June 2012 Blog Posts (41)

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…

When God instructed Moses to plead with Pharaoh to let his people go, Moses told him that he was unfit for the job

'Long Live the Revolution'. (via Aljazeera)

because “I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue” (Exodus 4:10).

 

Actually, in the Hebrew original, Moses told God that he was “heavy of the mouth and heavy of the tongue”. He should have told Him that he was also heavy of the ears. So when God told him to take his people to Canada, he took his…

In what’s become major news and a source of national outrage, thanks to months of reporting by the Associated

By Imam Zaid on 18 March 2012

Press, the New York Police Department has spent years investigating American Muslims throughout the Northeast. Of particular concern is an “NYPD Secret” document dating from November 2006; titled “Weekly MSA Report,” the document was created by Mahmood Ahmad of the NYPD’s Cyber Intelligence…

Death and destruction tend to be associated with Muslims, but the Prophet reminded, “God is Beautiful and He likes

By Imam Zaid on 15 June 2012

beauty.”

For many people, including some Muslims, it has become difficult to associate Islam with beauty. The popular view of Islam is based largely on images conveyed by the mass media, and those images are usually repugnant. Such images may include the carnage wreaked by…

The fifth anniversary of the Israeli siege on Gaza was commemorated on June 14 with a barrage of statements, urging

Gaza has never been truly free from blockade. (IRIN)

By Ramzy Baroud

Israel to end the blockade and allow Gazans long-denied humanitarian assistance, freedom of movement and access to trade routes. The punitive siege has turned into yet another protracted crisis, brazenly imposed by Israel and widely…