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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." Read More »

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 ... Read More »

*DIGG post by clicking here* LET AirTran know what you think about this incident by clicking here. 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! ... Read More »

"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 Read More »

Update from Ali al-Timimi's wife regarding the hearing on October 23rd. Read More »

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. Read More »

This is a must read article. It's an interview with Dr. Afia Siddiqui's sister, that was originally in Urdu and translated here. Excerpts of the article are reposted below. Please refer to the original site for the rest of the interview. The American Ambassador is lying The American ambassador N.W. ... Read More »

Alhamdulillah, alhamduillah, alhamdulilah. Great news for Dr. Sami Al-Arian and his family, as he finally gets to spend this Ramadan with his family. A GREAT VICTORY, though a partial one, for civil liberties and justice in America. May Allah grant Dr. Sami permanent respite from injustice, and may he have a great Ramadan, full of blessings and enjoyment. Read More »

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Christopher Hitchens, pseudointellectual atheist extraordinaire, as part of an article for this August's Vanity Fair magazine, submitted himself for perhaps a somewhat unique experience – waterboarding. There has been some back and forth debate among policy makers the past few years about whether or not to categorize waterboarding as torture, ... Read More »