became sick after the centuries-old, ultra-Orthodox ritual associated with the bris known as metzizah b’peh.
Bin Laden Son-In-Law Lawyers May Seek To Move Trial Out Of NYC
A lawyer for a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden said on Monday that he may try to move his client’s trial out of New York
Update on CMUs: McGowan Revolves Through Custody Aref Given Diesel Therapy
By Karin Friedemann, TMO Daniel McGowan (Photo from www.supportdaniel.org) Last week, TMO reported that former CMU (Communication Management Unit) prisoner Dan McGowan was released to a halfway house in Brooklyn and had succeeded in obtaining information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), that explained why he had been moved from the general prison population [...]
GOP Reprimands Member for Anti-Muslim Remarks
By David Olson Harmeet K. Dhillon is vice chairman of the California Republican Party. The San Bernardino County Republican Party committee member who made anti-Muslim and anti-Sikh remarks will receive a letter of reprimand from the county GOP but will not be asked to step down from her post. In the days leading to a [...]
Muslims in NCAA Sweet 16
A quartet of Muslim college basketball players remains as the 2013 NCAA Tournament hits the Sweet 16. And of those four, it has been a big man, and a man who plays big, that have stood out.
FBI’s Penchant for “Manufacturing Terrorists”
San Francisco–Robert Mueller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations since one week before the 11 September 2001 attacks, recently wrote a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee bemoaning the “across-the-board cuts”
The Frightening Effects of the NYPD’s ‘Mapping Muslims’ Program
The police department’s focus on piety as an indicator of a potential terrorist threat — one undercover officer went on a whitewater rafting trip with Muslim students and recorded how many times they prayed each day — had changed the practice of faith in the community.
ISNA Pres. Meets Twice with Pres. Obama
On Friday, March 8, 2013, ISNA President Imam Mohamed Magid joined 10 other religious leaders for an extensive 90-minute conversation with President Barack Obama about his plans for immigration reform.
The Crying Butcher: A Visit to an Organic Halal Slaughterhouse
A river of dark, red fluids frothed and pooled over drains. Men in green T-shirts scrubbed the floor with brooms as wave after wave of water washed away the sacrificial blood.
Dr. Aasim Padela wins Ibn Sina Award
Aasim Padela, MD, was recently awarded the 2012 Ibn Sina Award from the Compassionate Care Network of Chicago
Shahzia Sikander Awarded US Medal of Art
Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander has been honoured with the US State Department’s inaugural Medal of Arts for her “outstanding commitment” to the “Art in Embassies” programme
Study Documents American Muslim Entrepreneurship
A study released last year by the Strategic Research Circle reveals some great insights into American Muslim entrepreneurship for the first time
Mixed reaction to McDonald’s Non-Halal Lawsuit Settlement
Mixed reaction to settlement
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Lomita, Calif., to Protect Religious Exercise
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the city of Lomita, Calif., resolving allegations that the city violated the Religious Land Use
NY Students Prevail
Perhaps due to the worldwide attention, the college has (so far) refused to cancel the event scheduled for February 7, in which leading Palestinian rights activist Omar Barghouti and Jewish scholar Judith Butler are to discuss Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS)
