Elite capitalist nations, such as America, UK and Canada, portray aid packages to Muslim countries as charity. But, in reality, this money is an investment that enables the colonial powers to maintain their influence in the Muslim lands. Foreign aid is a tool of control. We must call on the Ummah to reject the continued subordination of our affairs to these colonial nations. We must call on the people of influence in the Muslim lands to reject foreign aid and set a course that is subordinate to none … [Read more...]
Appeal: Muslim accused of being ‘terror’ suspect
November 3, 2009 By
Who is this brother? His brother says of him: “Tarek Mehanna is a 27 year old Muslim Egyptian American born and raised in the United States. Highly educated, Tarek holds a doctorate in pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He is a devout and tolerant Muslim who is not only respected in the local Islamic and interfaith communities, but who also gives back to his Islamic community by fulfilling the roles of brother, educator, mentor, scholar, and friend. Tarek is described … [Read more...]
US Guantanamo guard converts to Islam + Video
April 15, 2009 By
Terry Holdbrooks stood watch over prisoners at Gitmo. What he saw made him adopt their faith. By Dan Ephron Army specialist Terry Holdbrooks had been a guard at Guantánamo for about six months the night he had his life-altering conversation with detainee 590, a Moroccan also known as “the General.†This was early 2004, about halfway through Holdbrooks’s stint at Guantánamo with the 463rd Military Police Company. Until then, he’d spent most of his day shifts just doing … [Read more...]
An opinion on the Iraqi shoethrowing incident
December 20, 2008 By
Basheer Qazi from IslamPerspective has an interesting insight on the Iraqi Shoethrower Should we be cherishing freedom of expression in Iraq? On the 14th of December 2008 an Iraqi journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi threw his shoes, one after the other, at outgoing US president Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, in full glare of the media. This incident immediately made global headlines and the video footage has been replayed repeatedly, becoming a firm favorite to watch on the internet. … [Read more...]
Islam, Mumbai, Muslims – Guilty unless proven innocent?
December 15, 2008 By
Found this piece while searching for more insights to the recent Mumbai attacks and India's blame game against Pakistan. Source: IslamPerspective I am writing this post in response to the scores of columns, editorials and op-eds which appeared in dailies across Pakistan regarding the recent attacks in Mumbai. While there were very few which tried to analyze the events and go beyond the Indian account of things, most of our writers were quick to pass judgments on supposed Pakistani involvement and … [Read more...]
Reports Reveal Khadr’s Life in Guantanamo
October 7, 2008 By
Source: Cagedprisoners The reports read like a diary of his years of incarceration. Omar Khadr the stubborn teenager. Confused. Depressed. Angry. From the mundane complaints about tasteless food and shoes that don't fit, to the days when he fears he's going completely blind. He has read The Life of Pi. He loves To Kill a Mockingbird. He's learning French and yoga. Recently a piece of shrapnel was finally was ejected from his body six years after it was embedded there, bursting through the skin near … [Read more...]
A Decade Without Trial: Britain’s Longest Held Political Prisoner
October 4, 2008 By
Organisations like CagedPrisoners should be promoted and pushed to front page news all over the world. They'r one of the few that are giving our imprisoned brothers & sisters a voice & exposing the world to the news that media overlook, news that exposes the double standards of these so called 1st world countries. On Saturday 27 September 2008, 46 year old Saudi Arabian citizen Khalid Al-Fawwaz completed his tenth year in prison without trial, whilst he fights extradition to the US … [Read more...]
The Aafia Siddiqui I Saw – by Abu Sabaya
August 20, 2008 By
This is an account of the experience of our brother Abu Sabaya that came to New York (from a different state) just to see the condition of our sister and to tell the world who this woman is. May Allah reward our brother, free our sister (and all other Muslim prisoners); if you haven't already, please leave a note for Sr. Aafia Siddiqui by clicking here; with the help of a brother who is in contact with her lawyer, she will be able to read your letters to her. “I want you to come to know of … [Read more...]
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