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CHARLOTTE – Muslims from Charlotte and across the United States will let their voices be heard during the Democratic

National Convention. Monday, the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs announced its Jumah at the DNC event.

Scheduled to run from August 31 through September 2, it kicks off with the traditional Friday Muslim prayer called the Jumah and includes an issues conference and cultural fun fest. Each of the events is open to the public to better…

This new ninety-minute documentary film from Unity Productions Foundation takes audiences on an epic journey across

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Photos From Atlanta Showing Of Islamic Art ...Mirror Of The…

Deborah Richardson, 60, a black postal worker, has delivered mail in east Brooklyn's Brownsville for 14 years. She

(Reuters) - Telly Hudgins has been stopped and frisked by the police too many times to count in the Brownsville, New York, public housing project where he lives. One occasion sticks in his memory. "I had my pajamas on and my slippers on and I'm emptying my garbage" at the trash chute. "They…

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        Month:  06/2012                            Year:  2012  الزكاة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/30/12) –- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today welcome a decision by

the U.S. military to stop using a target depicting a Muslim woman wearing a religious head scarf (hijab) and verses from the Quran to train Navy SEALs at the new close quarters combat range at Joint Base Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Va.

The Navy made that announcement after the Washington-based Muslim civil…

For Immediate Release

June 29, 2012

On July…

Early in my blog life I wrote about Jewish identity. It was partly an exercise in self-discovery, and partly a response to

'My orientation is in support of those who struggle against the odds.' (UN)

By Richard Falk

those who alleged that I was a self-hating Jew, or worse, an anti-Semite. These attacks on my characterwere hurtful even as I felt their distance from my actual beliefs and worldview. In my mind and heart criticisms…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Though contracts were rumored to be on the table, Husain Abdullah was still unsigned long

On July 1st, 2012 Muslims will assemble and march to Capitol Hill in Washington DC where we will demand an end to

Anisa Abd el Fattah

the illegal wars and global genocide called war on terrorism. To date, more than 5 million innocent Muslims, women and children have been killed in these illegal wars and called collateral damage. The reality is that the war on terrorism is a war of attrition and…

The attached letter was sent to the Apple CEO yesterday evening on behalf of civil liberties and community based

organizations regarding the alleged incidents that reportedly occurred at Apple retail branches on at least two recent occasions in suburban Atlanta, Georgia.

The letter can also be accessed here: http://www.acluga.org/Appleletter.pdf

For further…

***Public Action Against Torture, Noon EDT

TUESDAY, June 26***

Georgians to Send Message to Senator Chambliss on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

CONTACT:

Azadeh Shahshahani, ACLU Foundation of Georgia, (404) 574-0851,…

When Abraham Lincoln signed an executive order proclaiming the emancipation of slaves held in states “in rebellion

In 1864, Abraham Lincoln autographed limited-edition copies of the Emancipation Proclamation sold for fundraising purposes. On Tuesday, June 26, one lucky bidder can expect to pay around $2 million to add this important historic document to his…

On June 1st President Barack Obama declared the Month of June “Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride

Month”. Last month, both the President and Vice-President expressed their belief that the time has come for same sex marriage to be acknowledged in America. The NAACP has subsequently affirmed the same. One year ago today, on June 24, 2011, the state of New York declared such marriages legal.

Also this month, the official release of the…