Martin or Malcolm? MLK, Malcolm X, and Muslims

Even though Martin Luther King was Christian and Malcolm X died a Muslim, the methodology and beliefs of the former were more in line with Islam than those held by the latter (before his conversion to orthodox Islam).

A Christian, a Jew & a Muslim Go to the Bar: The Prison Book Ban & How We Busted It

by Douglas Kelly (a MuslimMatters.org exclusive)

On February 28, 2006, when more than a dozen federal agents in body-armor broke down my door, pointed automatic weapons in my face and arrested me for making fake documents on my computer, it was the first time in my life I would spend the night behind bars.
It was not [...]

Update on Dr. Aafia: Brother Speaks at Civil Rights Event, Teaming up with MLFA

We haven’t forgot about Dr. Aafia, have you?

MM obtained this heart wrenching transcript of Mr. Siddiqui’s speech at the Muslim Legal Fund of America’s (MLFA) annual fund raising event from an attendee. Learn about this case’s unique challenges and support Dr. Aafia’s official legal defense fund at: https://www.mlfausa.com/donateAafia.php!

‘Izzah: Following the Path of the People Before Us?

The time has come for us to break free from the shackles of inferiority that have imprisoned our minds, teaching us that Islam is backwards, out-of-touch, impractical, and if not properly modernized and sanitized, barbaric, medieval, dishonorable, and outright embarrassing. The time has come for us to turn our attention away from that which raises a nonMuslim in this world to that which raises a Muslim in both this world and the next.

NEW DATE: Feb. 19 Hearing in Shaykh Dr. Ali al-Timimi’s case — PLEASE ATTEND!!

RESCHEDULED for Feb. 19: “The hearing will be about the five calls (identified by the defense lawyers) which the judge requested the government to search for. It will also discuss the letter submitted by Dr. Al-Timimi’s lawyer Jonathan Turley requesting the Congressional Oversight Panel to ask the NSA to start an investigation if the agency illegally wiretapped Dr. Al-Timimi. This hearing is very critical. Please pray Allah (SW) grant him relief.”

Oxford Students Join In Gaza Solidarity Protests

Students at Oxford University, one of the highest ranking, and most prestigious educational establishments in the world, have begun a sit-in protest, to highlight the brutality of the occupation of Palestine, as exemplified by the recent, ferocious attack on Gaza.

Source: Oxford Occupation blog
Over the past few weeks, a number of lecture theatres around the UK [...]

Nine Muslim Passengers Removed from AirTran Flight

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Nine passengers were removed yesterday from an AirTran flight. Apparently two made some “suspicious” comments, which in retrospect were completely benign, yet not only these two, but a few other passengers were removed! All the passengers don’t even seem [...]

Br. Tariq Mehanna’s Letter from Prison

“The greatest asset in here is the ability to remember Allah no matter what condition or situation I am in. When I was handcuffed and couldn’t use my hands to pray, when I was in solitary confinement and had no contact with human or book, when shackled by my hands and feet during the hour-long rides back and forth between court and prison hunched over in the dark, stuffy prison van, etc. — when all sources of material comfort have been taken away, it is then when you realize exactly how essential dhikr is to your sanity and survival.” – Tariq

Update on Ali al-Timimi’s Hearing Last Tuesday

Update from Ali al-Timimi’s wife regarding the hearing on October 23rd.

Dr. Ali al-Timimi’s Hearing: October 23rd, 2008

Perhaps the most painful of the voices that has been locked up and silenced is that of Dr. Ali al-Timimi, an intellectual theologian and political analyst, and one of the more sophisticated voices of reason representing orthodox Islam in the Western world. On April 26, 2005, after three years of a long witch-hunt led by the Justice Department, he was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of soliciting others to levy war against the United States and inducing others to use firearms in violation of federal law.