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October 2013 Blog Posts (41)

Target To Drop Criminal Background Questions In Job Applications

Target plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its

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U.S. stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

The Minneapolis-based company had been facing pressure to do so from grassroots advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 31, 2013 at 3:37am — 1 Comment

Shackles and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges

A new book 10 years in the making examines how many major U.S. universities — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown,

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           Author CRAIG STEVEN WILDER

 

 

Dartmouth, Rutgers, Williams and the University of North Carolina, among others — are drenched in the sweat, and sometimes the blood, of Africans brought to the United States as…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 30, 2013 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

Texas Judge resigns after being caught texting instructions to prosecutors to help win convictions

State District Judge Elizabeth E. Coker—who sits on the bench over Trinity, Polk and San Jacinto

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Texas district Judge Elizabeth E. Coker is stepping down from the bench after being caught engaging in a massive perversion of justice. A whistleblower revealed that Corker was sending text messages to prosecutors with suggestions on questions to ask in court in order to secure a conviction.…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 30, 2013 at 3:10am — 1 Comment

Istanbul and the Intellectual Legacy of Ibn Khaldun

The rise in prosperity and self-confidence, coupled with the growing self-awareness of Turkey as an Islamic nation, is

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Muqtedar Khan

leading to…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 24, 2013 at 6:58pm — 1 Comment

Sister Rasmieh Odeh (CHICAGO) -- 66-year-old.. Arrested On Immigration Fraud...

A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the

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Department of Homeland Security.

She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn’t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 24, 2013 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

The Americas' First Muslims

This week, 1.2 billion Muslims will celebrate Eid-al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, or Tabaski as it is known in West

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Africa. Very few among them will have a thought for the hundreds of thousands of…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 24, 2013 at 11:17am — No Comments

"How Do You Justify Killing a Grandmother?" Amnesty Says U.S. Drone Strikes May Be War Crimes

Amnesty International has released a major new report on how U.S. drone strikes kill civilians in Pakistan, where it

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says some deaths may amount to war crimes. The group reviewed 45 drone strikes that have occurred in North Waziristan since January 2012. It found at least 19 civilians were killed in just two of those strikes, despite claims by the Obama administration it is accurately targeting militants. In a separate report, Human Rights…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 23, 2013 at 2:57pm — No Comments

"Prisoners of Profit": Despite Widespread Abuse, Private Juvenile Jail Firm Expands Empire

We look at a major new investigation into how Youth Services International, a private prison company that runs juvenile

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detention centers, is rapidly expanding its services, despite a record of abuse and neglect over the past 25 years. Despite allegations that include the neglect and abuse of young prisoners and the bribing of public officials to win contracts, Youth Services International has expanded its contracts to operate…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 23, 2013 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Deadly 911 Calls: NYPD Kills African Immigrant Student Inside Home After Mother Calls for Ambulance

As the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation holds

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                                                              Mohamed Bah

protests in several cities today, we bring you the shocking story of Mohamed Bah, a 28-year-old college student from the African nation of…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 22, 2013 at 7:49pm — 1 Comment

Americans Muslim Performing Hajj Attacked In Saudi Arabia...

WASHINGTON, October 18, 2013   A group of Americans visiting Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj were threatened and

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by Rahat Husain

attacked earlier this week on Oct. 16 by a radicalized group of extremists. On one of the nights where Hajj pilgrims are required to stay overnight in the city of Mina, a group of young…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 22, 2013 at 3:10pm — 1 Comment

Grand Ayatullah Sistani Issues Fatwa condemning Abuse Against Sunni Sanctities in the Light of teaching of 12 Imams

JNN 14 Oct 2013 Baghdad : Amid the rising flames of sectarianism, occasionally there are people and

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         Grand Ayatullah Sistani

groups that hurl insults at other religious sects, fueling the fire and stoking the cycle of violence and hatred. In contrast, moderate Iraqi clergymen make every effort to thwart this trend and try, as much as possible, to limit its influence.

