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The highly publicized and controversial WikiLeaks disclosures of U.S. State Department classified cables has reawakened what the British newspaper, The Guardian, calls “one of the most vexed mysteries of the Bush-era ‘war on terror’.” Read More »

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui did not deserve the 86 year sentence U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman imposed on her on September 23, 2010 because she posed a threat of “recidivism.” Read More »

The U.S. Government contends Aafia Siddiqui’s alleged links to terrorism began in June 2001—some three months before the 9/11 terror attacks on New York City’s Twin Towers. Read More »

This article is the second in a two-part series on hijab and how it has evolved as a pivotal issue of women’s rights in two distinct societies – Afghanistan and France. In this regard, we take a historical look at two countries that reside on the extreme ends of the spectrum on the issue of hijab, and by extension women's rights. Read More »

She wonders if anything she has done for Aafia makes any difference at all. After all, Aafia is still in an American jail, waiting to be sentenced to life in prison later this month. She is no closer to coming home than she was when she was found dazed and disoriented on the streets of Ghazni. So Dr. Fowzia sees herself as a failure... ...but not so fast Read More »

This year, Eid al-Fitr, the joyous Muslim holiday marking the end of the month of Ramadan falls around the ninth anniversary of the attacks on September 11th, 2001, which has left some Muslims fearing a possible backlash attached to celebrating this religious holiday which dates back more than 1400 years. Read More »

One of the forgotten victims of Bush's "war on terror" continues to linger around in conditions reserved for animals or the worst of criminals. Read More »

The news of Al-Awlaki's pending assassination circled the globe and included long discussions in the media about whether or not such a murder is "constitutional," if it even constitutes "murder" and on Al-Jazeera it was dissected as a possible window into the Obama administration's decision making process. Read More »

I hope that the last child will be found too and Dr. Aafia will be returned to her family. Read More »

Aafia Siddiqui – a daughter, a sister, a mother of three, committed Muslim, social scientist, hafiz of Qur’an – needed to be heard. For years she had suffered in virtual silence…aching to be heard, to be understood, to have certain malicious untruths corrected and exposed for the lies they were. That day finally came on Thursday, January 28, 2010! Read More »