islam doesn't speak, muslims do | "the ink of the scholar is worth more than the blood of the martyr" – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
So, Americans can be spied upon by the NSA without the need of a warrant. No need to be worried (sorry Calabash [1, 2, 3]). Individuals who have attempted to assassinate OBL are imprisoned and tortured for that act. (That means it’s a crime to take down America’s most wanted?) Individuals who are actively killing Americans are arrested and released just for fun. Any questions as to how the war on terror(ism) is going? Technorati Tags: Afghanistan, domestic surveillance, Iraq
Following on a previous post: —- Dear Friends, In light of the tragedies in New Orleans and South East Asia, like many, I have been struggling to keep hope. When the earthquake hit Pakistan and India, I was speaking on the phone to a friend in Kabul. At first he was surprised, then he began cursing in anger. Later, we learned that two Afghan children died near Jalalabad. Just across the border, more than 80,000 men, women and children died in Pakistan and northern India. As you know, millions in Kashmir remain homeless. In the face of such tragedy, I…
Received from Haroon: Dear Colleagues, The Arab American Institute (AAI) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee are asking for your organization’s support. The two organizations have drafted the attached two sign-on letters in opposition to the racist billboard campaign initiated by the Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License (www.securelicense.org) in North Carolina and New Mexico. Kindly review these attachments and contact either Rebecca Abou-Chedid < rabouchedid@aaiusa.org > or Kareem Shora < kshora@adc.org > if your organization is able to endorse these letters. For more information on this issue please see: http://capwiz.com/adc/issues/alert/?alertid=8301626&type=CU . (ADC and AAI continue to research which billboard company…
Today is World AIDS Day. At the very least, please wear a red ribbon. If you can, learn and educate about how HIV is spread. Silence is the greatest threat. See also Al-Muhajabah for links on AIDS and Muslims. Technorati Tags: World AIDS Day
If you are reading this, you have access to the internet. You can afford to use a computer. You probably ate well today. Be thankful for that. Please share some of that blessing with others. Just click through here and you’ll make a donation. Click here to donate more. Technorati Tags: Thanksgiving
As many of you know a horrific earthquake hit South and Central Asia almost a month ago. The need for donations remains immense. DesiPundit has nominated today as Blog Quake Day (found via Chapati Mystery, Danial, and Planet Granada; see also Avari-Nameh for more good links). Please donate to anyone you feel comfortable with. In addition, I’ve been working with people on the ground to get supplies and money over there and a friend is working with the UNDP to raise funds. His details are below (if you do donate this way, please indicate in the notes field that you…
I only saw a little bit of Bush’s speech the other day, and it happened to be the part where he wants the military to run this country when it gets too tough for him to do it. I was going to write some commentary on the military industrial complex, but these two pieces pretty much cover what I wanted to say: TPM, Gadflyer (related). Technorati Tags: Katrina, military industrial complex