The extremist Wahabi…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 22, 2013 at 2:43pm — 1 Comment

Two More Young Girls Lives About To Be Debacled In Syria...

OSLO - Oslo has launched a global hunt for two Norwegian teenage girls of Somali origin who have allegedly travelled to

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Syria to support the rebels in the war-torn country, police said Monday.

Police said in a statement the teenagers, aged 16 and 19, had been reported missing on Friday and had reportedly been spotted near the Syrian border.

"The family that reported the missing girls is deeply…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 22, 2013 at 6:33am — No Comments

Whither the United States of America...

After pleading so hard for our government to change direction and decide to preserve US economic sovereignty and the

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           Dr. Anisa Abd el Fattah

After making the case for an economic solution that would have prevented default and also solved the US debt crisis, I think its fitting, considering that I lost the argument, to say a few words about what I think should be next.

right of our country and citizens…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 19, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

SANDRO...Bus 174 The Tragedy Of Children Of African Decent In Brazil.

Bus 174 The Tragedy Of Children Of African Decent In Brazil...the untold story..

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Bus 174 (Portuguese: Ônibus 174) is a Brazilian documentary film released on October 22, 2002. It is the…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 19, 2013 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Global economies throughout the world are searching for economic solutions to avoid collapse.

The world is in a state of anxiety as global leaders wait to see just how the US decides what to do…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 15, 2013 at 3:59pm — 1 Comment

Inside Out: Poverty & unemployment in Paterson

Inside Out

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Inside Out - Poverty & unemployment in Paterson…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 14, 2013 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delivered a message to this year’s hajj pilgrims.

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delivered a message to this year’s hajj pilgrims.

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Listen To Full Speech Click Link:

Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, delivered a message to this year’s hajj…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 14, 2013 at 7:52pm — 2 Comments

"Edward Snowden is a Patriot": Ex-NSA CIA, FBI and Justice Whistleblowers Meet Leaker in Moscow...

In a Democracy Now! special, we spend the hour with four former U.S. intelligence officials — all whistleblowers

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themselves — who have just returned from visiting National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden in Russia. They are former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, former National Security Agency senior executive Thomas Drake, and former U.S. Justice…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 14, 2013 at 2:43pm — 2 Comments

The Day of Arafah and its Preparation

The hajj, or pilgrimage to Makkah, a central duty of Islam whose origins date back to the Prophet Abraham, peace be

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9th of Dhul Hijjah Arafah...In Mecca

Click Link Below For Eid Prayer Information In Atlanta Area:…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 14, 2013 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

"Product of My Environment" Book Signing & Discussion w/ Nicole Newman



Her story is one of triumph, faith and perseverance- reminding us of the power of God's mercy and grace.



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Nicole Newman, President/CEO of Newman Networks is an inspiring motivational speaker, technology writer for the national on-line newspaper, The examiner and exceptional business networker. She was born in Washington DC and grew up in the City of Brotherly Love,…

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Added by Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص on October 12, 2013 at 1:01pm — No Comments

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Allah سبحانه و تعالى said : “This day, I have completed your religion for you”

Allah completed the religion through him and the proof is His saying, He, the Most High: «This day, I have completed your religion for you, perfected My blessings upon you, and am pleased…Continue

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The argument about Resurrection and life after death!

Allah says: “Nay! I swear by this city. This city wherein you have been rendered violable, and I swear by the parent and his offspring” (90Al-Balad:1-3) To begin a conversation, in Arabic with Nay,…Continue

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The question: When will the threat of Resurrection be carried out?

After Tauhid the other question about which a dispute was raging between the Prophet (pbuh) and the disbelievers was the question of the Hereafter. Here, before giving the arguments, the Hereafter…Continue

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This is the Truth: The Garden of Eternity, or the Blazing Fire!!!

Allah says: “Tell them, (O Prophet): “Did you consider (what would be your end) if this Qur'an were indeed from Allah and yet you rejected it? And this, even though a witness from the Children of…Continue

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